The Pearson Foundation is an independent 501c3 non-profit organization that aims to make a difference by promoting literacy, learning, and great teaching.
We do this by collaborating with leading businesses, not-for-profits, and education experts to share good practice; foster innovation; and find workable solutions to the educational disadvantages facing young people and adults across the globe.
Each year an initial unrestricted grant from Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, provides us with operating funds we make use of to develop programs and partnerships around the world. We also work with Pearson, with other funders, and with a roster of exemplary non-profit organizations, corporations, and partners to deliver scalable and replicable educational solutions to students, teachers, and educational institutions wherever we can.
We believe we can make an important difference by focusing our efforts, resources, and alliances on the key approaches inside and outside the classroom that can most shape a child’s success.
To help showcase some of the best solutions already making a difference in local communities, we’ve developed programs like We Give Books, the New Learning Institute, and the Strong Performers, Successful Reformers video series. These otherwise distinct efforts share the common goal of supporting and spreading the word about exemplary practices among the world’s most successful education systems and learning organizations.
We’ve also worked with others to develop new learning approaches of our own—efforts like the BridgeIT mobile learning solution, for example; the My Voice student aspirations survey; and most recently, our ongoing effort to create a System of Courses for the Common Core Curriculum in Math and English Language Arts.
Whenever we can, we also:
Provide support and help add capacity to great non-profit organizations already making a difference in local communities.
Incubate innovative approaches to teaching and learning that can make an immediate difference in the lives of young people and educators.
Document and share these best practices with educators and community organizations so that others can adapt them to help the individuals and organizations they serve.
If you have an idea, or would like to recommend a particular already-proven solution, we’d love to hear from you. We regret, however, that we can’t always reply to every unsolicited contact or request. (Please email us at info@pearsonfoundation.org)
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