Aurora Institute

Name

Aurora Institute

Legal name

FullScale Learning

Website

http://www.aurora-institute.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Research and Policy Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Lesson Plans & Teaching Units (K–12) (EDAGAJAI)

Keywords

• Competency-based education
• Education research services
• Personalized learning
• K-12 education policy
• Education field leadership

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants and Donations: FullScale Learning is a nonprofit organization that generates revenue through foundation grants and donations from institutional partners including Carnegie Corporation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, WFF, WTGF, SeaChange Foundation, Seigel Family Endowment, Barr Foundation, and Bush Foundation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aurora Institute (operating as FullScale Learning) is a nonprofit education organization that delivers open-access knowledge resources, research publications, and policy guidance to advance competency-based, personalized learning in K-12 education. Its core offerings include the Resources & Guidance Suite of publications and case studies, the annual FullScale Symposium convening education leaders, and dedicated Research & Evaluation Services and State Policy Guidance.

Product overview

FullScale Learning is an education consulting and knowledge organization that offers a suite of open resources, convenings, and professional services focused on K-12 systems transformation. The core offering includes the Resources & Guidance Suite (a collection of tools, publications, and knowledge resources including spotlights, case studies, and guides) and the FullScale Symposium (an annual convening event). The organization also provides Research & Evaluation Services and State Policy Guidance as direct service offerings. The products collectively support education leaders in advancing personalized, competency-based learning approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Resources & Guidance Suite A suite of tools and knowledge resources for K-12 systems transformation, including spotlights, case studies, school profiles, teaching practices guides, and research publications. Made available to education systems leaders and practitioners.
• FullScale Symposium An annual convening event bringing together education leaders and organizations for shared learning, action, and systems transformation.
• Research & Evaluation Services Research and evaluation services provided to education organizations and districts.
• State Policy Guidance Policy guidance services to support state-level education policy development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 106 schools scanned in national landscape study on competency-based learning

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KnowledgeWorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFullScale and KnowledgeWorks are partnering to track competency-based education policy across the nation, providing a shared resource at stateofcbe.org for monitoring policy developments.
• All4Ed (Alliance for Excellence Education)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization collaborating on thought leadership, including blog posts on user-centered design in education.
• MathematicacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner conducting evaluation of the Accelerating Adoption Network, with findings shared through FullScale publications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): Member-based nonprofit serving educators and leaders in K-12 edtech. Comparable in producing open resources, professional development, and convenings for K-12 practitioners, with overlapping emphasis on AI in education.
• TNTP: National education nonprofit focused on teacher quality, instructional equity, and K-12 system improvement. Comparable in field-leadership research and policy-guidance model, with overlapping funder relationships.
• XQ Institute: Education nonprofit focused on re-designing American high schools to be more student-centered, competency-based, and equitable. Direct peer in K-12 transformation and personalized learning space, with similar funder profile.
• KnowledgeWorks: National education nonprofit focused on personalized, competency-based learning and education policy. Direct co-development partner with FullScale on stateofcbe.org policy tracking, making it the most directly comparable peer in mission and product.
• Jobs for the Future (JFF): National nonprofit driving equitable economic advancement through education and workforce system transformation. Comparable in operating model (research, policy, convenings) and target audience (education leaders, policymakers) at a larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• NewSchools Venture Fund: Education-focused venture philanthropy that funds and incubates K-12 innovation, including personalized and competency-based approaches. Comparable in targeting district leaders and field-building, but operates as a funder rather than direct service provider.
• Center for American Progress (Education Policy): Progressive think tank producing K-12 education policy research and recommendations. Comparable in policy-adjacent research and field leadership for district and state-level decision-makers, though broader in issue scope.
• Aspen Institute Education & Society Program: Education policy program producing national-level research, white papers, and leader convenings on K-12 reform. Comparable in research-and-convening model and policy influencer positioning.
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Major education research and policy foundation with deep K-12 transformation work. Overlaps in funder ecosystem (Carnegie Corporation of New York supports FullScale) and policy research focus, but operates at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• EdReports: Independent nonprofit providing free, evidence-based reviews of K-12 instructional materials. Comparable in open-access mission and K-12 systems-improvement focus, with narrower product surface (curriculum reviews only).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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