An article in Chalkbeat Indiana announces the winners of the Mind Trust’s “Innovation Schools Fellowship” – individuals who will help develop innovative plans to transform struggling public schools in Indianapolis, US.
The article reports that one of the three winners of the $100,000 fellowship, Mahmoud Sayani, sees the IB as an important component in transforming schools.
Sayani, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Aga Khan Education Service in Kenya, hopes to design a school that gives students the technical skills to solve complex global problems.
According to the article, Sayani envisions an academic course of study that combines the IB programme with a focus on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
He said to Chalkbeat Indiana that the IB "is a great framework that brings the best contemporary thinking in education and it allows you to bring in aspects of project-based learning and STEM.”
You can read the full article on the Chalkbeat Indiana website.
