Allied Media Projects is searching for an academic researcher or journalist interested in studying the impact of our innovative digital media arts-integration program, Detroit Future Schools (DFS). Their goal is to produce a case study (or similar effort) about any or all of the following:

1. instructional practices for transformative classroom cultures
2. authentic learning
3. youth empowerment & mobilization
4. effective resistance to test score-driven educational reform
5. digital media arts integration and it's role in the above

The DFS website provides additional information about the program. In short, DFS partners digital media artists with classroom teachers (any grade or subject) for a year towards the goal of purpose of reinventing the practice and purpose of education for a more just, creative and collaborative world.

In the pursuit of developing effective pedagogical practices for youth in schools, having an objective third party researcher come in and document his/her findings is critical.

DFS has a number of documentation and evaluation practices that have allowed them to engage with the nuanced work of classrooms, but lacks in quantitative research and streamlinging the process of data collection and analysis.

If you are interested, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., including:
• a short description of your research / journalistic background and
• an explanation of your goals for partnership with Detroit Future Schools.

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