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Welcome to the One Idea Foundation

Bridging the
Educational Gap

Welcome to One Idea Foundation

Bridging the Educational Gap

One Idea Foundation (OIF) builds partnerships with private corporations and organizations to bridge their resources into education and bring about real and sustainable change that provides as many students as possible access to a transformative model of learning capable of narrowing the massive skills gap facing industry’s present and future workforces.

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Our Purpose

To reframe the future of education.

Our Mission

To accelerate opportunities for public school students so they can discover who they are while gaining experience that prepares them for their future work environment.

One Idea drives five specific initiatives to accomplish its mission

  • 1
    In-School Programming
    We partner with industry and school districts to bring innovative learning solutions no matter the economic restraints.
  • 2
    District-Partner Schools
    We partner with industry and public school districts to assist in launching innovation schools founded in transformative solutions that represent relevant models of learning aligned with 21st-Century workforce demands.
  • 3
    OIF Independent Innovation Academies and Schools
    We partner with industry and government to launch stand-alone Industry Academies and K-12 One Idea concept schools founded on the Learn to Start solution, capable of developing market-ready adults and students.
  • 4
    Teacher Training Institute
    We partner with Industry to support a transformative approach to the training of teachers and administrators so as to build a workforce inside of education that is capable of developing students who are market-ready by graduation.
  • 4
    Research & Data
    We gather and report research and data on the state of education, government, industry, and the impact our solutions are having in order to drive legislative change.

In-School Programming

We partner with industry and school districts to bring innovative learning solutions no matter the economic restraints.

District-Partner Schools

We partner with industry and public school districts to assist in launching innovation schools founded in transformative solutions that represent relevant models of learning aligned with 21st-Century workforce demands.

OIF Independent Innovation Academies and Schools

We partner with industry and government to launch stand-alone Industry Academies and K-12 One Idea concept schools founded on the Learn to Start solution, capable of developing market-ready adults and students.

Teacher Training Institute

We partner with Industry to support a transformative approach to the training of teachers and administrators so as to build a workforce inside of education that is capable of developing students who are market-ready by graduation.

Research and Data

We gather and report research and data on the state of education, government, industry, and the impact our solutions are having in order to drive legislative change.

Hear from our President and CEO

"At the One Idea Foundation, our mission is clear: to bring real and sustainable solutions into education to ensure as many people as possible get access to a transformative model of human development – one that builds the outcomes of empowerment, performance and wellness in every student we serve."

Our core Competencies

As a not-for-profit organization, One Idea, in partnership with Industry, has brought together the expertise necessary to both fund and drive five core competencies capable of transforming education aligned to 21st-Century workforce demands.

Industry Partnership

OIF engages industry at large to participate in its mission. All of our initiatives are supported by industry leaders to ensure we can expedite change using the power of employers – the ones demanding the level of change necessary to ensure their own workforce retention and sustainability.

Curriculum Design

OIF partners and aggregates innovative curriculum systems that can be implemented into our initiatives and school delivery designs to ensure an experiential model of education capable of developing workforce-ready human beings capable of thriving in a highly unpredictable, 21st-century economy.

Innovative Learning Design

OIF unites innovative design, pedagogy, and system experts to ensure we are building transformative academy and school environments that provide an environment that drives a passion for learning and personal advancement. 

Professional Development

OIF identifies and facilitates models capable of developing 21st-century teaching and educational leadership practices that align with reframing the classroom and school experience. Through our Teaching Institute, peer mentoring program, and OIF Workforce Academy, we bring training aligned to creating life- and market-ready human beings by providing the framework, portfolio tools, and platform to succeed.

Research and Data

OIF identifies, gathers, and synthesizes data that can drive change across the entire landscape of education. With the power of data outcomes, OIF believes we can educate community leaders and policymakers to adopt a new model of education inside the United States.

One Idea Foundation Board of Directors

Pam Gould

Founder and CEO
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Gary Conroy

Board Member

Mehul Desai

Board Member