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XQ Institute is the nation’s leading organization dedicated to rethinking the high school experience so that every student graduates ready to succeed in life. We work in communities throughout the country, with individual schools and entire school systems, to help them dream big about what high school could be, turn their innovative ideas into action, and create more rigorous and equitable schools. We share what’s working with other schools and districts, so they can tailor new models to the needs of their own students and communities. We know that seeing is believing, so we meet people where they are to share the importance and possibility of change through listening, learning, and storytelling. And our open-source tools, based on research and design thinking, empower people to take up the challenge of transforming their high schools with a unifying goal: unlocking the American promise of a high-quality education for everyone.
XQ was co-founded by board chair Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, and Russlynn Ali, XQ’s CEO and former U.S. assistant secretary of education for civil rights. XQ’s board of directors also includes Geoffrey Canada, Marc Eckō, Jimmy Iovine, Michael Klein, and Yo-Yo Ma. To learn more, visit http://www.xqsuperschool.org and follow @xqamerica.
XQ was co-founded by board chair Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, and Russlynn Ali, XQ’s CEO and former U.S. assistant secretary of education for civil rights. XQ’s board of directors also includes Geoffrey Canada, Marc Eckō, Jimmy Iovine, Michael Klein, and Yo-Yo Ma. To learn more, visit http://www.xqsuperschool.org and follow @xqamerica.
Overview
Location
United States, California, Oakland
Employees
51-200
Founded date
2015
Mentions in press and media 15
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| Apr 18, 2023 | What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom? | For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. That’s because earning credit toward a diploma or degree typically requires students to spend a minimum nu... |
| Aug 9, 2022 | When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed | As an education community, we are beginning to understand the depth of the pandemic’s impact, especially on our students of color, our English Language learners and our students with disabilities. But we are also beginning to understand the... |
| Feb 9, 2021 | How Systems And States Can Encourage More And Better Project-Based Learning | Napa Junction Elementary, a New Tech Network school Tom Vander Ark |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Human Work: Learn Stuff Computers Can’t Do | Learner OutcomesAltitude Learning |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Competency Tracking Tools Are Overdue | Many schools are still using spreadsheets and data walls to track important student outcomes. Tom Vander Ark |
| Jan 21, 2020 | Show What You Know: A Parent’s Guide To The Global Shift To Competency | |
| Sep 11, 2017 | Just What the Heck Was That XQ Super School Live Special? | Thank goodness Justin Timberlake received an education. Otherwise, he may not have been able to read from a teleprompter. The pop star’s attempt at a self-deprecating joke was one of the many celebrity cameos that littered XQ Super School L... |
| Sep 22, 2016 | Virtual Reality Digs Into Brick-And-Mortar Schools | Shutterstock |
| Sep 14, 2016 | XQ Institute Announces 10 Winners of ‘Super Schools’ Competition | What event can bring together the likes of Jill Biden, MC Hammer, Geoffrey Canada, Nancy Pelosi, and a crowd of educators, students and investors? The official announcement of winners of the XQ: Super School Project. In September 2015, Laur... |
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FAQ about XQ Institute
When was XQ Institute founded?
XQ Institute was founded in 2015.
What has the press written about XQ Institute?
Parsers VC has collected 15 articles mentioning XQ Institute, among them “What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?” (Apr 18, 2023) and “When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed” (Aug 9, 2022).
Is XQ Institute still active?
Yes, XQ Institute is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 21, 2026.