Educause

EDUCAUSE collaborates with a variety of partners to catalyze new models in education, particularly through its management of the Next Generation Learning Challenges initiative which supports a network of over 5000 educators and 40,000 students. This organizational effectiveness grant supports their internal work to deepen awareness, knowledge, skill, and capacity about educational equity. Helping our grantees become more aware, prepared and competent around internal issues of equity will ensure that their field-focused work - and the field of education more broadly - reflects the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Educause manages Next Generation Learning Challenges, a networked partnership formed by the Gates Foundation with our assistance. Its four member-driven organizations collaborate to catalyze new models in education, working with a number of innovators and districts. For example, it has engaged with the Foundation’s own Deeper Learning Student Assessment Initiative to define and create new tools and processes that can measure and assess performance in deeper learning. Educause is a leader in getting groups to collaborate and expand the impact of their individual efforts; this grant aims to continue this work so that innovative schools and networks have greater collective influence.

Next Generation Learning Challenges, housed at Educause, is a $20 million grant program that seeks to dramatically improve college readiness and completion rates among low-income young adults. It identifies educational barriers that can be overcome through technology solutions and promotes their broad-scale adoption. This grant, cofunded with the Gates Foundation, would contribute to the final payment (totaling $2 million) given to winners of the first two grant competitions.