NewSchools: Leading at the Edge 2021-23 Impact Report

Leading at the Edge

A Message from our CEO: Reflections on 2021–23

NewSchools envisions a future where all students can grow into the compassionate leaders and creative problem solvers that our world needs.

We are proud of how we’ve worked towards this vision over the last three years, during some of the most dynamic and disruptive times we have ever experienced. NewSchools invested in the ideas and energy of education leaders and entrepreneurs who created new schools and learning solutions, as well as organizations diversifying education leadership and advancing racial equity. We piloted new ways of working by deepening our focus on community engagement, and we made investments in new areas to respond to emerging needs in the field, such as mental health, generative AI, pathways to success, and innovations supporting students with learning differences. This flexible and responsive orientation enabled us to have a deeper impact and learn more about what’s needed in education today.

The lessons learned from 2021–23 will power us through the challenging headwinds that remain ahead. Our portfolio of bright spots provides a roadmap for what’s working in education, and we are committed to spreading

Pa’lante,

Frances Messano CEO

these promising practices more broadly. I’ve been inspired by the visionary and courageous leaders across our portfolio who see possibility and are working relentlessly to bring their ideas to life. They remind me that there is no shortage of committed, passionate leaders supporting our young people and working to build a better education system. We’re excited to share these stories of impact with you, and we’re hoping our optimism is contagious.

This report is also a moment to share gratitude for those who helped make this work possible. We sincerely thank the innovators, funders, board members, staff, and other members of the NewSchools community who walked alongside us over the past three years.

Together, we can power a future where all students have what they need to thrive, in school and life. We must deliver on our promise to this generation of students and the generations to come. Their futures depend on it, and so do ours.

NewSchools is a venture philanthropy that builds a better education system by connecting people, resources, and ideas.

We bridge the gap between those with capital and those with the courage to put that capital to work on the frontlines of education.

We believe that by working together, we can power a future where all students have what they need to thrive, in school and life—and that philanthropy has an important role to play.

We leverage our unique position to invest in promising leaders and ideas, amplify solutions and success stories, and build broader and better coalitions for change.

01 2021–23 Investment Overview

At the start of 2021, NewSchools was wellpositioned to support students through Covid recovery and beyond by providing what school and school system leaders needed most: solutions to accelerate student learning. We knew that ideas rooted in academic excellence, social-emotional learning, and equitable, affirming approaches could be transformative. Putting that knowledge into practice, we invested in innovative public schools that are now outperforming similar schools in their communities, new learning solutions focused on literacy and whole-school models, ambitious ideas to advance racial equity, and efforts to diversify the education workforce. In our responsive EDge fund, we also explored needs beyond our core funding areas. We invested in solutions designed to serve students with learning differences, provide mental health supports to students and educators, expand access to postsecondary pathways, and leverage generative artificial intelligence.

We invested $113M in bold innovators, emerging organizations, and break-through ideas—ideas that once proven effective, were often taken to scale by major education philanthropies and widely adopted by school districts and CMOs.

Investment Overview

NewSchools invested in more earlystage education ventures in 2021— 23 than ever before, thanks to record entrepreneurial energy and strong support from our funders, including a special one-time gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Our annual funding opportunities ensure that we are sourcing the best ideas from everyone.

All of our investments are guided by three core principles:

1. Equity: Serve students farthest from opportunity and work to break the predictability around who gets to succeed in our nation.

2. Expanded Definition of Student Success: Ensure students develop a strong academic foundation; feel seen, valued, and safe in their learning environments; and build habits, mindsets, and skills needed for success in life.

3. Innovation: Look for ideas that go beyond business-as-usual to uncover new ways of working, and then help spread the most promising solutions in new contexts.

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Leaders of color need specific support to thrive. NewSchools starts, shifts, and leads the conversation in this area. It makes me proud to be associated with such a changemaking organization.

