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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

Education Elements

From 2009 to 2011, following the book’s publication, the Hume Foundation made grants to Rocketship in the Bay Area and Carpe Diem in Yuma, AZ, two charter schools that were already implementing blended learning, to promote their models. So we were off and running. The Hume Foundation continues to be laser focused on our mission.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. That grant is a large bet that Middletown’s progress is real, and that it will not only continue, but become a model for other districts educating low-income students. As far as I’m concerned, the silver bullet in education is the teacher.”. – Celeste Miller, Middletown parent.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. That grant is a large bet that Middletown’s progress is real, and that it will not only continue, but become a model for other districts educating low-income students. "I’m “As far as I’m concerned, the silver bullet in education is the teacher.”