Vineland Public Schools is included this year in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program, in partnership with Digital Promise. Verizon enrolled 34 new Title I schools from nine districts to its 12th cohort for the 2025-2026 school year.
Verizon Innovative Learning has now reached more than 8.5 million students, bringing Verizon closer to its goal of empowering 10 million by 2030.
Participating schools receive devices, including tablets and laptops, as well as up to a four-year Verizon data plan for every student and teacher. Schools also receive a subsidy for a full-time technology coach to support teachers in effectively integrating technology into learning.
With the support of Verizon Innovative Learning, 80 percent of teachers reported feeling more confident leveraging technology in teaching, and 80 percent of teachers said the program enhanced student engagement.
Only half (55 peercent) of students preparing to enter the workforce say they have the skills necessary to be successful in today’s digital economy, making the mission of Verizon Innovative Learning—addressing barriers to digital inclusion—as imperative as it was 12 years ago when the initiative was launched.
Any educator nationwide, regardless of whether they are part of a Verizon Innovative Learning School, can access Verizon Innovative Learning HQ, a freely available portal providing more than 500 STEM-infused K-12 lessons and professional development resources to bring new and innovative ways of learning into the classroom.
Verizon Innovative Learning HQ offers standards-aligned lessons across subjects ranging from supplemental turnkey lessons to yearlong courses and immersive learning experiences with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).
Additionally, gaming content and a free Esports league are available for middle and high schools. The portal combines over a decade of Verizon Innovative Learning experience, with resources created in partnership with Discovery Education, McGraw Hill, Arizona State University’s J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute, Digital Promise, and others at the forefront of innovation in education.
Districts expanding Innovative Learning are Chicago Public Schools (IL), Compton Unified School District (CA), Kansas City Public Schools (MO) and Orange Public Schools (NJ). Along with Vineland, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program also welcomes new districts Allentown School District (PA), Bastrop Independent School District (TX), Dove Schools (OK), and LISA Academy Public Charter Schools (AR).
