Quill.org, a non-profit providing free literacy tools to help students become strong writers, today announced an expanded partnership with the AI Education Project (aiEDU) to deliver a full-year AI literacy curriculum to schools nationwide. A renewal grant of $400,000 from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation will accelerate the development and distribution of 21 instructional modules as a comprehensive program that schools can use weekly for the 2025-2026 school year.
Building on Quill’s Reading for Evidence tool and aiEDU’s nationally recognized AI Snapshots curricula, both organizations will weave critical thinking about artificial intelligence directly into daily literacy and STEM instruction for students in grades 8-12. Generative AI tools running under the hood of Quill now allow curriculum writers to produce, test, and refine new content in weeks instead of months, ensuring that classroom materials stay current with the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
“Every student — no matter their zip code — deserves the skills to question, create, and thrive with AI,” said Peter Gault, Founder & Executive Director of Quill.org. “The McGovern Foundation’s investment lets us finish the job: a full year of engaging, standards-aligned lessons that pair Quill’s real-time writing feedback with aiEDU’s hands-on explorations of how AI shapes our world.”
Alex Kotran, Co-founder & CEO of aiEDU, added, “This partnership is a great example of how working together can supercharge our shared missions. Truly preparing every student for a world where AI is everywhere means we can’t go it alone. By integrating our curricula with Quill’s millions-strong user base, we can equip teachers with turnkey resources that make AI literacy and AI readiness as accessible as checking out a library book — and just as essential for the future workforce.”
Under the grant, Quill and aiEDU will pilot the combined curriculum in a diverse array of classroom contexts, gather impact data, and publish case studies highlighting gains in student agency, engagement, and writing proficiency. The organizations plan to share their insights in a white paper, webinars, and conferences.
The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation first backed Quill’s AI literacy work in 2024; this renewed support underscores the Foundation’s commitment to democratizing technology education and closing equity gaps in low-income communities.
Quill.org is a non-profit dedicated to helping all students become strong writers, readers, and critical thinkers. Quill’s six free literacy tools deliver immediate feedback and coaching to strengthen student writing and save teachers’ time. Through Quill’s library of 1,000+ differentiated activities, students in grades 4-12 learn to write by mastering sentence construction and write to learn by reading cross-curricular texts and responding to open-ended prompts. Over 11 million students have strengthened their literacy skills with Quill, writing and revising over three billion sentences.
The AI Education Project (aiEDU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to ensuring that every student in America is prepared to live, work, and thrive in a world increasingly shaped by AI. aiEDU equips school systems with free, high-quality AI curriculum, professional development, and strategic support to advance AI Readiness at scale.
