Welcome to the 1EdTech Foundation

The 1EdTech® Foundation is dedicated to making educational technology work better for everyone through charitable, educational, and research efforts. Collaborating with a wide range of institutions and organizations to expand learning opportunities from early education through workplace skills development. It does so by:

Advance Educational Technology

Improving educational technology by making it simpler, more innovative, cost-effective, and accessible for learners from early childhood through career development.

Open Interoperability Standards

Supporting open-source tools and open standards to create connected, fair, and sustainable education systems through collaboration with schools, nonprofits, and companies.

Future-Ready Learning

Bringing together education and technology leaders to build learning environments that are ethical, secure, accessible, and designed for the needs of today’s AI-driven world.

Together We Amplify the Power of Learning

Research and Proof-of-Concept for Future-Facing Societal Problems
Addressing future-facing societal problems that require research and proof-of-concept phases before full-scale implementation.
Developing Innovative Learning Ecosystem Solutions
Leveraging collective expertise to develop innovative learning ecosystem solutions that support the alignment of educational records that incorporate information on knowledge, skills, and competencies, including durable skills of significance to society’s workplaces, both in industry and services.
Creating Secure and Accessible Records for Workforce Alignment
Building POC solutions that reflect how to collect, transport, and protect such records, so they can be clearly and safely communicated in both human and machine-readable formats, to enhance labor opportunities aligned with workforce requirements.
Fostering Education-Industry Collaboration through Pilot Projects
Promoting communication and collaboration between the education sector and industry leaders through pilot projects, research partnerships, advisory panels, or working groups.
Empowering Individuals for Lifelong Career Success
Helping individuals of all backgrounds and circumstances achieve their personal and professional goals, reducing unnecessary educational debt by realigning their learning and work experience records to lifelong career opportunities.
Supporting Education Technology Start-ups in Collective Innovation
Providing opportunities to have education technology start-ups participate in the collective knowledge sharing process, with the understanding that innovation requires organizations and companies in every developmental stage.

"The 1EdTech Foundation is doing the hard but essential work—the kind that often gets overlooked because it’s not immediately commercial. They’re addressing foundational challenges like secure interoperability, usable data systems, and learner agency. These aren’t just technical issues—they’re equity issues. If we’re serious about serving every learner, then this is the kind of work that has to lead the way.”

Lenny Schad

Co-Founder, K12 Strategic Advisory Group;
Former CITO, Houston ISD;
Chair, National Advisory Council on Cybersecurity for Education

1EdTech Foundation Projects

Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange Network (CASE Network): The CASE Network was published by the Foundation as a pilot, to prove the value of publishing academic standards and competencies in a common open format which includes a globally unique identifier for each competency or academic standard. The CASE Network is now operational under the name of CASE Network 2 (CN2) as a nonprofit enterprise.

Ecosystem Accelerator Program: Digital ecosystem support tools for school districts, universities, and curriculum suppliers to enable digital on day one, data transparency, trust, compatibility, and cooperative evolution of open standards.

Learn & Work Ecosystem Library: A web-based library that collects, curates, and coordinates information and resources for diverse stakeholders in the learn-and-work ecosystem.

Project Wellspring: Universities, school districts, and leading corporations working together to capture competencies and improve employment and educational opportunities and pathways.

1EdTech Consortium and the Ed-Fi Alliance Project: 1EdTech Consortium and the Ed-Fi Alliance are partnering to show how combining OneRoster and Ed-Fi Data Standards streamlines data use through a unified rostering approach and scalable paths to deeper integration.

1EdTech Open Interoperability and TrustEd App Practices Standards: The Foundation publishes the final versions of all 1EdTech open interoperability and TrustEd Apps Practices standards for all to see and use. Please go to 1edtech.org/standards/details to learn more.

How We Do It?

The 1EdTech Foundation is a Type I supporting 501c3 organization affiliated with 1EdTech Consortium, the largest and most productive global EdTech innovation collaboration. 1EdTech is a non-profit 501c6 membership organization with over 1,173 members operating for the public good by publishing open standards and best practices free to access and use by any party. 1EdTech has succeeded in nurturing a vibrant, collaborative ecosystem of school districts, universities, state departments of education and edtech providers. With 1EdTech open standards, all learning resources and systems connect seamlessly and safely, and build data-rich learning environments. 1EdTech is also a sponsor of the 1EdTech Foundation, providing financial and resource support, including management, development, and deployment of 1EdTech Foundation projects.

The 1EdTech Foundation partners with other foundations, NGOs, educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations to develop future forward pilots, and POC projects that will advance the potential and benefits of education at all ages and levels promoting seamless transitions from education to workforce, and lifelong learning.

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