Rural Collaboratives bring rural districts, higher education, and industry partners together to expand postsecondary opportunities, align pathways with workforce needs, and strengthen rural economies. Colorado’s four Rural Collaboratives—Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative, Fremont Multidistrict Initiative, Western Slope Schools Career Collaborative, and Yampa Valley Partnership for Students, Stewardship and Sustainability—were supported by…

With support from Governor Kay Ivey and Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey, the Alabama Department of Education’s Office of Mathematics Improvement has led a statewide push to strengthen K-5 math instruction. By identifying and implementing evidence-based best practices, Alabama has made one of the largest improvements in fourth-grade math achievement in…

Pre-K Mathematics is a program that develops and builds upon young students’ math knowledge with in-class activities, instructional coaching for educators, and weekly home activities for families to support their children’s learning. Building Blocks is a pre-K math intervention program that fosters geometric, spatial skills, and numeric and quantitative ideas…

SoundTown is an engaging, easy-to-use, effective way to help young readers learn through play and the science of reading. The program is rooted in the science of reading and boosts young learners’ speech and language development by exposing them to foundational literacy skills through engaging 5-minute interactive videos for circle…

The National AI Institute for Exceptional Education is working in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Education Science to investigate how AI can be harnessed to support special educators and their students. This federal investment signals to educators, families, speech therapists, and the public that the…

Rooted in research, ByExample is an approach that is proven to be effective but rarely seen in math textbooks. Federal support has scaled this approach so that more students can improve their analytic and critical thinking skills in math. Prisms of Reality, Inc. is utilizing virtual reality to improve students’…

Under Dr. Carey Wright’s leadership, the Mississippi Department of Education revamped its approach to literacy, resulting in what is known as the “Mississippi Miracle.” After eight years of implementing the state’s updated approach to literacy instruction, rooted in the science of reading, Mississippi fourth-graders moved up 28 places to rank…

Learn With Socrates is a program that generates individualized learning paths for students as they engage with the platform’s activities. Using AI enables the platform to automatically generate content that matches a student’s abilities. Woot Math is an algebra intervention whose technology is now a part of Saga Education’s high-impact…

Diplomas Now uses a data-driven, whole-school approach. Focused on grades six through 12, the program was designed to support students in high-poverty and high-need middle and high schools. Based on research proving the importance of early identification and intervention, the Diplomas Now model supports students who are at high-risk of…