The School Factory

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The School Factory is a non-profit organization "dedicated to the transformation of public education and public learning through the implementation of innovative curricula and social technologies."

[edit] The School Factory's Mission

Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin its mission is "to bring the entire community into its schools, and bring the entire school into its community."

It is a voluntary think-tank dedicated to emerging public education from community participation. Participants in the School Factory bring a wide range of interests and experience to bear on the challenge of designing schools that grow naturally from the actions of citizens in local communities.

The School Factory is an incubator for the development of community-owned and operated learning centers and learning environments. They provide leadership, infrastructure, and training to local community leaders who implement their center following a self-constructed design plan. The community center then becomes the backbone for the community's transformation. Each center is unique, but inherits the best practices of every other center participating in the program through advanced social technologies. This diversity enriches the iterative and incremental growth of the program, causing its organic spread throughout the global community.

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Bucketworks. This organization is a health and fitness center for your brain. It offers many services, focusing on art, theater, dance, technology, media, business and leadership. The Bucketworks website is http://www.bucketworks.org.

The Young Women's Institute for Global Studies. A new and progressive high school for young women proposed by Virginia Cassel and James Carlson. They've received a $50,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the Technical Assistance and Leadership Center (TALC) in Milwaukee, to research and develop the school concept and plan. The school's mission is "To equip young women with the skills to transform an unstable world into one in which peace, justice, and equity are the norm. Their website is http://www.tywigs.org.

School Press Release http://www.schoolfactory.org/TheYoungWomensInstituteForGlobalStudies/PressRelease