501c3 industry education founded 1997 founder heather halstead and marc gustafson headquarters new york city key people heather halstead director & co founder divisions kids and schools technology travel website 1 reach the world rtw is a 501c3 organization based in new york city . rtw was founded by heather halstead and marc gustafson in 1997 . 1 according to its website rtw wants to revolutionize the delivery of curriculum enabling all classrooms in all communities to use interactive resources that bring the world s environments and cultures vividly to life for students . 2 since its founding rtw has expanded into other us cities including chicago . today rtw works with hundreds of classrooms around the country . in 2005 national geographic society called rtw a model program in geography education one of only six in the nation . 3 in new york city and chicago il rtw supports networks of severely under funded elementary and middle schools . it provides classrooms in each of its partner schools with teacher training staff support and technology consulting . although rtw s online journeys primarily serve students and teachers in our networks any classroom can participate using this website as a portal . the rtw website enables all teachers to use online journeys to provide students with rich opportunities to communicate develop new skills and learn about the world from travelers . 4 since 2009 rtw has a partnership with the institute of international education which enables benjamin gilman scholarship students to work with rtw students while traveling abroad . notes and references edit oxford university alumni website reach the world website dartmouth alumni newsletter columbia university institute for learning technologies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title reach the world & oldid 647124462 categories organizations based in new york city navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 17 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view