Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition

Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition

XPrize

The $1 million Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition challenges communities and organizations across the country to empower adults with low literacy skills to download and use a free, effective, convenient and private mobile learning tool. XPRIZE will provide the educational apps – you just have to get them into the hands of learners.

Learning Upgrade (San Diego, California) 

AmritaCREATE, Amrita University (Amritapuri, Kerala, India) 

Cell-Ed (Oakland, California) 

Codex People ForWords (Dallas, Texas)

We’re awarding $1 million in two phases to transform 1 million lives using our free, proven-effective apps.

In Phase 1, tell us how you will revolutionize adult education in your community. We will award $10,000 each to the 50 teams with the best proposals.

In Phase 2, the three competitors who recruit the most people to download and use these free, proven-effective apps will win a share of an additional $500,000.

As a competitor, you will tackle the problem of adult low-literacy in your community by putting free learning tools in the hands of those who need them most, so learning can happen anytime, anywhere.

TEAMS

The Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition now has 46 teams from around the U.S. competing in Phase 2 of the competition to distribute free learning apps to adult learners.

The Communities Competition incentivizes organizations, communities and individuals in the United States to recruit adult learners to download and use the apps developed by four of the finalist teams in the Adult Literacy XPRIZE. 46 teams entered the Communities Competition and will recruit adult learners and distribute the free learning apps through August 31, 2019. The grand prize winners will be announced in fall 2019.

Team Name Location Bedtime in a Box Baltimore, MD 901Readers Memphis, TN Adult Literacy Partners of Houston Houston, TX Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition Chicago, IL COABE Syracuse, NY Denison Denison, TX El Refugio - The Refuge Sanford, NC ESATC Memphis, TN Essential Education Corvallis, OR iMar Learning Solutions Richardson, TX Inspired Achievements Atlanta, GA KANSEL Wichita, KS Latino Literacy Now Carlsbad, CA Laundry Literacy Coalition Washington, DC Lit 417 Springfield, MO Lit Fit NEO Cleveland, OH Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester Worcester, MA Makeosity, Inc. New York, NY Midwest Learn to Read Team Detroit, MI MKE Milwaukee, WI NAHMA Alexandria, VA Nashville -Davidson Nashville, TN Philadelphia Freedom Philadelphia, PA ProLiteracy Syracuse, NY Queens Borough Public Library New York, NY Rural America Center Newnan, GA SE Mich Region 10 Adult Learners Detroit, MI Team LIT Columbus, OH Team Pichya Ridgefield Park, NJ Team Sarasota-Manatee Sarasota, FL DREAM Team Southaven, MS Literacy Council of Central Alabama Birmingham, AL VALUEUSA Media, PA Westchester Library System Elmsford, NY World Education Boston, MA First Book Washington, DC Cedar Riverside Adult Education Minneapolis, MN REAL (Refugees Engaged in Adult Literacy) San Diego, CA N Texas Communities Competition Team Dallas, TX Napa Adult Literacy Alliance Napa, CA Ada Adult Learning Center Ada, OK Nami Tentou Literacy for All Albany, OR The Literacy Doctors Memphis, TN Venture Hollywood Los Angeles, CA Team Mentors4EDU Sterling Heights, MI HHR Bryan, TX