Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE
Awarded $7 million to teams building mobile apps that boost adult literacy.
Dollar General Literacy Foundation presented the prize alongside the Barbara Bush Foundation, founded by former First Lady Barbara Bush to make literacy a nationwide value in every home. Organizers frame the problem as more than 36 million U.S. adults struggling with basic literacy, locked out of opportunity by classroom-based programs that are too rigid, inaccessible, or slow. The competition ran…
Looked for teams building mobile-first apps that adults with low literacy could use on their own smartphones, without teacher support, to make measurable gains in reading and other basic skills within 12 months.
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