Our Approach
At BootUp, we believe that opportunity should never be determined by a child's zip code. Yet today, millions of young learners, particularly in historically excluded communities, are left behind in the digital revolution before they even reach middle school.
Our approach tackles this inequity at its root by equipping young children with the skills and confidence to shape the technology-driven world they’re inheriting.
This is not just about coding. It’s about access, agency, and future-readiness. Starting early, teaching ethically, and reaching widely, we’re ensuring every child, especially those furthest from opportunity, can participate meaningfully in a tech-advanced world.
BootUp’s Impact
“After the BootUp trainings I feel more comfortable about teaching coding not only to students, but my colleagues too.”
- 2024 BootUp Educator Participant
Every $1 invested in early STEM education generates $16 in long-term economic benefits, including higher lifetime earnings, increased economic mobility, and greater workforce productivity
BootUp’s Office of Development
The Office of Development serves as the catalyst that connects BootUp’s mission to the resources required to bring it to life. At the intersection of educational equity, rigorous research, and transformative curriculum and PD, our team works to secure partnerships, funding, and alliances that advance systemic change. We align development efforts with the insights from our research team and the innovation driven by our curriculum specialists. We ensure that every dollar invested directly fuels scalable, equitable, and high-impact computer science and AI education for young learners nationwide.
The Solution: A Research-Based, Scalable Strategy
Transforming Professional Development For Sustainability
Establishing a train-the-trainer model builds local capacity by empowering a core group of educators to lead sustained, peer-driven professional development, an evidence-based approach proven to scale teacher expertise and promote instructional coherence across school systems (Darling-Hammond et al., 2017).
Research-Driven Growth
Strategic implementation is guided by continuous data collection and research-informed decision-making to ensure program fidelity, contextual adaptation, and equitable impact, aligning with best practices in scaling educational innovation (Fixsen et al., 2005; Dede et al., 2007).
Scaling Elementary Education With CS/AI Integrated Curriculum
Integrating CS and AI as core components of the K–5 curriculum ensures all students have early exposure to computational thinking and ethical technology use, reinforcing cross-disciplinary learning and future readiness, consistent with national recommendations for inclusive computing education (Wing, 2006; NAS, 2021).
BootUp TechUp
BootUp TechUp is a tech affiliate program. It is a dynamic partnership initiative designed to unite technology companies with BootUp’s mission to transform elementary computer science and AI education across the nation. BootUp TechUp serves as a platform for forward-thinking companies to deepen their commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) while making a meaningful impact in local communities and schools.
