Press Release Archive

• 34 Schools Nationwide Join Verizon Innovative Learning – February 20, 2025
• Statement from the Alliance for Learning Innovation, Data Quality Campaign, Digital Promise, InnovateEDU, Knowledge Alliance, and Results for America on the Administration’s Cancellation of Almost 100 Institute of Education Sciences Contracts – February 12, 2025

2024

• Ypsilanti Community High School Recognized as HP AI Spotlight School, with New State-of-the-Art Learning Studio – December 19, 2024
• Virtual Conference Provides Free Professional Learning Opportunity for Educators – November 4, 2024
• Digital Promise Launches a Free, Open-Source Badging Technology to Support Institutions with Issuing Badges – October 31, 2024
• Digital Promise Releases New Report to Understand Micro-credential and LER Use in K-12 Settings – August 21, 2024
• Digital Promise Releases Digital Equity Framework – August 14, 2024
• Digital Promise and Edthena Partner to Strengthen Science of Reading Literacy Instruction Using AI-Powered Coaching – July 18, 2024
• Digital Promise Releases New Report for Supporting Black Learners and Workers in Tech – June 27, 2024
• Digital Promise Announces Nationwide Cohort to Address Chronic Absenteeism, Partnering With Communities on Innovative Solutions – June 17, 2024
• Leading Education and Technology Communities Announce New Partnership to Advance the Edtech Ecosystem – March 14, 2024
• 34Schools Nationwide Join Verizon Innovative Learning – March 4, 2024
• Digital Promise Welcomes Rick Stephens as New Chair of the Board of Directors – Feb. 6, 2024
• James Allrich, Never Give Up – Feb. 1, 2024
• Announcing Digital Promise’s New Edtech and Emerging Technologies Initiative  Jan. 30, 2024
• Digital Promise Launches New Practitioner-Informed Design Product Certification That Prioritizes Collaboration With Educators – Jan. 23, 2024

2023

• Anaheim High School Named as Newest HP Spotlight School – Dec. 15, 2023
• Digital Promise Launches FutureLab to Investigate Transformative Approaches to Teaching and Learning – Sept. 26, 2023
• New Partnership between Digital Promise and Goldstar Education Sets Out to Improve Edtech Purchasing – Sept. 7, 2023
• Digital Promise Launches New Learners’ Journey Product Certification to Support Education and Workforce Transitions – Aug. 23, 2023
• Digital Promise Acquires Nationally Recognized Whole Child Developmental Content from Transforming Education – Aug. 17, 2023
• Digital Promise Welcomes Two New Members to its Board of Directors – Aug. 15, 2023
• Digital Promise Launches Badging Coalition to Develop an Open-Source Badging Solution – June 28, 2023
• Digital Promise Promotes Dr. Ximena Dominguez to Executive Director, Learning Sciences and Early Learning Research – June 8, 2023
• Digital Promise Joins Cohort of Researchers to Support Early Childhood Educators in Rural Communities – May 18, 2023
• 32 Schools Join Verizon Innovative Learning’s 10th Cohort – March 15, 2023

• Digital Promise Announces Appointment of Dr. Baron R. Davis as Senior Advisor
  – March 8, 2023
• Digital Promise Opens Applications for the VITAL Prize Challenge to Support the Next Generation of K-12 Learning Technologies – February 27, 2023
• Digital Promise and CAST Announce New Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Product Certification – January 17, 2023

2022

• Digital Promise’s Center for Inclusive Innovation Hosts Inaugural Convening to Advance Equity-Centered Research and Development (R&D) in Education – October 28, 2022
• Digital Promise Awarded New National Science Foundation Grant to Support Scaling Inclusive K-12 Computational Pathways – October 20, 2022
• Digital Promise Awards First Edtech Provider to Receive New AI Product Certification – October 20, 2022
• Virtual Conference Provides Free Professional Learning Opportunity for Educators on Election Day – October 12, 2022
• Digital Promise to Co-design Learning Transition Design Principles with End-Users of Learning and Employment Records (LERs) – October 11, 2022
• Digital Promise Supports Education Leaders in Finding Powerful Edtech Tools through Product Certifications – August 25, 2022
• Digital Promise Awards Three Learning and Employment Record (LER) Technologies with Newly Launched LER Inclusive Design Product Certification – August 11, 2022
• Digital Promise Acquires Renowned Global Education Programs from Asia Society – August 3, 2022
• 50 Schools Join Verizon Innovative Learning – June 8, 2022
• Digital Promise Launches New Learning Community for End-Users of Learning and Employment Records – May 19, 2022
• Digital Promise Takes an Inclusive Approach to Encourage the Design of Learning and Employment Records – April 11, 2022
• Chaula Gupta Joins Digital Promise as Vice President and Chief Program Officer – March 21, 2022
• MacKenzie Scott Makes Transformational $20 Million Gift to Digital Promise – March 7, 2022
• Digital Promise Launches Initiative to Reduce Digital Learning Gap in Haiti – March 1, 2022
• Digital Promise Welcomes Five New Members to its Board of Directors – February 10, 2022
• Digital Promise Sets New Strategic Framework to Help Shift the Future of Education – February 1, 2022

