Ford Motor Company Fund and UAW Ford today announced a grant of $350,000 to pilot an innovative new EDUCATION PROGRAM that will bring teams of teachers into the Louisville Assembly Plant to experience first-hand the work situations their students will face.
The program, called the “Ford NGL Collaborative Learning Externship (CLE),” is aimed at building real-world partnerships between teachers, students and manufacturing in Louisville, a Ford Next Generation Learning (NGL) community.
Ford NGL, which is part of the Ford Fund, helps prepare students for college and career by bridging the gap between classroom learning and the lessons of actual workplace experience. The grant is part of $1 million in new SCHOLARSHIPS, grants and career outreach programs that the Ford Fund, Ford’s philanthropic arm, is launching globally this month to further its commitment to education.