$100 Million Awarded in Contest to Rethink U.S. High Schools

"Each of these represent schools that don’t exist today."

An organization announced on Wednesday that it had chosen the winners of $10 million grants in a competition to rethink the American high school.

The organization — the XQ Institute, which is backed by Laurene Powell Jobs — is funding 10 schools, for a total of $100 million.

One of the winners, the Somerville Steam Academy in Somerville, Mass., will operate without standard class periods and without separating students by age.

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS

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