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July 20, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: San Antonio

What San Antonio Educators Say About Money, Burnout, and the System Around Them

Innovation
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July 20, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: Miami

What Miami Educators Say About Education, Innovation, and the System Around Them

Innovation
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July 20, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: Cleveland

What Cleveland Educators Say About Innovation, Burnout, and Where the Decisions Are Made

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July 1, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: Chicago

What Chicago Educators Say About Education, Morale, and the Room to Try Something New

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July 1, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: Atlanta

What Atlanta Educators Say About Innovation and the System Around Them

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July 20, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: San Antonio

What San Antonio Educators Say About Money, Burnout, and the System Around Them

Research
July 20, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: Miami

What Miami Educators Say About Education, Innovation, and the System Around Them

Research
July 20, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: Cleveland

What Cleveland Educators Say About Innovation, Burnout, and Where the Decisions Are Made

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July 1, 2026

Education Innovation Survey: Chicago

What Chicago Educators Say About Education, Morale, and the Room to Try Something New

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August 12, 2025

The 4.0 Framework for Alumni Engagement

A Research-Backed Model for Program Innovation

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August 14, 2025

Tiny Impact: Through the Eyes of Coaches

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August 11, 2025

What Education Really Needs

Insights from Years of Innovation Applications

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The Cohort as a Field Study: Five Things Families Kept Telling Us

The 2026 Texas cohort ran 25 separate experiments. Each fellow tested a different hunch, with a different audience, in a different format.

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From Classroom to CEO: How Founder Confidence Reshapes Region

What Growth Means for the Early-Stage Entrepreneur

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Beyond the Diploma: Creating the Path to Economic Mobility

For decades, the "Path to Adulthood" was a standardized highway: finish high school, get a degree, find a job.

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Engineering Belonging: The Link Between Student Safety and Systemic Success

For years, the education sector has treated student well-being as a secondary service, something to layer on once the academics are handled.

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The Smartest Bet in Education: How Seed Grants Unleash Private Capital

Every funder wants to back a market with proven demand. In education, that market is hiding in plain sight.

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More Than a Check: How Our First Investment Unlocks a Venture's Future

For an early-stage education entrepreneur, the first check is rarely about the money. It's more about what the money signals.

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15 Years, $1.4 Billion: The "Tiny" Bets That Paid Off Big

For 15 years, 4.0 has been obsessed with the beginning.

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Oakland Essentials Fellowship: One-Month Follow-Up Report

A month after the pilot Oakland Essentials workshop

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Tiny Fellowship 2025 Impact Report

Edupreneurs Transforming Learning

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Alumni Insights 2025: Understanding What Education Entrepreneurs Need

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What Education Really Needs

Insights from Years of Innovation Applications

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Education Innovation Survey: San Antonio

What San Antonio Educators Say About Money, Burnout, and the System Around Them

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Education Innovation Survey: Miami

What Miami Educators Say About Education, Innovation, and the System Around Them

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Education Innovation Survey: Cleveland

What Cleveland Educators Say About Innovation, Burnout, and Where the Decisions Are Made

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Education Innovation Survey: Chicago

What Chicago Educators Say About Education, Morale, and the Room to Try Something New

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Education Innovation Survey: Atlanta

What Atlanta Educators Say About Innovation and the System Around Them

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Education Innovation Survey: Oakland

What Oakland Educators Say About Innovation, Burnout, and the System Around Them

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The Self-Funded Classroom: What Educators Invest on Their Own

81% of Educators Are Investing Their Own Time and Money to Innovate

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The Creativity Gap: What Educators See Happening to Student Imagination

77% of Educators Say Their School Does Not Prioritize Student Creativity

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Untapped Founders: Survey of 1,000 Educators on Innovation, Barriers, and Readiness to Build

63% of Educators Are Sitting on Ideas for New Schools, Programs, and Tools. Almost None Have a Path to Pursue Them.

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The Future is Plural: The Trends Defining Education in 2025

This year, we have helped innovators generate over 2,036 ideas, with 313 receiving direct support from 4.0 to be tested in the real world.

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Education Pilot Best Practices: What We Learned Over The Years

Fresh data from education pilot programs run by our founder community

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The 4.0 Framework for Alumni Engagement

A Research-Backed Model for Program Innovation

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Starting Tiny, Together: How 25 Texas Leaders Reimagined Early Childhood Learning

This spring, our 2026 Texas cohort proved what is possible when you give passionate educators the resources, guidance, and community they need to bring their ideas to life.

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Houston and Austin Essentials Fellowship: One-Month Follow-Up Report

We recently checked in with our cohort of early childhood innovators in Houston and Austin to see how their hunches have evolved.

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Tiny Impact: Through the Eyes of Coaches

Tiny Founder Transformation in Action

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4.0 Alumni Are Transforming Education

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