Venture Academy is a new public charter school based in Minneapolis with the mission of inspiring passionate, purposeful, college- and career-ready innovators and entrepreneurial leaders who imagine opportunities, take initiative, and create solutions. Beginning with its first school opening in Minneapolis in August 2013, Venture primarily will serve economically disadvantaged children and English learners. Venture is one of 13 winners of the national Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) Wave IIIa competition funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and William and Flora Hewlett foundations.
Venture Academy will be the nation's first 6-12 whole school learning model intentionally designed to cultivate innovative, entrepreneurial leadership using a personalized, blended digital learning model aimed at accelerated college credit attainment for all students.