—Venture Leader

Reach & Impact

59% $113M

invested in 421 ventures

first-time investments

41% reinvestments

62% of ventures were led by women, 1.5x the national average*

70% of funded ventures were led by people of color, 1.5x the national average*

3,508 grant applicants

With NewSchools funding and support, ventures have grown their organizations, reach, and impact.

42K 23M

$490M

students reached annually educators reached annually funding catalyzed; 11x NewSchools’ initial investment

*Source: Kauffman Foundation - New Entrepreneurship in the United States (October 2022)

Investment Area Impact 02

Innovative Public Schools

We funded the design of new public schools—both charter and district—that will help students develop a strong academic foundation along with the other mindsets, habits, and skills they’ll need for success in life. Teams collaborated with communities to create schools that meet their needs, employing models like project-based learning, early college and career pathways, identity affirmation, and personalized learning. In addition, our schools served more students of color, low-income students, students with learning differences, and multilingual learners than the national average.

From 2021–23, we invested $44M in new schools, building on our portfolio of investments since 2015.

Reach - Students

76,000

students served annually at full enrollment

55,000

students impacted through model codification and school replication

72% 17%

16% 73%

qualify for free or reduced-priced lunch

Black & Latino multilingual learners learning differences

122 total schools

Reach - Schools

80% 20% charter district

31 states

Innovative Public Schools : Venture Spotlight

Stacey Wang | CEO

Sue Park | CEO Emeritus

Yu Ming Charter School

Yu Ming ranks among California’s top charter schools and has been recognized nationally as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, offering a distinctive MandarinEnglish immersion program to K–8 students from diverse backgrounds. It stands out in the state as the top-performing school for Black students and is among the top 5 for Latino students. In the 2022–2023 school year, 92% of students achieved proficiency in math and 88% of students achieved proficiency in reading while building fluency in Mandarin.

The school’s winning formula includes a curriculum that emphasizes global citizenship and social-emotional learning. With support from NewSchools, Yu Ming has grown into a network, opening its second campus in 2021 and expanding the program’s reach. At Yu Ming, students aren’t just excelling academically; they’re also learning to navigate and succeed in a multicultural world.

Innovative Public Schools : Venture Spotlight

Seckinger High School

Seckinger High School is the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) themed high school in the nation, preparing students for a future where AI is everywhere. Here, every subject, from math to music, is explored through the lens of generative AI, equipping students with the skills needed to excel in a digital world and tackle tomorrow’s challenges. They offer 12 different pathways—including Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Sustainability, Marketing and Management, and Digital Arts—that integrate AI design principles.

Our support has enabled Gwinnett County Public Schools to turn a bold vision into reality by first designing and opening a high school, and now leveraging the approach to create an AI-themed middle school. Seckinger’s early results are promising: The school’s freshman attendance rate averages 95%, nearly twothirds of students maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher, and the school has a 91% ontime graduation rate. Seckinger High School is truly reimagining learning and shaping the future, one student at a time.

Babak Mostaghimi Former Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education and Student Support

Jimmy Fisher Principal

What’s Working: Our Schools Improve Student Outcomes and Eliminate Disparities

We believe that every young person should finish high school prepared and inspired to pursue a life full of opportunity, connection, and meaning. For nearly a decade, we have built a body of evidence to demonstrate the power of what we call an Expanded Definition of Student Success. Using this framework, we measure important drivers of life success, which include academic achievement, social-emotional competency development, and positive learning environments.

All of our portfolio schools embrace a broader vision of student success, and their combination of innovative practices and results are a source of new hope and usable knowledge for the field.

1.5X

+64%

Historically, NewSchools students gained the equivalent of approximately 91 extra days of learning in a typical 180-day school year—or 1.5x more days of learning. We also learned that when students feel physically and emotionally safe, are held to high standards, and believe their abilities and skills can grow with effort, their academic results accelerate. It is the equivalent of moving from the 50th to the 67th percentile on nationally normed assessments.

