Campus without Walls

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Planning Grants

FY2025-2026: Campus Without Walls Pilot

Reimagining Access, Equity, and Opportunity in Public Education

PURPOSE:
In a rapidly changing, tech-driven world, every student deserves equal opportunities, regardless of location or school funding. Public education must evolve to meet these challenges, especially after the pandemic highlighted both issues and possibilities.

Campus Without Walls (CWW) offers a statewide virtual course-sharing platform, enabling students to access high-quality, diverse courses taught by educators and industry partners across districts—without leaving their own schools. This model expands access to advanced, culturally responsive, and career-connected learning, especially for students in underserved or remote areas. It also helps keep niche courses alive and maximizes underutilized teaching talent.

Aligned with innovation and equity priorities, CWW fosters collaboration among districts, creating flexible, personalized learning pathways. We’re launching a two-year pilot with 10 high schools representing 3–5 districts, providing planning grants and a supportive community to shape the future of education in Massachusetts. Let’s build the next chapter—together.

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PRIORITIES:

  • Expand access to rigorous, culturally responsive courses.
  • Enhance career readiness with virtual mini-courses by industry and university partners.
  • Increase student choice and engagement.
  • Use competency-based assessments instead of traditional grades.
  • Improve diversity by increasing access to Teachers of Color.
  • Support teacher leadership and retention.
  • Provide professional development through a statewide learning community.

ELIGIBILITY:

  • LEAs may apply on behalf of their high school(s), representing diverse categories (vocational, suburban, urban, rural).
  • Must have a high school with a fixed 4-day schedule (no rotating or floating schedules).
  • Schools must be willing to develop a virtual, semester- or year-long required course starting Fall 2026, with support from CWW.
  • Participating schools will access additional Open Access Courses and Career Pathways classes.
  • METCO districts are ineligible for this planning grant, as the focus is on districts currently lacking these opportunities.

Read the Full Request For Proposals Here.

NEXT STEPS:

We are implementing a Two-Step Application Process:

Step 1: Intent to Apply Form: This will let us know of your interest in applying for the Planning Grants. The Intent to Apply form is due by Monday, September 15th at 5 pm. We encourage you to submit this form as soon as possible since we will be reviewing forms on a rolling basis as they come in, and providing feedback as needed.

LINK TO INTENT TO APPLY FORM

Step 2: Full Application: After submitting the Intent to Apply, you will have additional time to thoroughly prepare your application for the Campus Without Walls Planning Grants. The full application is due by Monday, October 6th at 5 pm. 

LINK TO THE FULL APPLICATION

Please contact us with questions. We look forward to potentially partnering with you.

Milly Arbaje-Thomas, MSW, Chief of Staff at Milly@campuswithoutwalls.org