International policy organization, best known in education for PISA
Partnered with Asia Society to build the first international definition of global competence
Added a global competence assessment to PISA in 2018, the first of its kind anywhere
Free publications, frameworks, and cross-country data, all downloadable
Best for: the research base, and for making the case to an administrator that this is serious work
Research center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, running since 1967
Home of Visible Thinking and the thinking routines many teachers already use
Global work led by Veronica Boix Mansilla, who also co-authored Asia Society's framework
Everything free, research-backed, and tested in real classrooms
Best for: protocols and routines you can use on a Tuesday without buying anything
Global citizenship education program, launched in 2009 by the Tony Blair Institute
Acquired by the International Baccalaureate in February 2025
Free to schools worldwide, with a teacher portal, training, and student resources
Trains students in dialogue skills, then connects classrooms by facilitated video conference
Built for ages 13 to 17, so elementary and middle school teachers will adapt down
Best for: putting your students in a room with students somewhere else
Nonprofit founded in 1956, with a Center for Global Education dedicated to K-12
Co-authored the global competence framework with OECD
Published Educating for Global Competence (Boix Mansilla and Jackson), the book that named the four domains
Free rubrics, performance outcomes, and "I can" statements benchmarked from kindergarten through 12th grade
Best for: assessment language and grade-level targets that already exist so you don't write your own
Nonprofit best known to families for its media ratings and reviews
For educators, a free K-12 Digital Literacy and Well-Being curriculum with more than 165 lessons
Covers evaluating sources, filter bubbles, AI, algorithms, and giving credit
Grade-banded, standards-aligned, and usable one lesson at a time
Best for: the media literacy skills global competence quietly depends on