In the growing movement to improve high schools, Jobs for the
Future's From theMargins
to the Mainstream initiative seeks practical answers to the question
of how the nation can move beyond a "one-size-fits-all"
traditional high school. Jobs for the Future has received a $195,000
award from the Kellogg Foundation to support this multi-year project.
How can school systems can
take advantage of breakthrough possibilities offered by emerging,
powerful learning environments -- inside and outside of the school
building, school day, and school year? In every community, passionate
testimonials from young people point toward responsive learning
environments that inspire, support, and push them to develop their
potential. From the Margins to the Mainstream is looking at the
teaching and learning practices in these settings, as well as
their operational "nuts and bolts".
From the Margins to the
Mainstream will analyze the opportunities
for, and challenges to, the wider implementation of promising
models of learning for high-school-aged youth. It will also create
a network of practice and policy leaders in a position to be powerful
advocates for bringing the best of these models from the margins
to the mainstream of our educational system.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation joins the Carnegie Corporation of
New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
as early funders of From the Margins to the Mainstream.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 "to
help people help themselves through the practical application
of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and
that of future generations." Its programming activities center
around the common vision of a world in which each person has a
sense of worth; accepts responsibility for self, family, community,
and societal well-being; and has the capacity to be productive,
and to help create nurturing families, responsive institutions,
and healthy communities.
To achieve the greatest impact, the Foundation targets its grants
toward specific areas. These include: health; food systems and
rural development; youth and education, and higher education;
and philanthropy and volunteerism. When related to these areas,
funding also is provided for leadership, information systems/technology,
efforts to capitalize on diversity, and social and economic community
programming. Grants are concentrated in the United States, Latin
America and the Caribbean, and the southern African countries
of Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and
Zimbabwe.
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Jobs for the Future, founded in 1983, is a national organization
whose mission is to broaden educational and economic opportunity
for all Americans, particularly those at risk of not succeeding
in today's complex and rapidly changing economy. JFF focuses on
what's new, what's needed, and what works to prepare youth and
adults for jobs with real futures -- jobs that lead to careers
and pay enough to support a family. We operate programs in two
broad areas, both of which connect work and learning as a central
strategy: Creating Successful Transitions for Youth; and Increasing
Access to Economic Opportunity. For more information about JFF,
please visit the Web site at www.jff.org
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