Scaling proven learning practices
Connecting learning science to the tools used in classrooms every day.
Infrastructure that better integrates the ways students learn
to the tools they learn with
Grounded in learning science
We make it easier to access high-quality educational content and research while helping educators and developers rigorously evaluate AI outputs.
Open infrastructure
We believe that all educators and developers should have access to an open, shared foundation of AI tools to help them use and build high-quality products that work better.
Built for education
We prioritize the needs, privacy, and safety of all educators and learners, taking great care to help developers bring AI tools into the classroom in a way that best supports learning and reflects educational best practices.
Driving progress through partnership
Learning Commons is the new name for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s long-standing work and investment in education. Our mission is to bring learning science into the tools used every day by teachers and students, ensuring that technology reflects the realities of classrooms and strengthens teaching and learning.
In today’s fragmented edtech landscape, districts are often left piecing together products that don’t always align with curricula or instructional needs. While AI holds enormous potential to support educators, it can only deliver on that promise when grounded in research, high-quality educational data, and expert evaluation. That’s why we’re building open, public-purpose infrastructure — datasets, rubrics, and resources — that help raise the standard for educational tools and create more consistent, impactful learning experiences for all students and teachers.
Building the future of education together
Partnerships with research and educational experts
We’re fostering the development of research-backed resources and infrastructure by working with field experts and researchers who contribute their data and pedagogical insights.
Convening the education ecosystem
We’re bringing together other funders, researchers, technologists, and education experts to align efforts and accelerate progress through pedagogically sound and publicly available edtech infrastructure.
Collaboration with school districts
We’re working with educators to inform and influence the development of more rigorous, usable, connected edtech tools and the AI resources that power these products.
Infrastructure for edtech developers
We’re creating the building blocks for edtech developers to more quickly and dependably build high-quality AI products grounded in learning science and pedagogy.
Creating purpose-built tools to
empower builders and educators
Knowledge Graph
Connects curricula, state standards, and learning science into a machine-readable structure that encodes relationships, dependencies, and skills. It gives developers a trusted foundation to build AI-powered tools that are precise, rigorous, and instructionally aligned for the benefit of educators and learners.
Evaluators
Assess and improve the quality of AI-generated content by measuring it against expert-backed, openly-licensed educational rubrics to ensure alignment with pedagogical best practices and learning science research.
Curriculum Sync
Load and customize Open Education Resources (OER) curricula into district learning management systems for digital implementation. Allowing greater adaptability for learners and lower administrative burden for schools and districts.
Along
Build teacher-student connections for a more engaged, motivated classroom. Along provides research-backed questions to help spark and strengthen teacher-student connections.
Help us build better learning tools
We’re actively developing the open infrastructure to realize our vision — and inviting partners to help shape what’s next. This work is only worth doing if we’re able to create lasting impact on the ways education and technology work for all educators and learners.