More recently, our schools have shown significant improvement in NWEA MAP math and reading growth outcomes for all student subgroups since the 2020–21 school year. We saw a 64% increase in the number of portfolio schools where a majority of students met or exceeded their growth goals in math and reading.

3X

60%

In the 2021–22 school year, we found that middle school girls who had high social-emotional skills before the pandemic demonstrated nearly triple the math growth over 18 months compared to their peers who reported low social-emotional skills.

The “gap busters” that make up 60% of our schools were featured in Stanford University’s 2023 CREDO report for achieving outcomes that eliminate learning disparties by race and income.

Learning Solutions

Innovators are creating new types of learning solutions that can power breakthrough student success. They are working hand-inhand with educators and school leaders who are both building new school models and reinventing existing ones. We invested in diverse, early-stage innovators developing literacy solutions and wholeschool models that support academic and social-emotional growth aligned with market demand.

Reach & Impact

700,000 $20M

invested in 62 ventures

8,200

students reached educators reached

64% $96M

funding catalyzed; 6.5x NewSchools’ initial investment

of later stage ventures have collected evidence of positive student impact

Learning Solutions : Venture Spotlight

Yaacov Petscher, PhD Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor

Co-Founder and Scientific

EarlyBird Education

EarlyBird is a game-based assessment tool designed by top experts to identify early reading challenges, such as dyslexia, in children who are just beginning to read. Tested at Boston Children’s Hospital, EarlyBird not only assesses reading potential but also equips teachers with instant results and resources. In 2023, its predictive algorithm identified 35% of kindergarten students screened across six states as at risk for dyslexia. This powerful knowledge can lead to increased support for those students to build foundational literacy skills. Research indicates that with early identification and targeted intervention, reading challenges and dyslexia can be prevented in over 90% of children.

Carla Small | Co-Founder and CEO

Nadine Gaab, PhD

Advisor

Learning Solutions : Venture Spotlight

Rahul Kalita | Co-Founder Shaan Akbar | Co-Founder

Tutored by Teachers

Tutored by Teachers is changing literacy education with its English Language Arts (ELA) Virtual Intervention Model. The virtual model offers students targeted, high-dosage tutoring in small groups, focusing on ELA and Math standards. It blends engaging instruction with a whole child approach, led by highly qualified teachers. In just one year, it delivered over 118,000 learning hours to thousands of students. In Indianapolis Public Schools, students who participated in Tutored by Teachers had average ELA scores that placed them a statistically meaningful 12 percentile points ahead of their peers who didn’t participate. With support from NewSchools, Tutored by Teachers has scaled up this model, successfully addressing learning loss and cultivating skills that turn students into strong readers and problem solvers.

Diverse Leaders

Diverse leadership matters. Yet, in a country where the majority of public school students are children of color, diversity in the field— among teachers, leaders, and parent advocates—lags far behind. Since 2015, we have invested in efforts to increase the number of educators and education leaders of color, support parents to advocate for change, and cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion to build a more just education sector.

Reach & Impact

86% 24,000 $24M

invested in 89 ventures

65%

of ventures have catalyzed our funds at least 6x within three years of investment

leaders served by ventures per year

of leaders served by ventures identified as people of color

98%

of teachers served committed to remaining in education beyond one year

Diverse Leaders : Venture Spotlight

Stephanie Parra | Executive Director

ALL In Education

ALL In Education, a Latino-led organization in Arizona, focuses on growing the number of Latino leaders in education. The team, composed of Arizona natives and first-generation college graduates, has developed three programs to cultivate a leadership pipeline: the Parent Educator Academy, the Adelante Fellowship, and the LISTO Academy. These efforts have built a network of 378 leaders who are making a positive impact. Parents involved have become more engaged in their children’s education, gaining confidence in interacting with teachers and school board members. Several LISTO Academy alumni have secured positions on district and charter school boards. ALL In Education’s efforts in advancing leaders of color are vital in improving Arizona’s education system, ensuring all students receive the support and empowerment they need to succeed.

