{
 "edition": "University scan, October 2026",
 "updated": "2026-10-14",
 "lists": {
  "florida": {
   "label": "Florida",
   "def": "Universities in Florida, the state furthest along. All 21 Florida institutions are coded in the Readiness Index."
  },
  "aau": {
   "label": "AAU research universities",
   "def": "All 71 members of the Association of American Universities (69 U.S., 2 Canadian)."
  },
  "innovative": {
   "label": "U.S. News Most Innovative",
   "def": "All 74 universities on the U.S. News 2027 Most Innovative National Universities list, published September 2026."
  }
 },
 "note": "Two codings of the same 71 AAU member institutions. (1) Innovation: each institution's two strongest education initiatives, each scored 2×Novelty + Scale + Evidence (0–5 each, max 20); portfolio = mean of the top two, a missing second counts as 0. (2) Response to portable funding: direction (compete / supply / fortify / evidence / none) and which of four lenses showed a verified signal. Source: public university pages and news, 2025–2026. 'none' means not found in this scan, not proven absent. Most Innovative rows not in the AAU are coded for response only; their initiatives are not yet scored.",
 "directions": {
  "compete": "Builds or runs an alternative that takes portable funds",
  "supply": "Sells services or preparation to whoever is buying, including non-public schools",
  "fortify": "Strengthens the existing public system",
  "evidence": "Studies or debates the policy rather than acting in the market",
  "none": "No response observed in this scan"
 },
 "lenses": {
  "1": "Teacher preparation beyond traditional public schools",
  "2": "K–12 services offered to non-public students",
  "3": "Market and vendor behavior",
  "4": "Campus discussion and debate"
 },
 "institutions": [
  {
   "name": "Georgia Tech",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "No education school; AI-ALOE institute",
   "notable": "Jill Watson and six other AI tools across 360+ classes and 30,000+ learners",
   "notable_url": "https://aialoe.org/?p=4915",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "OMSCS online master's (~19,000 students)",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 5,
     "score": 18
    },
    {
     "name": "AI-ALOE / Jill Watson",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 16
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 17.0,
   "direction": "none",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": null,
   "response_url": null,
   "rank": 1,
   "state": "GA",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "3",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Tulane University",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "No education school; Murphy and Cowen Institutes",
   "notable": "ERA-New Orleans and the REACH school-choice research center",
   "notable_url": "https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-university-awarded-10-million-grant-launch-national-school-choice-research-center",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "ERA-New Orleans",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 5,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 17
    },
    {
     "name": "REACH school-choice center",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 16
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 16.5,
   "direction": "evidence",
   "lenses": [
    4
   ],
   "response": "REACH is a $10M federally funded national center for research on school choice.",
   "response_url": "https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-university-awarded-10-million-grant-launch-national-school-choice-research-center",
   "rank": 2,
   "state": "LA",
   "lists": [
    "aau"
   ],
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "University of Chicago",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "No education school (closed 1997)",
   "notable": "Education Lab tutoring trials; Consortium on School Research",
   "notable_url": "https://saga.org/chicago-public-schools-board-of-education-authorizes-new-high-impact-tutoring-agreement-with-saga-education/",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "Education Lab tutoring RCTs",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 5,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 17
    },
    {
     "name": "Consortium on School Research",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 14
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 15.5,
   "direction": "fortify",
   "lenses": [
    3
   ],
   "response": "Education Lab evidence fed a CPS tutoring contract with Saga Education.",
   "response_url": "https://saga.org/chicago-public-schools-board-of-education-authorizes-new-high-impact-tutoring-agreement-with-saga-education/",
   "rank": 3,
   "state": "IL",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "34",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "University of Florida",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "College of Education",
   "notable": "UF Lastinger Center administers Florida Tutoring Advantage and statewide literacy programs",
   "notable_url": "https://lastinger.ufl.edu/our-work/",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "New Worlds Reading (Lastinger)",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 16
    },
    {
     "name": "Florida Tutoring Advantage (Lastinger)",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 15
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 15.5,
   "direction": "fortify",
   "lenses": [
    3
   ],
   "response": "UF Lastinger vetted and evaluated private tutoring vendors for the state's public-school tutoring program.",
   "response_url": "https://lastinger.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uf-lastinger-center-fta-pilot-spring-2025-aug-2025-remediated.pdf",
   "rank": 4,
   "state": "FL",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative",
    "florida"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "16",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Arizona State",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation",
   "notable": "Next Education Workforce: team-based school staffing",
   "notable_url": "https://workforce.education.asu.edu/blog/format/video/",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "Next Education Workforce",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 5,
     "score": 17
    },
    {
     "name": "ASU Prep university-run K-12 schools and online school",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 13
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 15.0,
   "direction": "compete",
   "lenses": [
    1,
    2,
    3
   ],
   "response": "ASU Prep Digital is an approved ClassWallet vendor for Arizona ESA funds; ASU Prep is expanding into Texas.",
   "response_url": "https://asuprepdigital.org/blog/own-your-learning-with-asu-prep-digital-and-an-empowerment-scholarship-account",
   "rank": 5,
   "state": "AZ",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "1",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "University of Kansas",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "Achievement & Assessment Institute (university-level)",
   "notable": "Dynamic Learning Maps, a multistate alternate assessment",
