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Looking to the Future: Highlights from SXSW EDU 2025
The Alliance for Learning Innovation (ALI) team enjoyed connecting with coalition members and fellow education advocates at SXSW EDU 2025 in Austin. Since the last SXSW EDU, ALI has worked with state education leaders and federal agencies to grow and bolster the education research and development (R&D) field. It was…

Help Us Bring ALI to SXSW EDU 2025
The Alliance for Learning Innovation is excited to have five session proposals in the running for SXSW EDU 2025. If selected, these sessions would bring education leaders, advocates, and experts to Austin to discuss the importance of education R&D. We need your help to make them happen! The proposed sessions…

ALI and Partners Set Bold R&D Vision for the Country
On June 13, the Alliance for Learning Innovation hosted a standing-room-only congressional briefing on the need to bolster our nation’s federally-supported education research and development (R&D) infrastructure to better address big challenges, such as illiteracy, chronic absenteeism, and the responsible use of artificial intelligence. The Alliance for Learning Innovation:…

Learning and Leading: Highlights from ALI at ASU+GSV Summit 2024
Recently members of the Alliance for Learning Innovation coalition attended the ASU+GSV Summit 2024 in San Diego. Members led and participated in sessions about edtech innovations, R&D partnerships, and AI’s place in the future of education. More than 70 practitioners and education leaders joined the session ALI hosted on how…

Innovating Together: Highlights from ALI at SXSW EDU 2024
This year, Alliance for Learning Innovation members and fellow education advocates attended SXSW EDU 2024 in Austin, Texas and gathered to celebrate the early achievements and growth of the coalition. More than 70 leaders from across the education R&D ecosystem came together for this event. Celebrating the Growth of…














