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Applications are now open for the 2022 LEAP challenge! The challenge will support strong evidence-based innovations to re-engage students and provide them with the educational support they need to thrive in the wake of learning disruptions.

Applications are now open for the 2022 LEAP challenge! The challenge will support strong evidence-based innovations to re-engage students and provide them with the educational support they need to thrive in the wake of learning disruptions.

10 organizations have been selected by MIT Solve and the Jacobs Foundation to address global learning challenges as the 2023 LEAP Project Host winners. In May 2022, the Jacobs Foundation, launched LEAP (Leveraging Evidence for Action to Promote change), a global initiative that brings together researchers and social entrepreneurs to support education organizations to generate evidence and

Jacobs Foundation launches new research consortium to advance equity in Swiss primary schools by maximizing the opportunities in the digitalization of education The Jacobs Foundation has launched a new research consortium that will focus on digital learning environments and cross-curricular competencies in Swiss primary schools. The ongoing transformation of educational systems, accelerated by the pandemic,

On 23 May in Bogotá, our Co-CEO Fabio Segura signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education in Colombia and Fundación Empresarios por la Educación. Signatories to the MoU commit to improving children’s holistic learning outcomes in Colombia through collaborating with different actors in the education sector.

Today we are proud to launch our exciting new research agenda to guide our work until 2030. Through our research agenda, we will further the science of learning variability to provide quality learning opportunities to every child.

2022 Jacobs Foundation Special Track Global EdTech Startup Awards Recipients.

We warmly welcome and congratulate our six new Social Entrepreneur Coalition members from the University of Pennsylvania: Aqeela Allahyari; Sidra Alvi; Psacoya Guinn; Neha Gupta; Heidi Mitchell; and Natalia Rodriguez.

The Jacobs Foundation commissioned Economist Impact to develop a Learning Ecosystems Framework. The framework offers a tool to understand the enabling factors of effective learning ecosystems.