Our Programs
We’re all about supporting best-in-class Applied Learning in Massachusetts K-12 schools.
Learn more about the engaging and effective programs supported by One8 Applied Learning Hub.
Established programs that embody Applied Learning with evidence of success. The One8 Foundation provides school grants for these programs as well as support from the One8 Applied Learning Hub.
Project-based, open-source, 8th grade course that prepares students to engage in civic life and develop their own civic identity. Students practice sustained inquiry around challenging questions, take on roles like petitioner and lawyer to deepen their learning. Grade levels supported: 8
Openly available, inquiry-based, comprehensive set of social studies curricular materials. Grade levels supported: 3-7
NGSS-aligned core science curriculum for grades 6-8 where phenomenon-based instruction allows students to drive the learning. Grade levels supported: 6-8
The nation’s leading K-12 engineering, computer science, and biomedical science courses. In every PLTW class, units are designed for students to build knowledge and skills to solve real-world problems. Grade levels supported: K-12
Skew The Script supports instruction and creates high school lesson materials that make math what it already is: relevant. Grade levels supported: High school stats
Engaging conceptual math program based on the neuroscience of how the brain learns. This supplemental computer program, aligned to K-5 standards, has a proven track record of building students’ conceptual math understanding, love of math, and confidence in their math ability. Grade levels supported: K-5
Earlier stage programs with vetted teams and designs plus promising data. The One8 Foundation supports select schools to pilots.
New suite of projects from PBLWorks, starting first at middle school. Units are designed to supplement existing core curriculum and are aligned to gold-standard project design, giving students the opportunity to apply math knowledge to solve authentic problems.
One8 funded two pilot cohorts of schools using high dosage early literacy tutoring to test whether a model for a first-grade literacy safety net could achieve reading gains without the challenges that have plagued other in-person tutoring programs. The goal of this pilot program was to test if daily, in-school tutoring could help build foundational skills, allowing first-grade students with documented literacy gaps to reach grade level by the end of the year. An SY24 evaluation found that on average, students gained over 5 additional months of learning compared to national norms. The SY25 findings are similarly strong, with additional findings related to how student remain on grade level in second grade even after tutoring has ended. Of the tutored 1st grade students who finished SY24 on grade level, 85% finished 2nd grade reading on grade level in SY25. Read the full report on outcomes from the 2024-25 school year.
Efforts to raise awareness about the results of this work contributed to the inclusion of $25M for high-dosage tutoring in the Governor’s FY26 budget, securing public funding for 10,000 seats statewide in SY26.
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