Founded in 2001, All4Ed is a national nonprofit that drives transformation in education-to-career systems to ensure that every young person thrives in learning, work, and life. We work with federal and state policymakers, K-12 and higher education leaders, and cross-sector partners to advance equitable, learner-centered pathways organized around four domains of thriving: knowledge and capability, economic security and mobility, connection and belonging, and purpose and agency. Through policy advocacy and activation, technical assistance, and thought leadership, we move ideas from legislation to implementation, strengthen state and regional pathways ecosystems, and challenge assumptions about what pathways are for.
Featured Blog Series
Normal Gets Us Nowhere
Normal Gets Us Nowhere asks hard questions, challenges longstanding assumptions, and offers new approaches to pathways designed so all young people thrive in learning, work, and life.
Design Differently
The Design Differently blog series explores bold ideas, emerging practices, and real-world examples that help educators rethink how schools prepare learners for the future.
blog | Assessment, Every Student Succeeds Act, State Policy Center
A review of 2026 state legislation on summative assessments reveals three emerging trends: reducing statewide testing, fragmenting assessment systems, and using assessment data to expand opportunity. Learn what these proposals could mean for accountability, equity, and student success.
blog | Assessment, Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Education Policy, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Sciences, Workforce and Community
What if the problem isnโt skillsโbut how we define them? This blog challenges the โgrammar of skills,โ arguing it misrepresents how people learn and fuels systems that prioritize measurement over development, equity, and real-world capability.
blog | Assessment, Every Student Succeeds Act, State Policy Center
A review of 2025 state legislation on statewide summative assessments.
publication | Accountability and Support, Assessment, Congress, Every Student Succeeds Act, US Department of Education
Explaining what states need ESEA waivers for, what federal education requirements can and cannot be waived, and the waiver request process in ESSA.
blog | Assessment, Budget and Resources, College and Career Pathways, COVID Response & Recovery, Federal Education Budget, Funding Equity
All4Ed has been watching as Governors issue their State of the State addresses and identifying interesting patterns and focuses for the coming year in education policy.
blog | Accountability and Support, Assessment, Budget and Resources, College and Career Pathways, COVID Response & Recovery, Federal Education Budget, Funding Equity, State of the State Addresses
January marks the time for Governors across the nation to address a joint session of their legislature and deliver a State of the State Address. This annual speech serves as a way for a Governor to introduce legislative and policy priorities for the coming year. While the format and name of each address varies from…
activity | Assessment, Other Priorities
World Class: How to Build a 21st-Century School System ParticipantsAndreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education In a world where topics that are easy to teach and test also have become easy to…
activity | Assessment, Every Student Succeeds Act
The Alliance for Excellent Education and the Center for Innovation and EducationInvite You to Attend a Webinar How States and School District Leaders Can Assess Deeper Learning Panelists Ellen Hume-Howard, Curriculum Director, Sanborn Regional (NH) School DistrictPaul Leather, Deputy Commissioner, New Hampshire State Department of EducationWinsome Waite, PhD, Vice President, Policy to Practice, Alliance for…
activity | Assessment, Digital Learning, Future Ready Schools
Digital Learning Day 2018: How Innovative Districts Blend Teaching and Technology to Improve Student Outcomes PanelistsTom Arnett, Senior Research Fellow in Education, Clayton Christensen Institute (@ArnettTom)Nikolaus Namba, Director of Twenty-First-Century Learning and Technology, Lindsay Unified School District (California) (@NikNamba)Beth Rabbitt, Chief Executive Officer, The Learning Accelerator (@BethRabbitt)Joe Vagt, Blended Learning Specialist, Lindsay Unified School District…
