Washington Consortium
Where you're born shouldn't determine what you can become.
We help young people build the capabilities to turn ideas into action — and equip educators to multiply that impact.
An educational initiative based in Washington, DC.
Build What's Possible.
School can't teach
everything life
will ask of you.
How do you turn an idea into something real?
How do you communicate something you believe in?
How does money actually work?
How do you lead?
What happens when your first idea fails?
Maybe I can do something about this.
That's where Washington Consortium begins.
Knowledge matters.
So does knowing
what to do with it.
We teach experientially: young people move through real attempts, not case studies.
The things life
doesn't put on a test.
BUILD
Turn ideas into action.
- Entrepreneurship
- Problem-solving
- Creativity
- Execution
LEAD
Bring people with you.
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Confidence
NAVIGATE
Understand the world you're operating in.
- Financial literacy
- Decision-making
- Planning
- Resourcefulness
RISE
Keep moving when things don't go as planned.
- Resilience
- Self-awareness
- Well-being
- Learning through failure
Together, they build agency.
It failed.
Good.
What did you learn?
Failure isn't evidence that you can't do it.
It's information about what to try next.
Young people
Don't just learn
about possibility.
Build it.
- develop ideas
- solve real problems
- understand money
- communicate and pitch
- collaborate
- handle setbacks
- build projects, ventures, or community solutions
Meet the Builders
The first builders are getting started. Their stories are coming soon.
Educators
You already know
what your students
are capable of.
We'll give you more tools to help them discover it.
You know your students.
We bring the framework.
The WC educator model — what we're building
- 01
CURRICULUM
An experiential program designed for real classrooms.
- 02
TRAINING
Preparing facilitators to lead the work themselves.
- 03
TOOLS
Canvases, rubrics, and reflection instruments.
- 04
COMMUNITY
A network for comparing notes across contexts.
Equip one educator.
Reach generations of students.
Explore WC for Educators Flagship program
SOCH
by Washington Consortium
A 90-day experience where young people take real ideas through the messy process of testing, building, learning, adapting, and trying again.
Attempts first. Applause later.
Impact
Don't just count
who showed up.
Measure what changed.
- 01
REACH
Who participated.
- 02
CAPABILITY
What they learned.
- 03
ACTION
What they attempted or built.
- 04
MULTIPLICATION
How far the learning traveled.
We publish outcomes as cohorts complete and results are verified.
We can't build
this alone.
DELIVER
Run WC experiences where young people already are.
CONTRIBUTE
Bring what you know into the room — practice beats theory.
EXPAND
Take the work further than it can reach on its own.
Potential is everywhere.
Opportunity isn't.
So let's teach young people
how to create it.
What will you
help build?
Washington Consortium
Build What's Possible.