Reach the world
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Reach the World is a 501c3 organization based in New York City
. Reach the World was founded by Heather Halstead and Marc Gustafson in 1997. According to its website, Reach the World wants "to revolutionize the delivery of curriculum, enabling all classrooms, in all communities, to use interactive resources that bring the world’s environments and cultures vividly to life for students."
Since its founding Reach the World has expanded into other US cities including Chicago
. Today, Reach the World works with hundreds of classrooms around the country. In 2005, National Geographic Society
called Reach the World "a model program in geography education, one of only six in the nation." In New York City and Chicago, IL, Reach the World supports networks of severely under-funded elementary and middle schools. It provides classrooms in each of its partner schools with teacher training, staff support and technology consulting. Although Reach the World’s online journeys primarily serve students and teachers in our networks, any classroom can participate, using this website as a portal. The RTW website enables all teachers to use online journeys to provide students with rich opportunities to communicate, develop new skills, and learn about the world from travelers.
Reach the world also has a partnership with the Institute for International Education, which enables Benjamin Gilman Scholarship students to work with Reach the World students while traveling abroad.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Reach the World was founded by Heather Halstead and Marc Gustafson in 1997. According to its website, Reach the World wants "to revolutionize the delivery of curriculum, enabling all classrooms, in all communities, to use interactive resources that bring the world’s environments and cultures vividly to life for students."
Since its founding Reach the World has expanded into other US cities including Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. Today, Reach the World works with hundreds of classrooms around the country. In 2005, National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
called Reach the World "a model program in geography education, one of only six in the nation." In New York City and Chicago, IL, Reach the World supports networks of severely under-funded elementary and middle schools. It provides classrooms in each of its partner schools with teacher training, staff support and technology consulting. Although Reach the World’s online journeys primarily serve students and teachers in our networks, any classroom can participate, using this website as a portal. The RTW website enables all teachers to use online journeys to provide students with rich opportunities to communicate, develop new skills, and learn about the world from travelers.
Reach the world also has a partnership with the Institute for International Education, which enables Benjamin Gilman Scholarship students to work with Reach the World students while traveling abroad.