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Welcome to One Idea Foundation

BRIDGING THE EDUCATIONAL GAP

Delivering solutions to public education

One Idea Foundation began out of a need to bridge the gaps between public education and the workforce needs of private sector industries. The result is delivering solutions for students and filling the need for market-ready graduates while shaping the change required to align public education with our economy. 

Dedicated to student opportunity

The Foundation is dedicated to accelerating the opportunities for students to discover who they are while gaining experience that prepares them for their future work environment.

Our data shows that if we intrigue and excite students during school to engage in planning their career paths, they construct portfolios that support academic success while building life and job skills.

One Idea Foundation (OIF) builds partnerships with private corporations and organizations to bridge their resources into education and bring about real and sustainable change that provides as many students as possible access to a transformative model of learning capable of narrowing the massive skills gap facing industry’s present and future workforces.

Our Purpose

To bridge the gap between public education and private sector industry workforce demands. 

Our Mission

To accelerate opportunities for public school students so they can discover who they are while gaining experience that prepares them for their future work environment.

One Idea drives five specific initiatives to accomplish its mission

  • 1
    LTS In-School Programming
    We partner with industry and school districts to make the Learn to Start, K-Market Program available to all K-20 public school students no matter the economic restraints. ​
  • 2
    LTS District-Partner Schools
    We partner with industry and public school districts to assist in launching innovation schools founded in the LTS solution that represent a transformative and relevant model of learning capable of aligning to 21st-Century workforce demands.
  • 3
    OIF Innovation Private Schools
    We partner with industry to launch stand-alone, K-12 One Idea private concept schools founded in the Learn to Start model that use a transformative and disruptive solution to develop market-ready students.
  • 4
    LTS EDU Institute
    We partner with Industry to support the Learn to Start EDU Institute in building teachers and administrators who create a culture that develops students who are market-ready by graduation.
  • 5
    Research and Data
    We gather and report research and data on the state of education, government, industry, and the Learn to Start program’s impact in order to drive legislative change.

Hear from our President and CEO

"At the One Idea Foundation, our mission is clear: to bring real and sustainable solutions into education to ensure as many people as possible get access to a transformative model of human development – one that builds the outcomes of empowerment, performance and wellness in every student we serve."

Meet the OIF Team

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Gary Conroy

Founder and Chairman

Pam Gould

President and CEO

Meet the OIF Board of Directors

Gary Conroy headshot

Gary Conroy

Founder and Chairman

Pam Gould

President and CEO

Meet Our Industry Partners

Gary Conroy headshot

Gary Conroy

Founder and Chairman

Pam Gould

President and CEO