Diverse Leaders : Venture Spotlight

Watts of Power Foundation

The Watts of Power Foundation is piloting a groundbreaking approach to teacher recruitment and retention in South Los Angeles. Its Teacher Village Residency Initiative tackles the hurdles Black men face in becoming teachers, offering them affordable housing, a supportive community, and trauma-informed care while they earn their teaching credentials and start their teaching careers. The foundation’s strategy also includes assisting program graduates in buying homes in their teaching communities, allowing more Black male educators to establish roots in their neighborhoods while improving their economic mobility. Over the next decade, the foundation will support the development of 140 fully credentialed Black male teachers to enhance the experiences and outcomes for all learners, especially Black students.

Dr. Peter Watts, Jr. | Co-Founder

Dr. Didi Watts | Co-Founder

Racial Equity

We invested in leaders of color with ambitious, early-stage ideas for addressing racial inequities in education. Funding decisions were made through participatory grantmaking, where NewSchools shifted decision-making power to a council of students, parents, educators, and innovators. Council members reflect the backgrounds of the students our ventures serve, including being first-generation college students, recipients of free or reduced-price lunch, and English language learners. Lessons from our engagement with the Racial Equity Councils will inform our organizational approach to community engagement in 2024 and beyond.

Reach & Impact

$7M

8,500

1,600

$12M

800+

Council Highlights

53

council applications council members engaged, representing 28 states

100%

100%

people of color

of Racial Equity Council members would recommend NewSchools to community leaders interested in participatory grantmaking.

“As a student…the experiences that I’m bringing are meaningful and valuable. I felt deeply invested in the work of the council, and I think my insights and experiences definitely shaped the decisions about who we ended up moving forward.

—Pragya Upreti, Racial Equity Council Member and Student

Lisa Maria Rhodes | Founder and Executive Director

ALAS

ALAS is changing the narrative for New Orleans students involved in the legal system, keeping them in school and on track to graduate. Led by a former educator, ALAS recognizes that missing school due to pre-trial detention can lead to educational gaps, trauma, and higher dropout rates. ALAS equips educators to support undocumented students and those facing legal challenges by connecting them with legal help and advocating for their continued education over incarceration. Out of more than 600 educators trained by ALAS, 99% now feel equipped to support young people facing the legal system. Additionally, 50 students have received legal representation in immigration proceedings and have remained in school throughout the process. ALAS is effectively breaking the cycle of disadvantage, offering young people more promising futures.

Racial Equity : Venture Spotlight

Kim Riley | Founder and CEO

The Transition Academy

Inspired by her own experiences as a mother to a son with autism, Kim Riley founded The Transition Academy to help young people with disabilities in Kansas City, Missouri, achieve economic inclusion. The academy provides essential college and career preparation, helping these students navigate the often uncertain journey beyond high school. A key initiative is the KC DiversAbility College and Career Fair, which connects students to a variety of post-secondary options and potential employers. Impressively, 185 students with learning differences have benefited from employment and training opportunities through The Transition Academy, representing approximately 45% of program participants from Kansas City Public Schools who have learning differences. All program participants graduate with a placement in a post-secondary institution, job, or both, highlighting the effectiveness of the academy’s approach.

EDge

We invested $18M in ventures addressing pressing needs in education that go beyond any single investment area. These investments also allowed us to pilot areas of interest for our new strategy. Our investments had three primary focus areas:

• Empowering students with learning differences, especially those also experiencing the impact of racism and poverty.

• Supporting innovations to help students recover and rebuild from the pandemic, such as mental health support, access to college and career opportunities, strategic staffing initiatives, and emerging technologies.

• Piloting our ability to help ventures bridge the gap to sustainability through growth capital investments.

Learning through this portfolio was so significant and impactful in the field that many of these focus areas will be integrated into our 2024–26 strategy, including our focus on students with learning differences, generative AI, and post-secondary success. We also found that growth capital was catalytic and enabled ventures to hire key leadership roles, solidify products and sales infrastructure, and conduct more rigorous research. We want to deepen our work in this area, if capitalized to do so.

