The Pearson Foundation helps schools, teachers, and academic leaders do all they can to help students succeed. Together with corporate, non-profit, and academic partners, we deliver innovative, scalable learning programs to schools; provide academic awards, training, and professional support to teachers; and support leadership initiatives that establish and document best practices for students and educators.
NAF Collaboration Network
The Pearson Foundation is a proud sponsor of the National Academy Foundation, a national network of career academies that support the development of America's youth toward personal and professional success in high school, in higher education, and throughout their careers. At NAF’s career academies, teachers use a new research-based curriculum developed jointly by NAF and the Pearson Foundation – curriculum which integrates career-themed subject matter with project-based learning. In addition, the Pearson Foundation has committed more than $2 million dollars since 2004 to help NAF establish professional development and training materials that provide NAF the opportunity to articulate, document, and broadcast the exemplary teaching practices that underlie NAF’s students’ success.
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The Learning Team Fellowship
In 2008, The Pearson Foundation, Pearson Achievement Solutions, and The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) established the Learning Teams Fellowship, an annual award that makes it possible for exemplary educators to benefit from Pearson Achievement Solutions’ Learning Teams approach to professional development.
The Fellowships are offered in conjunction with the annual NCTAF Symposium, where NCTAF and Pearson together shine a spotlight on learning teams from across the nation and recognize their outstanding work in moving toward a collaborative teaching model focused on improving student achievement.
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The Pearson Foundation/CCSSO International Conference on Education
Together with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO),the Pearson Foundation is proud to sponsor the Pearson Foundation/CCSSO International Conference on Education. The first conference, held April 28-May 1, 2008 in Singapore, convenes delegations from the Pacific Rim, Africa, and Europe, together with Chief State School officers from the United States to share and consider key educational, assessment, and professional development practices that ensure student success in mathematics and science education.
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BridgeIT
Together with Nokia, International Youth Foundation, and UNDP, Pearson launched BridgeIT in 2003. This global program combines existing mobile products and satellite technologies to deliver digital multimedia materials to teachers and students who otherwise would not have access to them. Since June 2003, teachers have been using mobile phones supplied by Nokia to access a library of science videos that are part of Pearson Digital Learning’s KnowledgeBox. Once selected, videos are downloaded via satellite to a Nokia digital video recorder connected to a television right in the classroom.
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Empowering the 21st Century Superintendent
Empowering the 21st Century Superintendent is an initiative dedicated launched by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) to help superintendents, aspiring superintendents, and district leadership teams build their knowledge, skills and confidence, as effective technology leaders. The Pearson Foundation is proud to have documented conversations with these leaders in a supporting video, which like the effort itself highlights five key themes for technology leadership.
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Learning to Change, Changing to Learn
Together with The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the Pearson Foundation is creating a series of public service announcements focused on the challenges and opportunities of integrating technology into teaching practice around the world. “Learning to Change/Changing to Learn” is a five-minute video that shares the views of an international panel of key educators and thought leaders. Together, their voices document the need for all educational stakeholders to develop contemporary classroom practices that incorporate technology to individualize and maximize student learning.
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Jordan Education Initiative
Together with the Cisco Learning Institute and Pearson Longman, the Pearson Foundation is proud to partner with the United Stats State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative to supply state-of-the-art ESL (English as a second language) curriculum and training to teachers and students served by the Jordan Education Initiative.
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Project Exploration Science Teacher Institute
Project Exploration is a Chicago-based nonprofit group recognized as one of the most innovative and successful science education programs in the United States. Together with Pearson Education, the Pearson Foundation has established a major development fund and fellowship program for teachers served by Project Exploration in honor of the late Dr. Neil Campbell, a world-renowned textbook author and prominent University of California at Riverside biology professor.
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