About Us
Who We Are
We are a growing education policy and consulting group with over 10 years of experience. We are committed to working with educational leaders, policymakers, and organizations who are interested in, or actively engaged in, the use of systems thinking to improve public education. We work with state departments of education, districts, schools, and partner organizations to pursue improvement strategies and policies that will enhance learning among adults and students.
What we do to support innovation
Teachers, administrators, and educational leaders spend long hours figuring out how to do their jobs better and improve teaching and learning, and in doing so they continually come up with new and potentially innovative ideas and strategies. Connecting research on "what works" with the contextual knowledge and expertise of individuals working in particular setting (e.g., an urban or rural district) is key to advancing educational improvement. We know that innovation, and more importantly the untapped potential for innovation, does exist across the public school sector, but that the system of public education does not always provide fertile ground for the development and sharing of such innovation.
We work to support the development and expansion of research-driven and innovative ideas to improve public education by cultivating strategic leadership and learning, supporting the construction of a policy environment conducive to innovation and improvement, and engaging in meaningful evaluations of the strategies to improve schools.