There is a critical need for education solutions that are better connected with learning science. The Stanford Accelerator for Learning works to empower education entrepreneurs who draw upon research-based learning practices to envision and build novel solutions.
The Education Entrepreneurship Hub supports Stanford students and recent alumni who want to build new organizations, be intrapreneurs within their teams, or innovate in their current roles. We think of entrepreneurship broadly, across the for-profit, public benefit, and non-profit continuum.
Launched in Fall 2024, the hub meets the needs of Stanford students in their entrepreneurial journeys in three ways:
- Education. Providing learning opportunities and collating resources to help students ideate, develop, and grow education ventures based on the science of learning.
- Connection. Bringing together entrepreneurial members of the Stanford community to share expertise, support, and mentorship.
- Immersion. Offering co-curricular opportunities for students to develop education entrepreneurship skills and build their education-focused ventures.
Learning Design Challenge
The Learning Design Challenge helps student teams across Stanford build equitable, accessible learning experiences by drawing on research in the science and design of learning alongside emerging technologies. Through a for-credit workshop series, students develop or advance an edtech project while working with mentors from the Graduate School of Education, the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, and Silicon Valley's edtech industry. Teams pitch to faculty and industry experts each quarter for funding — $1,500 Prototyping Awards in winter and $9,000 Research-to-Practice Awards in spring. Past projects have won StartX fellowships, raised hundreds of thousands in external funding, and scaled to all 50 states and countries around the world.