Learning Differences Reach & Impact

25,000 students served

9,000 educators served $5M invested in

$7M funding catalyzed; 3x NewSchools’ initial investment

Learning Differences : Venture Spotlight

Antoinette Banks | Founder and CEO

Expert IEP

Understanding and managing an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP)

can be overwhelming for caregivers of students with learning differences. That’s where Expert IEP comes in. Founded by Antoinette Banks, who experienced firsthand the challenges of the IEP process for her daughter with autism, Expert IEP leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve IEPs for students. The platform empowers caregivers to advocate for clear and appropriate educational goals while monitoring the delivery of services and their child’s overall progress, leading to better learning outcomes and more inclusive school experiences for young people. In 2023, Banks’s impactful work with Expert IEP was recognized with the prestigious $1M Black Ambition Prize.

Alejandro Gibes de Gac | CEO and Co-Founder

Paloma

Founded by Alejandro Gibes de Gac of Springboard Collaborative, Paloma is pioneering the use of generative AI to unleash the teaching potential of parents. Paloma seeks to bridge the gap between teachers and families, improving access to tailored learning resources. While Paloma is still in development, its nonprofit counterpart, Springboard, has already demonstrated a significant positive impact on family engagement and student learning. In its programs, students have shown impressive gains, achieving three to nine months of progress in key early literacy skills within a span of five to ten weeks. Building on Springboard’s proven model of family-educator collaboration, Paloma intends to integrate AI to develop personalized learning plans and resources. This approach is designed to further empower parents in supporting their children’s education journey.

What Sets Us Apart

Management Assistance

NewSchools is the only K–12 education philanthropy focused on supporting early-stage organizations in their first three years of operation, and we have developed a comprehensive approach to aiding leaders so that they can achieve their impact goals.

Ventures receive year-round coaching from our team, tailored capacity-building support from experts, and peer learning experiences through webinars and in-person community-ofpractice events.

93

Net Promoter Score from ventures

“84% 3 in 10

of leaders reported that NewSchools positively impacted their organization to a great extent

value our management assistance as equally or more important than our financial support

I would recommend NewSchools because it truly has provided necessary resources, community, and confidence [that I needed] as a founder. I truly feel like NewSchools has been in partnership with me to fill gaps around program design, evaluation, board development, and many other areas that helped our non profit and also my personal leadership.

—Venture Leader Council Member

Community Engagement

NewSchools stands out in the field by actively engaging a diverse community of advisors, including educators, parents, caregivers, students, and researchers, in our funding processes. This contrasts with over 90% of foundations, which do not consult community members. Over the past three years, our community engagement approaches have shaped our funding criteria, application reviews, and grantmaking, ensuring that our actions align with the needs of the communities we serve. In addition, community members reported positive outcomes, such as changes in their agency, power, and leadership.

Moving forward, every new investment decision at NewSchools will be informed by community leaders.

140 community members consulted across investment areas

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Celebrating 25 Years of Leading at the Edge

NewSchools turned 25 in 2023. All year, we elevated the stories and voices of venture leaders, staff and board alumni, and youth to celebrate the bold and visionary community that has helped us advance K–12 education since 1998. We also hosted two major in-person events—our first since Summit 2019—to convene venture leaders, philanthropic partners, staff, board, and sector influencers from all chapters of our history.

In May, we held our 25th Anniversary Community of Practice in New Orleans. We gathered more than 400 venture leaders, funders, and partners for three days of shared learning, community building, and celebration. In addition to mainstage programs that featured venture leaders Rhonda Broussard (Beloved Community), Aaron Walker (Camelback Ventures), and civil rights leader Leona Tate, investment teams led curated learning, networking, and consultancy sessions for our early-stage venture leaders.

