OpenEd Labs

Free and open education for all — curriculum, assessment, and community.

Free • Open • Accessible

Free educational resources, openly licensed — for every classroom and learner

OpenEd Labs creates and curates high-quality, openly licensed curriculum, formative assessments, and educator supports so schools, teachers, and communities can access and adapt resources at no cost.

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Our promise

  • Free to use and adapt — no paywalls.
  • Designed with teachers for practical classroom use.
  • Centering equity, accessibility, and cultural relevance.

What we do

Open curriculum

Complete unit packages with lesson plans, student materials, and teacher notes that any educator can adapt and use for free.

Accessible assessments

Short, classroom-friendly formative checks and rubrics designed for diverse learners and immediate instructional feedback.

Community & support

Forums, translation drives, and implementation guides so schools and volunteers can adopt and localize materials.

Featured free resources

Open Unit: Elementary Science — Plants

Inquiry-based lessons, student handouts, and assessments with accommodation notes. CC‑BY.

Download (ZIP)

Formative toolkit: Early literacy checks

Short probes and scoring rubrics teachers can run in 5 minutes, plus teacher guidance.

Open toolkit

Multilingual translation pack

Community-contributed translations and a guide to localizing materials respectfully.

Browse translations

Community

Volunteer & partner network

Teachers, researchers, and volunteers contribute lesson improvements, field tests, and translations. We provide lightweight onboarding, templates, and recognition for contributors.

Recent collaboration:

A district partnership to adapt open units for culturally relevant contexts and measure outcomes across 8 schools.

Events & workshops

Monthly virtual workshops on implementing open units, facilitating formative cycles, and adapting materials locally.

See upcoming events

Contribute & collaborate

How you can help

  • Author or adapt units and publish under CC‑BY
  • Translate materials into local languages
  • Run a pilot and share implementation notes
  • Contribute teacher-facing examples and videos
Start contributing
We provide contributor templates, a light review process, and badges for published contributors.

Impact

“OpenEd Labs’ openly licensed unit saved our small nonprofit thousands and helped us reach students in rural areas with no textbook budget.”
— Program Director, Learning NGO
“We translated and adapted units for our community — teachers reported higher student engagement.”
— District Curriculum Lead