Fast Company Selects Quill.org as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2018
Quill.org is honored to be named one of Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Companies in Education for 2018. Quill was chosen by a panel of three dozen Fast Company editors, reporters, and contributors who reviewed more than 1,500 nonprofit and for-profit companies. “At a time marked by political and economic uncertainty,” said David Lidsky, the Deputy Editor at Fast Company, Quill.org’s “ability to rise to the top of the field is especially meaningful and inspiring.” He warmly welcomed Quill.org “to a dynamic, inspiring class of companies from around the world.”
Quill.org is a nonprofit educational technology startup dedicated to helping low-income students become great writers. Approximately 27 million students in the U.S. struggle with basic writing, one of the most important skills young people need to graduate high school, enroll and succeed in college and advance their careers. Quill is building free, open source tools to widely disseminate time-tested and research-validated writing strategies that support and enhance critical thinking. In 2016, Quill.org launched Quill Connect, a tool that uses machine learning to help teachers provide basic writing skills instruction in their classrooms. Quill’s algorithms automatically grade and serve feedback on writing, enabling students to revise their work and express their thoughts precisely in writing.
As a nonprofit organization, Quill.org is specifically focused on the writing needs of underserved students. 64% of the students who use Quill.org attend Title 1 eligible schools, and Quill.org has partnered with literacy experts and classrooms teachers to design materials tailored to the specific needs of their target population. Quill.org’s materials are completely free for students and teachers, and the nonprofit generates revenue by charging schools and districts to access analytics and obtain professional development around research-backed writing instruction.
Quill is now supporting more than 5,000 schools across the United States, with 700,000 students having written and received feedback on 70 million sentences. Within the next five years, Quill.org aims to help 10 million low-income students improve their writing and thinking skills. Quill.org is grateful for the funding of visionary supporters including the Heckscher Foundation for Children, AT&T Foundation, Louis Calder Foundation, Voqal Foundation, Edwin Gould Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among others.
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