Celebrating 25 Years of Leading at the Edge

At our 25th Anniversary Celebration in October in San Francisco, we honored visionary founders Kim Smith, Brook Byers, and John Doerr, and heard powerful stories, insights, and provocations from NewSchools luminaries like Sal Khan (Khan Academy), Carmita Semaan (Surge Institute), and Dacia Toll (Coursemojo), as well as former NewSchools team members

Jim Shelton (Blue Meridian Partners) and Alexandra Bernadotte (Beyond 12).

25 Years of Impact

Since 1998, we have invested more than $425M in 750 schools and organizations that are impacting 28M public school students and more than 200K educators across the country. These schools are eliminating learning disparities, and venture leaders are building organizations that scale. Highlights include:

$265M invested to support the creation of over 700 schools that are serving more than 370K students annually. Notable ventures include New York City’s Department of Education, KIPP, and Achievement First.

$50M invested in 180 learning solutions and tools. EdTech ventures—like Khan Academy, BetterLesson, and Class Dojo— have catalyzed NewSchools’ initial investment 27x, raising an additional $286M and reaching more than 28M students.

$70M invested in 150 talent ventures that have served more than 200K educators and leaders across the country. Of the educators trained by our ventures, 64% identify as people of color. Notable investments include Teach For America, Latinos for Education, and the Center for Black Educator Development.

NewSchools has incubated influential organizations, including Education Forward DC, Reach Capital, and most recently, the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund.

2021–23 Champions

We’d like to send our heartfelt thanks to the core members of our community who make this work possible: our funders, our board, and our innovators.

Supporters

Anonymous (2)

Angel & Cassey Morales

Arrow Impact

Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock

Ashley and Peter Brende

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

Bezos Family Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Blue Meridian Partners

Byers Family

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Chris and Hilary Gabrieli

Cori Duncan & Marco Marinucci

Ime Archibong

John and Ann Doerr

John and Sandi Thompson

Kim Smith and Bill Bradbury

Lisette Nieves and Greg Gunn

MacKenzie Scott

Margulf Foundation

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Mr. Sheldon Buckler

Oak Foundation

Paula A. Sneed and Lawrence P. Bass

Raikes Foundation

Robert M. and Amy M. Stavis

Siegel Family Endowment

The Spencer Foundation

Stacey Childress

Stuart Leffler in honor of Paula Sneed

Tammy and Bill Crown

Tandem Philanthropies

Walton Family Foundation

Wilf Family Foundations

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

XQ Institute

Board of Directors

Members who served on the NewSchools board from 2021–23.

Ime Archibong

Michelle Boyers

Brook Byers

Stacey Childress

Cori Duncan

Chris Gabrieli

Frances Messano

Angel Morales

Lisette Nieves

Kim Smith

Paula Sneed, Board Chair

Rob Stavis

Charlie Wolfson

John Doerr, Lifetime Director

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NewSchools maximizes the potential of leaders who are creating change in education, helping them leverage their talents to be more successful, particularly at the critical beginning stages as they launch their ventures.

Lisette Nieves, NewSchools Board member; President of the Fund for the City of New York (FCNY)

06 2021–23 Ventures

Ventures

INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A School Without Walls

A+ Up Charter School

Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts

ACCEL Day and Evening Academy–Middle School

Achievers Early College Prep, High School

Advance Rural Education (The Academy of Okmulgee)

Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School

Atlas Public School

Aventura Community School

Be The Change Community School

Becoming Collegiate Academy

Believe St. Louis (BELIEVE Schools)

Bostonia Global K–14

Breakthrough Charter School

Brillante Academy

Butler Academy

Catalyst Public Schools

Central Falls Dual Language School

City View Community High School (Cedar Rapids)

Compass Rose Harvest

Dallas Hybrid Preparatory at Stephen J. Hay

DeKalb Brilliance Academy

Design Works High School

Digital Pioneers High School

Discovery Early College High School for Teaching and Industry (SEZP)

Duquesne City School District

Ednovate Virtual School

Elevate Academy Nampa

Empower Community School

Endazhi-Nitaawiging (The Place Where it Grows)