2021

• D’Andre Weaver Joins Digital Promise as Chief Digital Equity Officer – November 16, 2021
• League of Innovative Schools Applauds Signing of Historic Infrastructure Bill to Bridge Digital Divide – November 15, 2021
• Digital Promise Announces New AI Product Certification – November 4, 2021
• New Network Led by Digital Promise to Catalyze Large-Scale Research on Equitable Digital Learning – October 22, 2021
• Atlanta Public Schools Joins Verizon Innovative Learning – October 4, 2021
• The Center for Education Market Dynamics (CEMD), Digital Promise, EdTech Evidence Exchange, ISTE, and Project Unicorn Announce Partnership to Establish Easy Access to Information about the Quality of Edtech Products –  September 22, 2021
• Digital Promise Awards 18 Edtech Product Certifications for Research-Based Design and Learner Variability – August 26, 2021
• Largest Cohort Ever Joins Verizon Innovative Learning – August 10, 2021
• Digital Promise to Co-Lead New Institute Focused on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning – July 29, 2021
• Digital Promise Publishes Resources for District Leaders Looking to Spend COVID-19 Relief Funds – July 15, 2021
• National Nonprofit Digital Promise Partners with U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to Promote Equity-Driven Learning and Employment Records – May 24, 2021
• ConnectED NY to Provide No-Cost Internet Access to Students in Economically Disadvantaged School Districts Across New York State – March 19, 2021
• Digital Promise Applauds Passage of the American Rescue Plan – March 11, 2021
• Eight Edtech Products Awarded Research-Based Design and Learner Variability Product Certifications – February 25, 2021
• Digital Promise Appoints Jean-Claude Brizard as New President and Chief Executive Officer – January 25, 2021

2020

• Digital Promise Launches the Center for Inclusive Innovation – October 13, 2020
• 15 Edtech Products Awarded New Learner Variability Product Certification – October 8, 2020
• Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Expands into 10 High Schools – August 27, 2020
• Edtech Coaches Valuable in Transition to Digital Learning – August 13, 2020
• 22 Edtech Products Awarded Research-Based Design Product Certification – August 4, 2020
• Digital Promise Launches Instructional Coaching Playbook – July 14, 2020
• Suddenly Online: How We Can Learn from College Student and Faculty Frustration During COVID-19 – July 8, 2020
• Survey Finds Teachers Need More Time, Support, and Professional Learning to Address Learner Variability – April 29, 2020
• 100 Schools Join Verizon Innovative Learning – March 4, 2020
• 13 Edtech Products Awarded Research-Based Design Product Certification – February 6, 2020

2019

• Adolescent Literacy Model Included in Learner Variability Project’s Navigator – November 6, 2019
• Young Creators Use Virtual Reality to Inspire Action at the 2019 UN General Assembly – September 16, 2019
• Research Finds Technology Coaching Improves Teaching and Learning – September 4, 2019
• National Survey Takes Pulse of American Public on What Matters in Learning – May 21, 2019
• Innovation Portfolios Share Powerful Learning Strategies and Models to Inspire Advancements in Education – April 9, 2019
• 52 Schools Join Verizon Innovative Learning – March 13, 2019
• Digital Promise Global Seeks Innovative Middle and High School Educators for HP Teaching Fellows Program – January 29, 2019
• How Data Sharing Can Improve Frontline Worker Development – January 28, 2019
• Digital Promise Learner Variability Project (LVP) Releases New Math Learner Models – January 15, 2019

2018

• National Science Foundation Awards Three-Year Grant to Digital Promise Global to Develop K-12 Computational Thinking Pathways – October 10, 2018
• Research Finds Technology Coaches Provide Promising Approach to Closing the Digital Divide – August 13, 2018
• Newly Launched Learner Positioning Systems (LPS) to Help Edtech Companies Incorporate Research into Products– April 17, 2018
• MY World 360° – Empowering the Next Generation of SDG Journalists through Virtual Reality– March 22, 2018

