At Microsoft, we believe that technology is a tool which, when used appropriately, can help improve teaching and learning. But technology is only one piece of a larger solution and needs to be supported by professional development for school leaders and educators and innovations in teaching and learning led by educators who are on the ground, every day, in classrooms around the world.

We help educators and school leaders connect, collaborate, create, and share so that students can realize their greatest potential. We also believe in recognizing the best classroom innovators and seek to highlight, recognize, and reward those educators using technology in amazing ways. Microsoft Partners in Learning is a 10-year, $500 million global initiative aimed at improving teaching and learning. Since 2003, we’ve led the way in partnering with education, helping nearly 11 million educators and reaching more than 190 million students in 119 countries in our first 9 years alone.