Ed Reform “Moonshot”
Posted on July 22nd, 2019 by Mary Lord
Two policy think tanks, one conservative and the other liberal, have teamed up in a contest to generate breakthrough ideas for dramatically improving K-12 student outcomes, including in STEM. Submit brief descriptions by August 1, 2019. Ten finalists will receive $1,000 and a chance to compete for the $10,000 grand prize.
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