During the summer of 2018, CEI launched an Innovation Fellows Program designed to boost the efforts of education entrepreneurs. Nine individuals and a team of two who were focused on one solution joined the fellowship and explored solutions to education-related problems impacting their communities. During a five-week period, the 2018 Fellows honed their entrepreneurial mindset amidst a collaborative community of like-minded game-changers, consulted with mentors, and developed a pitch that they presented to potential funders.