Education Trends
Olin College Awards Grants for ‘Bold’ Ideas in Remaking Ed
Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts has awarded grants to several external projects working to re-envision education. The grant program was introduced during “Remaking Education,” an event convened by Olin and Emerson College last November, where nearly 250 educators, employers, nonprofit professionals, policymakers and others came together to participate in a day-long collaboration focused on accelerating change in education. All of the attendees were invited to develop a grant proposal for a project that would “bring an idea hatched during the event to fruition.” Winning proposals would offer “a bold vision for meaningful change in education and a plan for achieving it (or at least making real progress…