Excelsior Village Academies

Forte Preparatory Academy High School

Foust Gaming and Robotics School (Guilford County Schools)

George Washington Carver STEM Academy

Global Citizens Public Charter School

Gotham Tech

Growth Public Middle School

Honor Prep Charter School

HSRA/Bridgemakers

I Dream Big Academy

I Dream Public Charter School

i3 Middle School

Illinois Virtual Academy

Impact | Commencement Bay Elementary

Invictus Nashville Charter School

Kindle Education Public Charter School

KIPP Beyond

La Promesa Newcomer and Dual Language Experience

LEEP Dual Language Academy

Libertas School

Liberty STEAM Charter School

M.S. 935

Magic City Acceptance Academy

Maritime High School

Middle School of Innovative Learning (Department of Education District 15)

Montessori Elementary at Highland Park

New Village Academy

Pathways to Accelerate a Career Experience

pilotED: Cactus Park Elementary

Pinnacles Prep

PS 487

Radical Arts Academy Denver (RAAD)

Rainier Valley Leadership Academy

Rocky Mountain High School

Sankofa Montessori

Sea Islands Heritage Academy

Seckinger High School

SEEQS: the School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability

South Bronx Literacy Academy

South Shore Charter School

Spelligent Texas

St. Louis Voices Academy

Tapestry Public Charter School

The Anchor School

Ventures

The Leadership School

The Legacy School

The Union Square STEAM Center

THRIVE Community School

University High School

Vertex Partnership Academies

Vimenti School

Virtual Innovators Academy

Warrior Academy

Warwick Community School

WAVE

West Dallas STEM School

Why Not You Academy

Young Men’s Leadership Academy

Yu Ming Charter School

LEARNING SOLUTIONS

7 Generation Games

Academy for Urban School Leadership

Acuarela Curriculum Cooperative

aiEDU

Association of Two-Way & Dual Language Education

Attest Education Group

BARR Center

Bee Partners LLC

BeeReaders

Capti - Charmtech Labs LLC

DC Public Education Fund

Diffit

Dual Language Education of New Mexico

EarlyBird Education

Earsight

Emerging Leaders in Technology and Engineering

Empirical Resolution Inc.

Enlighten AI Inc.

Evision Academy Programs

Fishtank Learning

Fugees Family Inc.

Green Schools National Network Inc.

High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Hoogalit Inc.

ImmSchools

Impactful Projects

Inlier Learning

Intensified Accelerated Systems Inc.

Journalistic Learning Initiative

Joy Education Foundation

LangInnov Inc.

Liberation Journeys

LitLab

Local Civics

Marker Learning

Montessori For All

Mote Technologies Inc.

Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School

Native American Community Academy

OJI:SDA’ Sustainable Indigenous Futures

Open Source Phonics

Opportunity College

Outline It Inc.

Purdue Polytechnic High School

Readlee

RISE Child Development Center

Springpoint

STEM4Real

Teaching Lab

The Apti Model

The Calculus Project

The Institute for Anti-Racist Education Inc.

The Literacy Architects LLC

The Practice Space

Transformative Learning Solutions

Tutored by Teachers Inc.

University of New Mexico

Community Engagement Center

Uplift K12 LLC

Van Ness Elementary Words Liive Inc.

DIVERSE LEADERS

4th-Dimension Leaders

ALL In Education

American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Another Lens Staffing & HR Consulting Firm LLC

Atlanta Public Schools

Bernalillo Public Schools

Ventures

Black Education for New Orleans (BE NOLA)

Black Men Teach

Bridge 2 Hope St. Louis Brothers Liberating Our Communities

Campaign for Our Shared Future

Charlotte Bilingual Preschool Childhood Education International

CommunityBuild Ventures

Educate78 (DBA Leadership for Liberation)

Elevate 215

Families in Action Inc.

