NGLC Announces $5.4 Million in Latest Grants Supporting Models for College Readiness & Completion

Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is an initiative dedicated to improving college readiness and completion. They have included Matchbook Learning in their investment portfolio to enable us to reinvent a middle school in Michigan’s Education Achievement Authority.

“NGLC’s 30 Wave III grantees are the new-model builders. They are designing schools…that encourage access, persistence, and completion in learning environments that marry technology and close attention to students’ individual needs,” said Andrew Calkins, Deputy Director of NGLC.

Matchbook Learning Receives Prestigious Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneurship Grant!

The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation is a venture philanthropy group focused on early-stage high-impact nonprofit organizations. They awarded Matchbook Learning one of their top awards for new non-profits by giving them their prestigious Social Entrepreneurship Grant.

“Turning around the lowest performing district schools is an audacious challenge,” says Brendan Cullen, Portfolio Director of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. “Matchbook Learning is harnessing the latest instructional technology with best practices in teacher training to demonstrate what is possible.”

New Schools Venture Fund

NewSchools Venture Fund is a non-profit venture philanthropy Firm working to transform public education for low-income children.  They are an early funder in Matchbook Learning.

“As CEO of Matchbook Learning, Sajan frequently attempts what others say is impossible to achieve in a turnaround school,” said NewSchools partner Deborah McGriff. “Yet, he is always responsive to feedback and is self-reflective. He has a long-term view of change and he and his students frequently think about what they want to be when they grow up.”