Featured Partners
We support local organizations that fight so that all students have access to a high-quality education through advocacy, organizing, and policy change. Our partnerships look different in every city because we place great weight on local perspectives and solutions.
Dr. Coketha Hill
Dr. Cokethea Hill-Woodard built BLAQUE Kansas City on a simple premise: the people closest to a school system should shape it. Her team recruits and trains everyday community members for school board seats, then builds the teacher pipeline those schools depend on. Governance and talent, rebuilt at the same time.
Read Story »Jasmin Shaheed-Young
Jasmin Shaheed-Young founded RISE INDY on the belief that Indianapolis families should have real power in decisions about their schools. Her team trains community members to lead, prepares parents for careers in the classroom, and has advocated for policies delivering over $110 million to Indiana schools.
Read Story »Ariel Johnson
Nearly half of Washington DC’s public school students attend charter schools, and for years they’ve been funded as though they were worth less. Ariel Johnson leads the organization working to change that — in Council hearings, in budget negotiations, and in the daily work of helping 132 schools operate well.
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