Innovation Exchange

Americans are already doing extraordinary things in education. Too often that work stays inside one school, one district, one state. This is where we find it, share it, and help it grow.


WHAT THIS IS

The Innovation Exchange is a living resource, built on the belief that educators, researchers, families, and communities across the country are already developing the models we need. What has been missing is a national effort to connect that work.

If you are doing innovative work in your school, district, or organization, we want to hear about it so we can share it with others

Areas of Focus

  • Human development and well-being

  • Resiliency and mental health

  • School design models

  • Career and workforce readiness

  • Artificial intelligence and technology

  • Civic and ethical development

  • Creativity and the arts

  • Outdoor and experiential learning

  • Personalized learning

  • Assessment and accountability

  • Teacher preparation and support

  • Community and industry partnerships

Innovative Practices

School design

Virginia Governor Schools

Half-day magnet program keeps academically ambitious students embedded in their home schools and communities while conducting original university-level research with community mentors.

Hampton, Virginia — Est. 1973

Community partnerships

University-Assisted Community Schools

Universities deploy their full range of resources to surround and support a community school, from translation services to job boards to agricultural assistance.

Duke University model

Career and workforce

Your practice here

Know a program that is working? Something you have built or seen that belongs in this library? Submit it and we will share it.

Submit below

Project Submission Form