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  • Open Minds

    Our solution is to create open education resources (OER) so that all teachers have access to free, K-12 TEKs-aligned curricula designed through research-based culturally, community responsive and anti-bias frameworks.

  • Debate Spaces

    Debate Spaces Awardees: Matt Summers (HLS), Tessa Holtzman (External), Courtney Foster (External), and Maya Benzinger (External) Summary:Debate Spaces uses a unique, scalable, debate-centered curriculum to equip middle school students to be civically-engaged, active, and connected members of their local communities. We emphasize three critical components in our curriculum: quick critical thinking that relies on hard […]

  • Operation Impact Kick-Off Event

    This event, took place on Thursday, October 3, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Smith Campus Center. The University-wide kick-off launched a new year of Operation Impact. The event covered the basics of the Pilot Funds and other portions of Operation Impact. The event is useful for networking to find other students with similar interests and innovative ideas.

  • Usable Knowledge

    A digital publication based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education produced for educators everywhere. Usable Knowledge was founded to connect research to practice. They make education research and well-vetted strategies accessible to a wide audience: teachers and principals, district leaders, policymakers, university faculty and higher ed professionals, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, members of the media, and parents.

  • Yelp PD

    The mission of Yelp PD* is to provide school and district leaders with an online platform with unbiased, independent reviews of professional development (PD) sessions to aid leaders in efficiently finding effective PD that meets their educators’ diverse needs.

  • Teacher Impact Collaborative

    Teacher Impact Collaborative is a capacity building organization that partners with districts to increase quantity, quality, and retention of teachers from diverse backgrounds.

  • M Power Learning

    M Power Learning seeks to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline by recruiting, training, and placing African-American and Latino college graduates into public K-12 schools with high populations of African-American and Latino male students.

  • FEEd – Finance and Economics Education

    FEEd – Finance and Economics Education Awardees: Trang Luong (HGSE) & Tue Tran (HLS) Summary: Description coming soon

  • Cultivate

    Cultivate is a school designed for the unique needs and assets of immigrant and migrant students.

  • VRsatility

    VRsatility seeks to provide educators with an immersive virtual space to practice their interpersonal and pedagogical skills prior to initial engagement with students in order to minimize potentially harmful interactions. 

  • Village

    Village supports and educates parents and teachers to create  local communities for creative, joyful, compassionate young learners who use curiosity and innovative thinking to build a healthy, just and sustainable world.

  • UDLiterature

     UDLiterature is an online literature platform created to solve the problem of student demotivation and disengagement while reading complex texts like Shakespeare.

  • Pillow Fort

    We are developing personalized books that solve problems for parents looking to create teachable moments on difficult topics and improve vocabulary retention, and solve problems for gift givers who want a gift that they know the kid they are buying for will love.

  • OCULIS

    Oculis is a platform to address the lack of financial literacy in the classroom.

  • Heard

    Heard is an app for parents to use with their children to hold in-person conversations on topics from friendship and school, to divorce and mental health

  • Reimagine African Schools 

     This project envisions the creation of a pan African affordable private K12 schools network (i.e. ReImagine Schools).

  • Utopia

    The vision of Utopia is to provide the high-quality curated content for early childhood development.

  • STEMtelling

    STEMtelling is a set of interactive diagnostic tools designed for secondary students that promote the individualized discovery and learning of STEM, based on each student's own life, experiences, and relationships.

  • Our Voices Matter

     The purpose of this project is to teach public speaking and advocacy skills to low-income middle school students of color.

  • Oklahoma Science Project

    The Oklahoma Science Project is an online resource with the goal of improving access to and promoting STEM education in Oklahoma.
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