$31.9M in expenses

Digital equity: the digital equity team works to advance powerful learning in schools and districts across the u.s. By advocating against and solving for inequities in broadband access and the inequitable distribution and use of powerful technology in schools, and by creating initiatives, establishing partnerships, and influencing policy at the state and federal levels that address the digital learning gap at scale. Its flagship program is verizon innovative learning schools (vils). In 2024, vils launched its 11th cohort of schools, expanding the program to an additional 34 middle and high schools in 13 districts nationwide with collectively more than 22,000 students bringing the total reach of the vils program to more than 660,000 students in 115 districts.

$16.6M in expenses

Global networks: through digital promise's networks, we surface and spread insights and innovations among education participants. The league of innovative schools connects forward-thinking leaders across more than 150 districts in 34 states and has cumulatively served more than 4.4 million students since its founding. In 2024, digital promise co-hosted two convenings for league members one in new york, NY alongside mineola public schools and one in lindsay, california alongside lindsay unified school district. In 2024, digital promise continued to expand its global work. The global cities education network is a network of international city education systems designed to collaboratively identify, examine, and adapt internationally benchmarked solutions to common problems of practice. In 2024, gcen members convened in helsinki, finland, for its annual symposium to discuss and share promising solutions to education challenges with global applications.

$7.3M in expenses

Powerful learning: powerful learning is rooted in principles that empower both educators and learners, emphasizing collaboration, agency and the use of innovative tools and strategies to create impactful educational experiences. In 2024, the HP teaching fellows continued to advance powerful learning through regional and national conference presentations, leading discussions that enriched the learning community with insights and professional experiences. Through the ciena solutions challenge, digital promise and ciena awarded 20 project teams $2,500 to sustain and scale student-led projects. Students also shared their work with a global audience at the 2024 youthmade festival, digital promise's global celebration of youth creativity and innovation. The learner variability project (LVP) leverages emerging research to uncover strategies that meet the diverse needs of learners. In 2024, the LVP updated its learner variability navigator to with strategies aimed to be inclusive of students with learning differences. The pathways and credentials team advanced access to opportunity, rooted in the belief that pathways should open doors for all learners, by releasing influential research on learners and workers navigating technology careers, rural early childhood educators advancing socially and economically, learning and employment records (lers), and publishing its first ebook on micro-credentials for lifelong learning. The team also launched badge engine, digital promise's first open-source product.

$5.4M in expenses

Center for inclusive innovation: digital promise's center for inclusive innovation (cii) partners with districts and communities to co-create lasting education solutions that enable every student to learn and thrive. In 2024, cii secured major funding from the gates foundation for the "school conditions bright spots: community of practice" project to explore how districts use school conditions measures to improve student success. Cii also secured a nist ramps (u.s. Department of commerce) award and walton family foundation funding to expand the cybersecurity pathways initiative work in alabama, supporting the launch of the east alabama regional cyber alliance (earca) and developing a state-level blueprint for career pathways. Additionally, cii launched chronic absenteeism: insights and innovations, a program engaging 16 districts in community-informed action. Cii also continued its long-standing role as a critical research and evaluation partner for a suite of verizon's education initiatives including verizon innovative learning schools (vils), learning labs, and STEM achievers, as well as the illinois education association's new educator coaching and mentoring program, using research to spur continuous improvement and amplify impact.