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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Data-Driven Innovation Project explores the rapid advancements happening in the digital economy as well as the inventive use of data for good. The promise of bigger and better data is a future of greater opportunity and growth. The Foundation is conducting research activities and a series of events around the country in order to highlight this potential.

We encourage you to read the blog posts and research reports here to gain a full understanding of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's work on data-driven innovation.

Be sure to read our in-depth report, The Future of Data-Driven Innovation. 

Walmart Joins Lumina Foundation in National Effort to Build Talent Marketplace of the Future

Data
Education
Workforce Training
December 13, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
T3Network, Phase Two Partners
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced new support from Lumina Foundation and Walmart to begin the next phase of the T3 Innovation Network. With their support, the U.S. Chamber Foundation will leverage emerging technologies to implement a series of projects that will modernize the U.S. talent marketplace and align learner, education, and workforce data to create seamless transitions from education to career pathways for all workers in the United States.

Reimagining the Triad: What Role for Business in Higher Education Quality Assurance?

Jason A. Tyszko
Data
Education
Postsecondary Education
November 20, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Blog - Higher Learning Advocates, The Triad
At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, we are engaging a wide variety of business, education, and quality assurance partners on how to build the missing piece of a new triad, one that can provide better quality signals from employers for both traditional higher education programs and non-traditional programs, such as apprenticeships. The goal? To ensure learners have the information they need on which programs deliver the most aligned career pathways, and employers know which programs they can turn to for reliable talent.

T3 Network Phase 1 Report

Center for Education and Workforce
October 29, 2018
T3 Innovation Network Phase One Final Report
This report summarizes and brings to a close phase one of the T3 Network. The report is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the T3 Network’s vision, guiding principles, and profiles the work groups. Part II highlights the T3 Network’s recommendations, organized as a list of pilot projects that together provide the foundation for an open, distributed, public-private data infrastructure that supports access and opportunity for the American student and worker. The report concludes with next steps and acknowledgements.
Data
Education
Innovation
Workforce Training

Why It Makes Sense To Build Bridges Between Employers And Workers When The Economy Is Strong

Cheryl Oldham
Competitiveness
Data
Economic Growth
Education
Workforce Training
October 16, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Grads of Life_Workforce Solutions
Over two years ago we set a goal of engaging 1,000 employers in the TPM strategy to help them build those partnerships and create sustainable pipelines of skilled talent for their industry. Since TPM’s launch, we have surpassed that goal. Today, more than 1,500 employers across 26 states are using TPM as their strategy to address their talent needs. And while we are excited about the energy within the TPM movement, exceeding our goal is not permission to slow down.

U.S. Chamber Foundation Announces New Funders, Pilot Projects for Job Data Exchange

Data
Education
Innovation
Postsecondary Education
Workforce Training
August 28, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Press Release_JDX Pilot Phase and New Funding Support
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced today additional support for the Job Data Exchange (JDX), an effort to help employers and their HR technology partners more clearly communicate hiring requirements in a rapidly changing talent marketplace. These new funding partners are Lumina Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and Walmart. Google.org and JPMorgan Chase & Co. previously announced their support for the project.

STEM Knowledge Gains and Attitudinal Changes

Abby Hills
Data
Education
K-12 Education
STEM
August 23, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
STEM Scholars 2018 Wrap Up
A yet to be released report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation STEM Scholars program reveals student knowledge gains, behaviors, and attitudinal changes across the country. The findings provide an analysis of data from more than 4,000 students in 27 schools across Michigan, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Texas. Overall, findings suggest that connecting students’ personal interests and strengths to STEM skills helps students better see themselves in STEM. 

Tech and Early Ed - Unlikely Partners?

Joseph Timanovsky
Data
Early Childhood Education
Innovation
August 16, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Innovations in Early Ed
We often think of the use of technology in early education as detrimental to child development. Yet, the reality is that technological innovations have an incredibly valuable role to play in the classroom. By looking at the technology readily available in the world today, AEL, Wonderschool, and ELL are paving the way for the next breakthrough innovations in early childhood education and care.

Where’s the Talent? Employers and Communities Need More than Passion

Rich Feller, Ph.D, Colorado State University
Data
Education
K-12 Education
Youth Employment
August 9, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
YouScience Aptitude Testing
What do you love to do? It’s a question that drives career planning nationwide. That seemingly harmless probe is the assumption behind interest-only assessments, which have historically dominated career guidance efforts. However, these assessments are failing employers and students. What would happen if you measured that person's aptitude?

Talent Forward 2018

The Talent Forward conference welcomes leaders and change makers in the business and education communities, industry and human resource partners, and other community leaders to discuss the most critical topic in our country today: our workforce.

U.S. Chamber Foundation to Develop Web-Based Job Description Resources with Support from Google.org and JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Data
Innovation
April 24, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Clearer Signals Project
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced today support from Google.org and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to develop an employer-led job registry. The registry will provide employers and their HR technology partners the tools and resources they need to clearly communicate their hiring requirements in a rapidly changing talent marketplace.

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