A pilot initiative partnered Mathematica and Catalyst:Ed with the Gates Foundation and nine K-12 education grantees to build strategic learning capacity from May 2020 to September 2021¶
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q1 i? From May 2020 to September 2021, Mathematica and Catalyst:Ed partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and nine K-12 education grantees in the Capacity Building for Strategic Learning pilot initiative. → Emily Gardner 2021
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Emily Gardner 2021¶
Emily Gardner, Emma Pottinger, Ramya Tallapragada, Alexandra Resch, Virginia Knechtel. (2021). Toolkit to Support Capacity Building Initiatives for Strategic Learning Initiatives. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/toolkit-to-support-capacity-building-for-strategic-learning-initiatives
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Descriptive statement of the pilot initiative's partners, timeframe, and scale as printed on the publication page. The page reports "a set of nine K–12 education grantees" and the May 2020 to September 2021 timeframe; no outcome data are reported here.
"From May 2020 to September 2021, Mathematica and Catalyst:Ed partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a set of nine K–12 education grantees for the Capacity Building for Strategic Learning (CBSL) pilot initiative."
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A pilot initiative partnered Mathematica and Catalyst:Ed with the Gates Foundation and nine K-12 education grantees to build strategic learning capacity from May 2020 to September 2021 |
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A pilot initiative partnered Mathematica and Catalyst:Ed with the Gates Foundation and nine K-12 education grantees to build strategic learning capacity from May 2020 to September 2021 |
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