2017

• New​ ​Report​ ​from​ ​Digital​ ​Promise​ ​Highlights​ ​the​ ​Role​ ​of​ ​Computational​ ​Thinking in​ ​Education​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Workforce– December 6, 2017
• Maker​ ​Promise​ ​and​ ​Edcamp​ ​Foundation​ ​Announce​ ​New Partnership​ ​to​ ​Promote​ ​Maker​ ​Learning​ ​to​ ​Educators– November 9, 2017
• Learning Ovations, Digital Promise, UCI, and MDRC Awarded U.S. Department of Education EIR Grant to Scale Personalized Literacy Instruction for United2Read Project – October 24, 2017
• Two Prominent Education Researchers Join Digital Promise Global – August 3, 2017
• Announcing the Dynamic Learning Project, a National Educator Coaching Program with Google and EdTechTeam – July 27, 2017
• Kimberly A. Smith Joins Digital Promise as Executive Director of the League of Innovative Schools – July 18, 2017
• In Memoriam: Dr. Eamon Michael Kelly (1936-2017) – June 29, 2017
• GM Intensifies Push to Train Young People for Jobs of the Future – June 28, 2017
• Digital Promise and Education Elements Launch Competency-based Education Toolkit – May 18, 2017
• Winners Announced in the Digital Promise filmMAKER Challenge – April 18, 2017
• J-PAL North America Hosts Conference at MIT on Education Technology, Personalized Learning and the Digital Divide – March 22, 2017

2016

• Digital Promise Launches the filmMAKER Challenge – December 8, 2016
• Survey Uncovers San Diego Area Parent Support for Technology in the Classroom – October 20, 2016
• First-of-Its-Kind Symposium Pairs Venture Capitalists with Teachers to Explore the Impact of Ed-Tech – October 13, 2016
• Redesigning High School through the XQ: Super School Project – September 15, 2016
• Over 1,400 Schools Sign the Maker Promise to Grow America’s Nation of Makers  – June 17, 2016
• Connecting the Education Community with Research on Learning – May 10, 2016
• Digital Promise and Maker Ed Launch the Maker Promise – March 9, 2016

2015

• BloomBoard and Digital Promise Launch Micro-credential Website to Support Competency-based Learning for Teachers – November 10, 2015
• Digital Promise and EdSurge Announce the Winners of the 2015 Digital Innovation in Learning Awards – October 15, 2015
• Making Professional Learning Count – October 1, 2015
• New Commitments in Support of the President’s Nation of Makers Initiative – June 12, 2015
• Highlighting Ed-tech Research and Pilot Best Practices – March 5, 2015
• Digital Promise Releases New Report: Supporting Deeper Learning in the Classroom – February 12, 2015

2014

• Digital Promise Releases New Report: Improving Ed-Tech Purchasing – November 13, 2014
• Librarians’ Role as Digital Learning Leaders is Highlighted in New League of Innovative Schools National Case Study – October 22, 2014
• Verizon Program Provides 24/7 Schoolwide Access to Mobile Technology in 8 Middle Schools – October 2, 2014
• Digital Promise Welcomes New Members Into the League of Innovative Schools – September 23, 2014
• Digital Promise and Verizon Partnering with Schools to Close the Digital Learning Gap – August 6, 2014
• Digital Promise and EdSurge Announce the Digital Innovation in Learning Awards – June 30, 2014
• Digital Promise and Getting Smart Share Vision for Preparing Teachers For Deeper Learning – May 1, 2014
• Sharing the Success of Our League of Innovative Schools Spring Meeting – April 5, 2014
• Meet our Spring 2014 Cohort of the League of Innovative Schools – March 24, 2014
• Join Us in Improving Ed-Tech Purchasing Practices – March 6, 2014
• Joyce Foundation Announces College Pipeline Commitment at The White House – January 16, 2014

2013

• Digital Promise Supports White House ConnectED Plan for Moving All Students into the Digital Age – June 6, 2013
• IDEO & Digital Promise Release “Evolving Ed-Tech Procurement in School Districts” – April 30, 2013
• Karen Cator Joins Digital Promise as CEO – April 16, 2013

2011

• White House to Launch “Digital Promise” Initiative – Sept. 16, 2011