Fletcher Education Solutions LLC (Test Prep Institute)

ForwardEd

Georgia Educators for Equity and Justice

Get LaunchED Consulting

Healing Schools Project

ILO Group

InnovateEDU

Innovation For Equity

Institute for Student Achievement

International Teachers Project

Jacksonville Public Education Fund

Jounce Partners

KConnect

Kindred Communities

Latino Education Advancement Foundation

Latino Educational Equity Partnerships (LEEP)

Latinx Education Center

Lead Collaborative

Man Up Teacher Fellowship

MCEL (Men of Color in Ed. Leadership)

Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative

MindshiftED

Mosaic School Support Solutions LLC

NACA Inspired Schools Network

Newark Opportunity Youth Network

Parent Power Lab

Passion Driven Leadership

Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium (PEDC)

Portland Public Schools

Profound Ladies

Renton School District

Rochester Education Association for the Development of Youth Inc.

Rosebud Sioux Tribe Education Department

Round Rock Black Parents

San Francisco Parent Coalition Sims-Fayola Foundation

Southern Nevada Black Educators Initiative

T.E.E.C.H. (Teaching for Equity, Empowerment and Community Healing)

Teach Indy Inc.

Teachers Like Me

TeachStart

The Canizales Group

The Center for Black Educator Development

The Center for Urban Education and Advocacy

The Innova Collective

The Language Preservation Project

The National Association of Black Male Educators

The National Fellowship of Black and Latino Male Educators (NFBLME)

The Teachers’ Lounge Inc.

Village of Wisdom

Voces Unidas de las Montañas

Voice4Equity

Watts of Power Foundation

RACIAL EQUITY

Admissions Gambit

ALAS

Black Girls Do STEM STL

Bridgemakers

Build Our Lives Together Inc.

Code Switch Restorative Justice for Girls of Color

Convivir Colorado

Data and Research for Indigenous Futures (DRIF)

Detroit Heals Detroit

Ella Baker Institute

Firestarters

Ventures

FLi Sci

Forged Ed LLC

Hipeexnu’ Kii’u Nuun Wisiix

Love Your Magic

MindCatcher Education

Navigate the Maze to Achievement Inc.

Project OneTen

ProjectHEAL

Reconstruction US Inc.

Rock Academy

Start Lighthouse

TasselTurn

The Emancipated LLC

The Roots Initiative

The Transition Academy

trubel&co

TrueFiktion

We Love Philly

Young Leaders Strong City

Youth Justice Alliance

LEARNING DIFFERENCES

All Means All School Leadership Program

Celebrate Dyslexia

Celebrate EDU

Cognitive ToyBox Inc.

Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children

Edge Fearless Learning

Expert IEP

IEP&Me

Lectores para el futuro

MindWorks Collaborative

NarrateAR LLC

Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI)

Social Cipher

Social Optics

Special Education Leadership Fellowship (SELF)

Spelligent Education

The Inspired Community Project Inc.

The Read Read

Thriving Students Collective

True Measure Collaborative

EDGE

Accelerate Education

Campus Without Walls

Catalyst:Ed

CommunityShare

Coursemojo

Diversity in Leadership Institute

Education Forward Fund

Education Reimagined

Edunomics Lab Georgetown University

edwell

Family Engagement Lab

First Tech Fund Inc.

GripTape Inc.

Instruction Partners

Latinos For Education

Liber Institute

LiberatED

LivedX Inc.

Magnolia Project

MedReimagined

Oakland Natives Give Back Fund Inc.

OneInFive

OpenSeat

OurWorlds

Out Teach

Paloma Learning Inc.

Propel America

Public Impact

Rivet School

Saagara PLLC / Teku Family and Community Mental Health

Saga Education

School Board Partners

Ser Familia Inc.

Sown To Grow Inc.

Substantial Classrooms

Teton Science Schools

The Craft Education System Inc.

The Modern Classrooms Project Inc.

The Oakland REACH

The Teaching Well

Thrive Industries Incorporated

Transcend UnboundED

Welfie

WeThrive