   "notable_url": "https://atlas.ku.edu/",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "Dynamic Learning Maps",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 16
    },
    {
     "name": "Strategic Instruction Model (KUCRL)",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 14
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 15.0,
   "direction": "supply",
   "lenses": [
    3
   ],
   "response": "Dynamic Learning Maps is sold to states as an alternate assessment.",
   "response_url": "https://dynamiclearningmaps.org/presentations",
   "rank": 6,
   "state": "KS",
   "lists": [
    "aau"
   ],
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Rice University",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "No education school; Kinder Institute",
   "notable": "OpenStax; Houston Education Research Consortium",
   "notable_url": "https://kinderfoundation.org/?p=1575",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "OpenStax",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 16
    },
    {
     "name": "Houston Education Research Consortium",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 14
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 15.0,
   "direction": "supply",
   "lenses": [
    3
   ],
   "response": "OpenStax gives free textbooks to any school, public or private.",
   "response_url": "https://kinderfoundation.org/?p=1575",
   "rank": 6,
   "state": "TX",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "24",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "University of Colorado Boulder",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "Institute of Cognitive Science with the School of Education",
   "notable": "iSAT: AI as a teammate for student groups; NSF renewal 2025",
   "notable_url": "https://www.colorado.edu/today/2025/07/29/research-institute-building-ai-literate-workforce-future-receives-major-new-grant-0",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "iSAT student-AI teaming",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 5,
     "score": 15
    },
    {
     "name": "inquiryHub RPP; led OpenSciEd High School",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 15
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 15.0,
   "direction": "evidence",
   "lenses": [
    4
   ],
   "response": "The National Education Policy Center publishes critical reviews of choice research.",
   "response_url": "https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13970",
   "rank": 8,
   "state": "CO",
   "lists": [
    "aau"
   ],
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Yale",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "No education school; Child Study Center",
   "notable": "RULER in 3,500+ schools; IES efficacy trial of preschool RULER",
   "notable_url": "https://ycei.org",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "RULER",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 5,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 16
    },
    {
     "name": "Preschool RULER efficacy trial",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 13
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 14.5,
   "direction": "none",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": null,
   "response_url": null,
   "rank": 9,
   "state": "CT",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "30",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "University of Michigan",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "Marsal Family School of Education",
   "notable": "Teaching School at Marygrove; first-year direct-admit teacher prep",
   "notable_url": "https://marsal.umich.edu/p20/mission",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "TeachingWorks",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 15
    },
    {
     "name": "Teaching School at Marygrove",
     "scale": 2,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 5,
     "score": 14
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 14.5,
   "direction": "fortify",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": "Teaching School at Marygrove strengthens Detroit's public pipeline.",
   "response_url": "https://marsal.umich.edu/p20/mission",
   "rank": 10,
   "state": "MI",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "14",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "University of Oregon",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "College of Education",
   "notable": "DIBELS 8 literacy assessment, also licensed through Amplify",
   "notable_url": "https://dibels.uoregon.edu/",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "Ballmer Institute child behavioral health (university-level)",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 5,
     "score": 15
    },
    {
     "name": "DIBELS 8",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 5,
     "novelty": 2,
     "score": 14
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 14.5,
   "direction": "supply",
   "lenses": [
    3
   ],
   "response": "DIBELS 8 is free to schools and also licensed commercially through Amplify.",
   "response_url": "https://dibels.amplify.com/training/",
   "rank": 10,
   "state": "OR",
   "lists": [
    "aau"
   ],
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Brown University",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "Education department; Annenberg Institute",
   "notable": "EdWorkingPapers, National Student Support Accelerator, Brown Tutoring Corps",
   "notable_url": "https://edworkingpapers.com/scope",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "Annenberg Institute / EdWorkingPapers",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 15
    },
    {
     "name": "National Student Support Accelerator",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 13
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 14.0,
   "direction": "none",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": null,
   "response_url": null,
   "rank": 12,
   "state": "RI",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "34",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Carnegie Mellon",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "No education school; HCII, Simon Initiative",
   "notable": "PLUS hybrid tutoring (~5,000 students); Learnvia AI courseware nonprofit",
   "notable_url": "https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2026/january/carnegie-mellon-a-leader-in-learning",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "PLUS hybrid tutoring",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 15
    },
    {
     "name": "Learnvia AI courseware nonprofit",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 13
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 14.0,
   "direction": "none",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": null,
   "response_url": null,
   "rank": 12,
   "state": "PA",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "5",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Harvard",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "Graduate School of Education",
   "notable": "States Leading States for nine states; PEPG and Education Next",
   "notable_url": "https://cepr.harvard.edu/sls",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "States Leading States",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 1,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 14
