Education Innovation Showcase & Award

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Honoring K-12 Education System Leaders!

The Education Innovation Showcase honors K-12 education system leaders advancing innovation in their community and fostering meaningful change at the systems level! Based on our experience, we aim to highlight innovation in two categories: pre-implementation (idea category) and post-implementation (impact category). This update will offer more chances for K-12 leaders worldwide to learn and share. We use a standardized rubric and collaborate with over 35 partner organizations to select the top 5 innovations in each category.

Key Dates

October 28, 2024 — Application Live!
December 4, 2024, 3:00 - 4:00pm EST — Ask Me Anything (AMA) - RSVP
January 6, 2025 — Application Deadline
February 2025 —Application Status Updates Sent
February 2025 — Top 10 Announced
April 6-9, 2025 — The 16th ASU + GSV Summit, with Top 10 Celebrated and Winners Selected!

Prize Package

The Top 10 innovators will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas at the Summit for a shot at the grand prizes:

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  • Idea Category
    • 30 hours of consulting with the Noegenesis Group, training on the Digital Promise Inclusive Innovation Framework, and complimentary registration and accommodation to any League of Innovative Schools convening or event (valued at $10,000)
    • 20 hours of personalized virtual consulting support aligned to our innovative coaching and professional development model to support opportunities of practice in a school, district or organization.  Additionally, LEAP will provide a full day (up to 6 hours) in-person workshop for up to 40 participants tailored to the needs of a school/district or organization grounded in the LEAP Learning Framework  (valued at ~$12,000)
    • A complimentary half-day virtual design sprint with Transcend (valued at $5,000)
    • $5,000 sub-grant from Educating All Learners Alliance to ensure your innovation reaches all learners, plus support in implementation (valued at $5,000)
    • Complimentary registration to next year's ASU+GSV Summit

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  • Impact Category
    • 30 hours of consulting with the Noegenesis Group, training on the Digital Promise Inclusive Innovation Framework, and complimentary registration and accommodation to any League of Innovative Schools convening or event (valued at $10,000)
    • 20 hours of personalized virtual consulting support aligned to our innovative coaching and professional development model to support opportunities of practice in a school, district or organization. Additionally, LEAP will provide a full day (up to 6 hours) in-person workshop for up to 40 participants tailored to the needs of a school/district or organization grounded in the LEAP Learning Framework (valued at ~$12,000)‍
    • A complimentary one-day, in-person design sprint with Transcend (valued at $10,000)
    • Complimentary registration to next year's ASU+GSV Summit

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  • All Top 10 will receive:
    • 1-hour virtual consultancy with LEAP Innovations
    • 90-minute online design sprint with Transcend
    • (1) complimentary registration to the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit and
    • (4) nights of hotel accommodations in San Diego

Past Showcase Winners

Congratulations to the finalists who took home top honor in 2023 and 2024.
2023 Showcase Winners
2024 Showcase Winners

2nd Place

1st Place

3nd Place

Impact Winner

Idea Winner

2024 Showcase Finalists

  • Embracing AI: Building Our Own District-Wide Artifical Intelligence (Idea) — Arcadia Unified School District, California
  • Virtual Vistas: Elevating Learning with an Ecosystem of Supports (Impact) — Illinois Virtual Schools & Academy, Illinois
  • Smart Manufacturing Meets Innovate (Idea) — Innovate Academy Preparatory School, Idaho
  • Runway Green - Brooklyn's First K-12 Experiential Learning Ecosystem (Idea) — Launch EL Charter School, New York
  • Reimagining College Counseling with AI (Idea) — San Francisco Bay Region School Districts, California
  • The $50 Study: An Income Floor for Teens (Impact) — Rooted School, Louisiana
  • SparkNC - Igniting Futures in Tech (Impact) — North Carolina School Districts, North Carolina
  • Talent Together: Bridging Educator Shortages Through Collaboration (Idea) — Consortia of 56 Intermediate School Districts in Michigan, Michigan
  • Developing an Inclusive School Environment for Autistic Students (Impact) — Tapestry Public Charter School, Georgia
  • Uxbridge High School Innovation Pathways (Impact) — Uxbridge High School/Uxbridge Public Schools, Massachusetts

2023 Showcase Finalists

  • Bonsall Forward Initiative — Bonsall Unified School District, California
  • Building a Culture to Advance Virtual Innovation — NYC DoE District 08, New York
  • Career Pathways and Career Connected Learning — Westbrook Public Schools, Connecticut
  • Igniting Regional Collaboration for Student Learning Recovery — East Central Educational Service Center, Indiana
  • Launch at Floyd Bennett Field — Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School, New York
  • Overtime Elite — Overtime Elite, Georgia
  • Putting Rural on the Map — Collegiate Edu-Nation, Texas
  • Skyline: Chicago’s PK-12 Digital Curriculum — Chicago Public Schools, Illinois
  • Success for Our Seniors — Capital School District, Delaware
  • The Studio Experience:  Co-Designed Learning for All — Northern Cass School District, North Dakota

About The Organizers

Started in 2010 with a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV), the annual ASU+ GSV Summit connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. Our north star is that ALL people have equal access to the future.
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Digital Promise shapes the future of learning and advances equitable education systems by bringing together solutions across research, practice, and technology.

Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools connects and rallies the most forward-thinking leaders of the nation’s school districts.
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LEAP Innovations catalyzes innovation and education to transform how students learn. Fueled by the evidence-based strategies of the LEAP Learning Framework, our work focuses on igniting learner talent and potential by connecting learning experiences to each student's needs, interests and strengths.
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Transcend is made up of a diverse team of educators, innovators, and changemakers with experience as school and system leaders, working towards a vision where all young people learn in ways that enable them to thrive in and transform the world. The organization is unified in the mission to support school communities to create and spread extraordinary, equitable learning environments.
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The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is an uncommon coalition of over 140 organizations committed to resource-sharing and community-building that supports the efforts of the education community to meet the needs of students with disabilities. From working with edtech solution providers to address accessibility and inclusivity in edtech to partnering with schools and districts to support promising practices in the field, EALA is committed to ensuring equity for all learners by bringing together resources from across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights, and K-12 nonprofits have come together to address and reimagine organizations, approaches, systems, and learning environments.
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