Digital Promise

National center created by Congress with bipartisan support to advance technologies that can transform teaching and learning

Answering the President’s call to action, a number of prominent leaders in education and technology will help lead Digital Promise. Board members, who were appointed by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan based on recommendations from the House of Representatives and United States Senate, include John Morgridge (Chairman Emeritus of Cisco), Larry Grossman (former President of NBC News), Irwin Jacobs (co-founder of Qualcomm), Gilman Louie (founder of In-Q-Tel), Eamon Kelly (President Emeritus of Tulane University), Mark Dean (IBM Fellow and Vice President), Shae Hopkins (Executive Director and CEO, Kentucky Educational Television), Vince Juaristi (CEO & President, Arbola, Inc.), and Shirley Malcom (Head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science). To realize the potential of learning technology, Digital Promise will work with leading educators, researchers, technology firms, and entrepreneurs on three key challenges: Identifying breakthrough technologies Learning faster what's working and what's not Transforming the market for learning technologies

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Lydia Logan Senior Education Director, The Broad Foundation

• Executive Director Verizon Innovative Learning Schools ('16→?)*

David Wiley Co-Founder Lumen Learning

• Former Senior Fellow OER ('12)*

Discovery Education Discovery Education accelerates school districts' digital transition through comprehensive standards-based content, professional development, formative assessment, and community engagement.

• Position

Owners

Digital Promise Global

• Owner

Board Members

Karen Cator President and CEO of Digital Promise

• President and CEO

Adam Frankel

• founding executive director (past)

Donors

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative By bringing world class engineering to the front lines of science and education, we can build new tools and technologies that help organizations scale.

• Grant · 1,400,000 USD ('15→'18) [+1]

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Major philanthropic organization

• Grant · 1,300,000 USD ('15)* [+6]

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• Donation/Grant

• Donation/Grant

• Donation/Grant

Hewlett Foundation Private foundation established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder

• Grant · 650,000 USD ('18) [+2]

• Grant*

• Donation/Grant

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Family foundation of Microsoft founder Bill Gates

• Grant · 520,000 USD (Jul '16)*

Joyce Foundation Charitable foundation in Great Lakes region

• Grant · 325,000 USD ('16)* [+2]

• Donation/Grant

• Donation/Grant

Grable Foundation

• Grant · 100,000 USD ('14)* [+2]

• Donation/Grant

• Donation/Grant

Raikes Foundation Education Philanthropy

• Donation/Grant*

Wallace Foundation Philanthropic foundation for education and arts for "disadvantaged" kids

• Donation/Grant

XQ Institute "Rethinking" High School

• Donation/Grant

Chevron Energy Company

• Grant*

Donations

Carnegie Corporation of New York Major philanthropic organization

• Donation/Grant [+4]

• Donation/Grant

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• Donation/Grant

Holdings

Karen Cator President and CEO of Digital Promise

• Owner [+2]

• Owner

• Owner

Members

McGraw Hill Education Former Educational Publisher, Now Online Content Solutions

• Member [+3]

• Member

• Member

• Member

Memberships

National Collaborative for Digital Equity Non-Profit Promoting Digital Inclusion in Education and Finance

• Member

Future Ready Schools Program to implement personalized, research-based digital learning strategies

• Member

Miscellaneous Relationships

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Open Skills Network Standardization of Skills As Labor Market "Currency"

• Affiliation

KneoMedia (KN Media, Kneo Media) Educational Software Company

• Affiliate ('16→?)

Open Education Resource Commons Digital public library and collaboration platform

• Promoted by ('18→?)*

Connecting Credentials Framework Linking Competency Based Education to Workforce Skills

• Affiliation

The Workshop School Competency-Based Education Model "Innovation" High School in Philadelphia

• Signer of Maker Pledge of ('16→?)*

Kettle Moraine School District Digital Promise School District in Wisconsin

• Member ('14→?)

Project Unicorn Education Data Interoperability Initiative

• Initiative ('17→?)

Center for Teaching Quality Transform education by elevating teachers' bold ideas and expert practices

• Affiliation*

Center for Teacher Quality Transform education by elevating teachers' bold ideas and expert practices

• Affiliation*

Bellwether Education Partners

• Affiliation