ADVANCED INCLUSIVE R&D
Programs
Our Advanced, Inclusive Research and Development (R&D) programs are designed to learn what works with Black and Latino learners and students experiencing poverty, while creating bold PreK-12 solutions — practices, methods, prototypes, and tools — for the quality learning all students deserve.
We share the insights we identify from these impactful teaching and learning solutions, so learners across the country — in and outside the classroom — can thrive.
Assessment for Good transforms educational assessments by creating asset-based, culturally relevant tools enhanced with technology.
EF+Math improves math outcomes by strengthening executive functioning skills that manage our attention, thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
Reading Reimagined develops foundational literacy skills in students who need on-going support tailored to their developmental stage.
We’re looking for a Program Executive Director to lead our next initiative, with a budget of up to $25M. Learn more & apply.
AERDF's Programs Are Developed Through an Advanced Inclusive R&D Approach
Inspired by the US federal government’s Advanced Research Projects Agency or ARPA initiatives that already exist in defense, health, energy, we ground our approach in Advanced R&D, which involves focused, shorter cycles of innovation with clear, ambitious goals to achieve a breakthrough.
Plus we inclusively engage a community of learners, educators, researchers, developers, and more from the beginning and throughout this process.
Together, we combine the two approaches to form our AERDF model: Advanced Inclusive R&D.
Through partnerships and “bridges” in the ecosystem, we bring our generalizable knowledge, insights, and solutions into the real world for others to carry forward and take to scale.
The result: scientific discovery and inventions of major breakthroughs that benefit PreK-12 teaching, learning and assessment systems.
