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The mission of Ross Institute for Advanced Study and Innovation in Education is to provide all children with the skills, values and sensibilities to succeed in our new global society.

Ross Institute was founded by Courtney Sale Ross in 1996 with the understanding that future generations will require advanced problem solving and decision making capabilities, high level communication skills and an ability to collaborate with people across many different cultures. Ross Institute operates as a nexus for scholars and experts to address these challenges through applied research, training, modeling and dissemination. The Institute is also engaged in ongoing efforts to transfer the Ross Model to public education. With Ross School Ross School (East Hampton, New York) serving as the model school, Ross Institute offers consulting to municipalities, school districts and individual schools across the globe interested in learning about and experiencing the Ross Model. As a research school where innovative ideas are applied and tested with the guidance of scholars and mentors, Ross School serves as the prototype for all Ross Network Schools. These include Ross Tensta Gymnasium in Stockholm, Sweden and the former Ross Global Academy Charter School in New York City, which served students from all five boroughs in grade K-8 from 2006-2011.

Ross Institute has ongoing mentorship from an array of distinguished professionals. Cultural historian William Irwin Thompson and Mathematician Ralph Abraham who were co-architects of the Ross Spiral Curriculum, continue to provide ongoing mentoring to Ross Institute and Ross School teachers. Other important mentors include Harvard's Howard Gardner, a cognitive psychologist, who was the initial pedagogy and assessment advisor for the Ross Curriculum; mind, brain and education expert Kurt W. Fischer; neuroscientist Antonio Damasio and Hanna Damasio; music producer Quincy Jones; global education expert Charles Fadel ; Inventor / Scientist Danny Hillis; Mathematician Victor Katz; Scientist / Mathematician Bruce Stewart; Cultural Psychologist Carola Suárez-Orozco; Anthropologist/Psychologist Marcelo Suárez-Orozco; and Psychologist / Sociologist Sherry Turkle among others.

Ross Institute provides educational research opportunities to leading universities such as Harvard Graduate School of Education: http://rossinstitute.org/#/News-Archive/Ross-at-Harvard http://rossinstitute.org/#/News-Archive/Harvard-MBE-Research

Ross Institute has partnered with New York University Press and University of California Press to publish the following books which address the most pressing issues in the world of education today: Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World: The Ross School Model and Education for the Global Era, Edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj Learning in the Global Era: International Perspectives on Globalization and Education, Edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium, Edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Desire Baolian Qin-Hilliard

Ross Institute is the subject of or included in the following news articles: http://blogs.usembassy.gov/sweden/ http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/12/courtney-ross-charter-school-education-forbes-woman-power-women-ross-global-academy.html http://www.maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/vanity%20fair/925E-000-012.html http://sagharboronline.com/sagharborexpress/page-1/the-ross-model-expands-beyond-the-east-end-6759 http://www.thedailytell.com/2010/02/courtney-sale-ross-institute-praised-by-bhutanese-government/ http://www.riverviewcharterschool.org/About_Us_files/Ross%20School.pdf http://www.marthastewart.com/252583/ross-school-east-hampton

Ross Institute's social media channels promote best practices in education by posting articles by scholarly sources on current topics or pieces written by RI staff showcasing important curricular initiatives RI has facilitated (see: http://rossinstitute.org/#/News-Archive/CDS-at-Ross), exemplary integrated projects implemented at Ross School, experts RI has brought from around the world to discuss the latest research and advancements in fields ranging from education to neuroscience to chaos theory in order to support pedagogy and inform curriculum development. http://www.twitter.com/rossinstitute http://www.facebook.com/rossinstitute http://www.youtube.com/theRossInstitute http://www.vimeo.com/rossinstitute

Ross Institute conducts professional development for Ross School teachers and for faculty at Ross Tensta Gymnasium in Stockholm via Ross Institute Sweden, our branch in Stockholm. We host a 2-3 week conference each summer with lectures and workshops by leading experts and scholars. Throughout the year RI staff guide teachers at Ross School in the ongoing development of the curriculum and its application in the classroom. Ross Institute also offers fee-based professional development to teachers outside the Ross network as well as consulting services as well as an accreditation program for schools adopting the Ross Spiral curriculum.