Alliance Partners

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CAST

CAST is a nonprofit research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Chuck Hitchcock

  Chief Officer, Policy and Technology & Director

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Future Ready Schools

All4Ed’s Future Ready Schools® network consists of 3,400 superintendents from all 50 states and Puerto Rico, representing more than 42,000 forward thinking district leaders and hundreds of thousands of teachers teaching over 19.2 million students (roughly 30% of America’s students).

FRS is the nation’s largest network of innovative educators that provides multiple ways to engage, learn and participate in authentic conversations and problem-solving activities. Our renowned planning framework, self-assessment dashboard, professional learning events, training, implementation guides, toolkits, and role-alike learning communities provide the backbone of the network engagement activities.

Established in 2014, Future Ready Schools® is led by All4Ed’s FRS Team and diverse group of more than 80 of the nation’s most highly recognized educational practitioners. The network is empowered and inspired by hundreds of national and regional partners who contribute to the content and provide expertise.  

All4Ed is a Washington, DC based national policy, practice, and advocacy organization working to ensure that all students, regardless of circumstances, are given the preparation, opportunities, and support to pursue postsecondary education and succeed in life.

Learn More at futureready.org

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Sara Hall

  Executive Director, FRS

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• Lia Dossin

  Director, Programs and Outreach, FRS

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Project Tomorrow

Project Tomorrow is a national education nonprofit organization, certified by the IRS and the State of California as a 501.c.3 nonprofit organization, with a 19 year history of impacting education. As a nonprofit organization we are driven by an altruistic mission and vision for changing the lives of children through science, math and technology education.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Jenny Hostert

  Speak Up Operations Manager

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National Collaborative for Digital Equity (NCDE)

The Collaborative, a New Hampshire based federally tax-exempt nonprofit corporation, was co-founded in 2013 as the Digital Opportunity Consortium, by co-chairs Dr. Robert McLaughlin and Dr. Paul Resta. Reflecting the compelling need to speak to potential investors with one voice about why and how to approach digital equity investments and initiatives systemically, we refashioned the consortium as the National Collaborative for Digital Equity. We are headquartered at New England College, in Henniker, New Hampshire. Our Goals:

• Help high poverty communities mobilize for sustained systemic digital equity action.
• Help states to mobilize sustained digital equity initiatives.
• Infuse digital equity issues and strategies into educator preparation.
• Provide research and evaluation to identify best practices in digital equity that lead to educational and economic impacts.
• Provide technical assistance to digital equity resource providers.
• Advise digital equity investors on why and how to design efforts that are systemic so they have genuine impacts on educational and economic opportunity.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Robert T. McLaughlin, Ph.D.

  Executive Director

• Dr. Paul Resta

  Board of Directors

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SIIA

SIIA is the principal trade association for the software information and digital content industry representing more than 450 technology companies. Our members partner with educational institutions to develop and deliver software applications, digital instructional content, online learning services, and related technologies to enhance learning outcomes of all students.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Sara Kloek

  Senior Director, Education Policy

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1EdTech Consortium

1EdTech Consortium, formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium, is the world’s leading edtech collaborative with over 700 institution and supplier members across K-12, Higher Education, and Workforce. 1EdTech is a leading-edge community engaged in the hard work of developing, extending, and sustaining an open, interoperable edtech ecosystem (and data standards) currently consisting of over 7,000 products to address some of education’s most important needs over the next decade:

• Accelerating best-in-class, safe digital learning experiences for all teachers and learners
• Enabling personalized learner journeys
• Improving student success, retention, and outcomes, and
• Boosting K-to-Career achievement, opportunity, and employment.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Bruce Umpstead

  Director, Statewide Programs

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• Tim Clark

  VP, K-12 Programs

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InnovateEDU

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. Initiatives include Project Unicorn, a nationwide movement powered by a coalition of organizations across the education sector focused on the goal to optimize and radicalize education data with interoperability; and the Educating All Learners Alliance, an uncommon coalition of organizations committed to resource sharing and community-building that supports the efforts of the education community to meet the needs of students with disabilities.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Erin Mote

  Executive Director

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• Susan Bearden

  Director of Digital Progrms

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Learning Forward

Learning Forward’s mission is to build the capacity of leaders to establish and sustain highly effective professional learning. Learning Forward is the only association devoted exclusively to advancing professional learning to improve educator practice and student achievement. Learning Forward has more than 75,000 subscribers who represent every position in the education field. In addition, Learning Forward has more than 30 state-affiliated organizations that help to spread and scale our work. Learning Forward established the Standards for Professional Learning to support school systems in planning, organizing, and implementing comprehensive systems of professional learning. Learning Forward publishes research-based, practical tools for educational leaders, and organizes large-scale learning experiences. We provide direct assistance to school districts by facilitating large-scale programs for developing leaders, coaches, and teachers. Learning Forward convenes and facilitates communities of practice that share common challenges and collaborate to overcome problems and advance the state of practice and the field. We excel in supporting school districts and organizations to develop cultures of learning and improvement. Learning Forward’s work with educators at all levels within a system is grounded in a theory of action that standards-based professional learning leads to changes in educator knowledge, skills, and dispositions. This leads to changes in educator practice, which in turn leads to improved student results.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Melinda George

  Chief Policy Officer

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• Frederick Brown

  Chief Learning Officer

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CoSN – The Consortium for School Networking

CoSN is the premier membership organization designed to meet the needs of K12 education technology leaders. CoSN’s resources support the entire IT team in a school system/district.  CoSN offers members the opportunity to access their peers,  thought leadership, and participate in local chapters (in 30 states).  CoSN represents over 13 million students in school districts/systems nationwide and continues to grow as a powerful and influential voice in K-12 education. CoSN also provides opportunities for companies that support the K12 edtech community to participate as corporate members.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Keith Krueger

  CEO

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• Carla Wade

  Senior Director, External Relations

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ISTE

ISTE’s vision is that all educators are empowered to harness technology to accelerate innovation in teaching and learning, and inspire learners to reach their greatest potential.  Our mission is to inspire educators worldwide to use technology to innovate teaching and learning, accelerate good practice and solve tough problems in education by providing community, knowledge and the ISTE Standards, a framework for rethinking education and empowering learners.

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Govern for America

Govern for America is a 501(c)(3) working to build the next generation of public servants to create a more responsive government that better reflects and serves our communities.Since our launch in 2019 we have partnered with 20 government agencies across 9 states to connect recent grads from diverse backgrounds to government jobs and support them to build the skills to transform the systems that impact our lives on a daily basis while sparking a lifelong commitment to public service through a 2-year Fellowship.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Kyleigh Russ

  COO & Co-Founder

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DXtera Institute

The DXtera Institute℠ is a nonprofit, member-based consortium of higher education professionals collaborating to remove technology barriers so that institution leaders, faculty, staff, and students have efficient access to information needed to transform student outcomes. With partners across the U.S. and Europe, the consortium includes some of the brightest minds in education and technology, all working together to solve critical higher education issues on a global scale. Visit dxtera.org for more information.

COMPANY CONTACTS:

• Dale Allen

  President & Cofounder

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• Lauren Lopez

  VP, Operrations

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