Digital learning platform PowerMyLearning receives $6.5m funding
PowerMyLearning, a non-profit organisation that provides learning programmes to schools in deprived areas of the US, has received $6.5m in grants. The Oak Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York each provided $1m, while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $4.5m. The funding will be used to expand the organisation's free digital learning platform, PowerMyLearning Connect, from its current reach of more than 40,000 school communities to at least 100,000 students. In November, the organisation received a grant of between $1m and $2m from the Chan Zuckerberg initiative.

POWERMYLEARNING, a K-12 nonprofit that helps bring personalized learning programs to high-poverty schools in the U.S., has received $6.5 million through several grants. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation chipped in $4.5 million, in addition to $1 million each from Oak Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York.

According to a spokesperson for PowerMyLearning, the money will go towards developing the nonprofit’s free digital learning platform, PowerMyLearning Connect, which currently works with more than 40,000 school communities. The organization hopes to expand its reach by scaling up their services to at least 100,000 students.

Through other educator development and family engagement initiatives, PowerMyLearning also claims to serve nearly 7,000 high-need students and families nationwide through workshops, customized school support programs and consulting.

In November, the nonprofit received a $1-2 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg initiative.