XQ

The XQ Institute, a nonprofit organization that calls for more real-world educational opportunities and has teamed up with charters and public school districts in New York and Washington, promotes these layouts.

Schools like Purdue Polytechnic represent a small group that models how educational facilities should be built, said Michele Cahill, an XQ senior adviser who was a New York school official during the Bloomberg administration.

The XQ Institute’s $25 million grant will help D.C. students redesign their high schools.

That program was born from the need to improve outcomes for students at those schools and, like with XQ, to modernize curriculums so teens graduate with the skills they need for college or careers.

XQ staff members will also help schools get their concepts off the ground.