    },
    {
     "name": "EdRedesign Success Planning network",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 13
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 13.5,
   "direction": "evidence",
   "lenses": [
    4
   ],
   "response": "PEPG and Education Next publish regularly on ESAs.",
   "response_url": "https://www.educationnext.org/the-education-exchange-arkansas-makes-case-for-benefits-of-esas/",
   "rank": 14,
   "state": "MA",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "18",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Johns Hopkins",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "School of Education",
   "notable": "National Research Center on Advanced Education; Homeschool Research Lab",
   "notable_url": "https://education.jhu.edu/edpolicy/policy-research-initiatives/homeschool-hub/homeschool-research-lab/",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "National Research Center on Advanced Education",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 14
    },
    {
     "name": "Homeschool Research Lab",
     "scale": 2,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 12
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 13.0,
   "direction": "supply",
   "lenses": [
    2,
    4
   ],
   "response": "CTY serves students in every sector; the Homeschool Research Lab studies home-based learning.",
   "response_url": "https://education.jhu.edu/edpolicy/policy-research-initiatives/homeschool-hub/homeschool-research-lab/",
   "rank": 15,
   "state": "MD",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "11",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "MIT",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "No education school; Media Lab, Open Learning",
   "notable": "RAISE: App Inventor (24M learners), Day of AI",
   "notable_url": "https://raise.mit.edu/about-raise/",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "RAISE (App Inventor, Day of AI)",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 15
    },
    {
     "name": "Teaching Systems Lab",
     "scale": 2,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 10
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 12.5,
   "direction": "none",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": null,
   "response_url": null,
   "rank": 16,
   "state": "MA",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "2",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Michigan State",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "College of Education",
   "notable": "EPIC: state research partner; Research with Consequence Forum on literacy policy",
   "notable_url": "https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2026/07/forum-tackles-literacy",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "EPIC state partnership",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 4,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 14
    },
    {
     "name": "GRPS tuition-free community teacher pathway",
     "scale": 2,
     "evidence": 1,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 11
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 12.5,
   "direction": "fortify",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": "A tuition-free teacher pathway with Grand Rapids Public Schools.",
   "response_url": "https://fox17online.com/news/local-news/msu-grps-partner-to-create-tuition-free-teacher-program",
   "rank": 17,
   "state": "MI",
   "lists": [
    "aau"
   ],
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Notre Dame",
   "sector": "private",
   "unit": "Institute for Educational Initiatives",
   "notable": "ACE Teaching Fellows and ACE Academies Catholic schools",
   "notable_url": "https://ace.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-ace-academies-welcomes-st-patrick-school",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "ACE Teaching Fellows",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 14
    },
    {
     "name": "Indiana DOE research partnership",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 1,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 11
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 12.5,
   "direction": "compete",
   "lenses": [
    1,
    2,
    4
   ],
   "response": "ACE Teaching Fellows staff Catholic schools; ACE Academies manage Catholic schools in Florida and Tucson that draw on parental-choice programs.",
   "response_url": "https://ace.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-ace-academies-welcomes-st-patrick-school",
   "rank": 17,
   "state": "IN",
   "lists": [
    "aau"
   ],
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "University of Missouri",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "College of Education and Human Development",
   "notable": "Mizzou Academy online K–12 school; $10M AI rural literacy grant",
   "notable_url": "https://showme.missouri.edu/?p=68124",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "Mizzou Academy online K-12 school",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 4,
     "score": 13
    },
    {
     "name": "$10M AI rural literacy grant",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 11
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 12.0,
   "direction": "compete",
   "lenses": [
    2
   ],
   "response": "Mizzou Academy is a Cognia-accredited online K–12 school. MOScholars listing not verified.",
   "response_url": "https://showme.missouri.edu/?p=68124",
   "rank": 19,
   "state": "MO",
   "lists": [
    "aau"
   ],
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "UC Irvine",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "School of Education",
   "notable": "$1.5M state AI Grand Challenge to scale the PapyrusAI writing coach",
   "notable_url": "https://education.uci.edu/ai_grand_challenge.html",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "PapyrusAI / WRITE AI Center",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 12
    },
    {
     "name": "Computing & AI for All; Converse to Learn",
     "scale": 3,
     "evidence": 3,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 12
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 12.0,
   "direction": "none",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": null,
   "response_url": null,
   "rank": 20,
   "state": "CA",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "50",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "UT Austin",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "College of Education",
   "notable": "Built Texas's statewide reading academies via the Meadows Center",
   "notable_url": "https://news.utexas.edu/?p=126057",
   "initiatives": [
    {
     "name": "Statewide reading academies",
     "scale": 5,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 3,
     "score": 13
    },
    {
     "name": "$50M college readiness programs",
     "scale": 4,
     "evidence": 2,
     "novelty": 2,
     "score": 10
    }
   ],
   "portfolio": 11.5,
   "direction": "none",
   "lenses": [],
   "response": null,
   "response_url": null,
   "rank": 21,
   "state": "TX",
   "lists": [
    "aau",
    "innovative"
   ],
   "innov_rank": "22",
   "scored": true
  },
  {
   "name": "University of Iowa",
   "sector": "public",
   "unit": "College of Education",
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