Breakthrough Solutions: Fellows Friday with Juliette LaMontagne
2/3/12
“What we’re hearing from participants is that Breaker is seen as an alternative-learning pathway for those who’ve chosen not to go to college after high school, or as an experiential supplement to college coursework, or as a transitional opportunity for early career professionals. We see all three types applying to our program.”
“Design Within Limits: The Urban Agriculture Project”
by Michael Noer
1/25/12
“It will be a demanding road for the young Breaker participants, but at least one with plenty of signposts.”
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by Michael Noer
1/23/12
“The 13 youthful participants in the urban agriculture Challenge come from a wide range of different disciplines, including architecture, creative writing, economics and public health. LaMontagne has enlisted two visionaries to guide the project, Majora Carter, a MacArthur “genius” fellow and National Public Radio host, who founded Sustainable South Bronx more than a decade ago and Danielle Gould, the CEO of Food+Tech, a “media” company (they blog, provide analysis, and do events among other things) focused “connecting food and tech innovations.”
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“Designing an Educational Breakthrough”
Q&A
12/18/11
“There are legions of underestimated young people with new insights into old problems who need only to be asked, in specific ways, for their contributions. And when those individuals see the impact of their creative capital on the marketplace, you have a new breed of social entrepreneur changing the world.” -Juliette LaMontagne
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![“One Great Idea for K-12: Turn Students into Better Problem-Solvers”
by Caroline Howard
9/09/11
“Young people who would never have self-identified as entrepreneurs or product designers have come to view the world and its challenges through the lens [of problem-solving],” says LaMontagne.
What kind of change will this bring to education? According to LaMontagne, it is the best way “to shock them out of apathy of the classroom.”
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“One Great Idea for K-12: Turn Students into Better Problem-Solvers”
by Caroline Howard
9/09/11
“Young people who would never have self-identified as entrepreneurs or product designers have come to view the world and its challenges through the lens [of problem-solving],” says LaMontagne.
What kind of change will this bring to education? According to LaMontagne, it is the best way “to shock them out of apathy of the classroom.”
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Redefining Education. Creating Entrepreneurs. Designing Change.
Breaker’s mission is to drive social innovation and alternative learning by mobilizing interdisciplinary teams of young creative collaborators to help solve the world’s most pressing problems. We connect our teams of 18-24 year olds with global thought leaders and industry experts to answer major challenges like literacy and urban agriculture. We facilitate a creative problem-solving design process and teach the entrepreneurial skills necessary to transform ideas into businesses.
Each unique Breaker project is a twelve-week collaboration between the talented Breaker team, the visionaries who pose their challenge, and the industry experts who support their process. We work with multiple partner organizations across New York City to ideate, build, and test real solutions with real market value.
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