Take the LEAP.
Every student deserves a learning experience designed to ignite their potential and equip them for the future. At LEAP, we help schools and districts transform learning so that every student is deeply engaged, future-ready and positioned for success. Rooted in research about how students learn best, we work alongside schools and districts to redesign teaching and learning, build educator capacity, and create the infrastructure needed for lasting impact.
ENGAGEMENT & BELONGING
LEAP helps schools and districts understand and improve how students experience learning so more students feel connected, motivated, and supported to succeed.
PERSONALIZED LEARNING
Rooted in the research of the LEAP Learning Framework, LEAP supports educators in designing learning that reflects students’ strengths, needs, interests and goals so students take ownership of their learning and teaching is more engaging and impactful.
HUMAN-CENTERED AI
LEAP helps schools and districts thoughtfully integrate AI and other emerging technologies to strengthen teaching, support educators, and design future-ready learning that prepares students for what comes next.
CAPACITY BUILDING
Through cohort-based professional learning, leadership coaching, and implementation support, LEAP works alongside our partners to transform innovation and improvement initiatives into lasting classroom practice.
450+ School and District
partners since 2013
65,000+ Students Impacted
during 2025-2026 school year
98% of teachers
improved practice
Everything we do bridges innovation, research, and practice to help you turn student-centered innovations into sustainable classroom practice.
Learn more about our programs, services, events, and offerings!
Professional Learning and Coaching to advance your student-centered learning systems
AI in Education supports, from roadmaps & guidebooks to stakeholder engagement, professional learning, and lesson design.
LEAP Innovations Accelerator, in Chicagoland and virtual. Join one of our cohort programs or bring one to your community.
LEAP Learner Engagement Survey, to gather real-time, actionable data on student learning experiences to improve instruction and create the conditions for student success.
Coalitions for Human-Centered AI in Education, in Chicago and launching in Eastern Illinois and Southwest Ohio, for cross-sector gatherings exploring and designing real-world, human-centered approaches to AI in education.