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Honoring K-12 Education System Leaders!

The Education Innovation Showcase will honor K-12 education system leaders advancing innovation in their community and fostering meaningful change at the systems level! Based on our experience, we aim to highlight innovation in two categories: pre-implementation (idea category) and post-implementation (impact category). This update will offer more chances for K-12 leaders worldwide to learn and share. We'll use a standardized rubric and collaborate with over 35 partner organizations to select the top 5 innovations in each category.
Apply for the 2024 Showcase Now

Honoring K-12 Education System Leaders!

The Education Innovation Showcase will honor K-12 education system leaders advancing innovation in their community and fostering meaningful change at the systems level! Based on our experience, we aim to highlight innovation in two categories: pre-implementation (idea category) and post-implementation (impact category). This update will offer more chances for K-12 leaders worldwide to learn and share. We'll use a standardized rubric and collaborate with over 35 partner organizations to select the top 5 innovations in each category.
Apply for the 2024 Showcase Now

Key Dates

October 16, 2023 — Application Live!
November 15, 2023 — Ask Me Anything Live Event
December 22, 2023 — Application Deadline
Late January 2024 —Application Status Updates Sent
February 2, 2024 — Top 10 Announced
April 14-17, 2024 — The 15th ASU + GSV Summit, with Top 10 Celebrated and Winners Selected!

Prize Package

The top 10 innovators will receive complimentary registration and accommodations at the 2024 ASU+GSV Summit, and have the opportunity to pitch their ideas at the Summit for a shot at the grand prize:

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  • Idea Category: $5,000 cash
  • Impact Category: $20,000 cash

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In addition to the cash prize, both winners will receive:

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  • A Design Sprint with Transcend Education (valued at $10,000)
  • 30 hours of consulting with the League of Innovative Schools, training on the Digital Promise Inclusive Innovation Framework, and complimentary registration and accommodation to any League of Innovative Schools' convening or event (valued at $10,000)
  • Consultation and training on the LEAP Learning Framework from Dr. Katie
    Speth, Chief of Learning Innovation at LEAP and former PreK-12 principal of a
    USDOE Blue Ribbon School
  • Complimentary registration to next year's ASU+GSV Summit!

Meet the Final 10 from 2023

Bonsall Forward Initiative


Innovative Initiative increasing opportunities in STEM for female and students of color

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Bonsall Unified School District
California

Building a Culture to Advance Virtual Innovation

We personalize learning using design thinking and PBL in a virtual setting to advance student agency.

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NYC DoE District 08
New York

Career Pathways and Career Connected Learning

Westbrook's Career Pathways model is designed to support the development of career and life readiness for ALL learners and includes interconnected academic and elective courses revolving around a career theme, experiential learning, and close connections to postsecondary education and business/industry partners.

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Westbrook Public Schools
Connecticut

Igniting Regional Collaboration for Student Learning Recovery

Returning to school after the pandemic, districts innovated to solve problems that were quickly exposed when students were unable to be in person at school. A group of 31 school districts across a 14-county region in East Central Indiana rose to the challenge by engaging in thought leadership and community partnerships for solutions.

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East Central Educational Service Center
Indiana

Launch at Floyd Bennett Field

Launch at FBF aims to reimagine what education looks like, with equity at the heart. In partnership with exceptional local organizations, we are building a transformative education ecosystem in Brooklyn, focused on solving the biggest issues of our time: climate change and systemic racism. Launch at FBF offers a vision for the future of education, workforce development and environmental sustainability, where communities from across the city, country and world gather to learn and co-create a better world

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Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
New York

Overtime Elite

Authentic and dynamic learning for trailblazing professional student athletes delivered through personalized, real world, culturally relevant and respectful learning.

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Overtime Elite
Georgia

Putting Rural on the Map

CEN pioneers a PK-20 rural education model equipping all students with in-demand degrees & certifications for high-paying careers..

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Collegiate Edu-Nation
Texas

Skyline: Chicago’s PK-12 Digital Curriculum

With innovative partnerships, CPS built a first-of-its-kind curriculum across seven content areas.

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Chicago Public Schools
Illinois

Success for Our Seniors

A public-private partnership ensuring all Delaware high school seniors success to, through and beyond graduation.

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Capital School District
Delaware

The Studio Experience:  Co-Designed Learning for All

The studio experience is a co-designed learning experience between an educator and learner which explores areas of passion and natural curiosity in an authentic, problem based environment while assessing competencies across multiple disciplines and/or content areas in a relevant and self-directed manner.

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Northern Cass School District
North Dakota

2023 Showcase Winners

Congratulations to the three finalists who took home top honor in 2023.

2nd Place

1st Place

3nd Place

About The Organizers

Started in 2010 with a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV), the annual ASU+ GSV Summit connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. Our north star is that ALL people have equal access to the future.
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Digital Promise shapes the future of learning and advances equitable education systems by bringing together solutions across research, practice, and technology.

Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools connects and rallies the most forward-thinking leaders of the nation’s school districts.
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LEAP Innovations catalyzes innovation and education to transform how students learn. Fueled by the evidence-based strategies of the LEAP Learning Framework, our work focuses on igniting learner talent and potential by connecting learning experiences to each student's needs, interests and strengths.
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Transcend is made up of a diverse team of educators, innovators, and changemakers with experience as school and system leaders, working towards a vision where all young people learn in ways that enable them to thrive in and transform the world. The organization is unified in the mission to support school communities to create and spread extraordinary, equitable learning environments.
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