Virtual Reality in the Classroom : Using virtual reality as an educational tool could transform the American high school experience.
“We’ve gone from the Model T to the Tesla and from the switchboard to the smartphone. Yet high school has remained frozen in time.” That’s the theory that underpins XQ, a new nonprofit dedicated to reimaging the American high school for the modern era.
In September 2015, XQ launched its “Super Schools” grants competition with a full-page New York Times ad requesting “audacious, unconventional, unconstrained ideas to reinvent the American high school.” XQ received more than 700 applications that were then whittled down to 348 proposals that received careful consideration. Last month, at a star-studded presentation that included everyone from Sen. Mitch McConnell to MC Hammer, XQ revealed the 10 “Super Schools” across the country that will each receive $10 million dollars to fund their innovative models. Read More…