Scharber and Lewis, C&I faculty, recipients of $599,905 grant

Cassandra Scharber and Cynthia Lewis received a $599,905, three-year grant from the William T. Grant Foundation. The study, Bright Stars: Technology-Mediated Settings for Urban Youth as Pathways for Engaged Learning, examines the complex features of schools, libraries, and community-based urban settings that successfully engage students by positioning youth as knowledge producers, meaning-makers, and creators of their own learning through the use of digital technologies.