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We partner with our clients—educators, district and state leaders, grantmakers, nonprofit leaders and public education advocates—to help them improve public education opportunities for all students. Our strategies vary and are tailored to each client’s needs. Recent clients include:

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A Better Chicago
AACTE
Achieve
Achievement First Public Charter Schools
Advance Illinois (IL)
Advocate Solutions
AEM Education Services
Air Camp
Alder Graduate School of Education
Alliance for Education
Alliance for Excellent Education
America Achieves
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Anchorage School District
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc
Arizona Community College Coordinating Council (AC4)
Athol-Royalston Regional School District
Audible
AVID Center
BakerRipley
Baltimore City Public Schools
Bank Street College of Education
Barr Foundation
Bartlesville Public Schools
Battelle
Battle Creek Community Foundation
Belk Foundation
Bellwether Education Partners
Beyond Differences
bgC3
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Blue Mountain Community College
Blue Seats Consulting
BMFG – K12 Solutions Department
Bookey Consulting
Boston After School & Beyond
Boston Basics
Boston Foundation
Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE)
Bright Education
Business Alliance for Higher Education & the Economy (BAHEE)
Californians Dedicated To Education Foundation
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Carnegie Corporation of New York
CASEL
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Center for Black Educator Development
Center for Safe Schools
Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)
Change the Equation
Charles A. Dana Center
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Charlestown High School
Charlotte Lab School
Chemeketa Community College
Chicago International Charter School (CICS)
Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
Chiefs for Change (C4C)
Children First Fund: The Chicago Public Schools Foundation
Citizen Schools
Citizens of the World Charter Schools
City Charter Schools LA
Cleveland Browns Foundation
College Futures Foundation (CFF)
College Success Foundation
Colorado Association of Charter School Authorizers
Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI)
Colorado Department of Education (CO DOE)
Colorado Succeeds
Columbus Public Schools
Columbus State Community College
Communities Foundation of Texas
Communities In Schools (CIS)
CommunityShare
Complete College America (CCA)
Connecticut Department of Education (CT DOE)
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS)
Credit Suisse Americas Foundation
Crown Family Philanthropies (CFP)
Cullen Foundation
Data Quality Campaign (DQC)
DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (DC OSSE)
Delaware Department of Education (DDOE / DE DOE)
DeliverEd, LLC
Delivery Associates Limited
Denver Public Schools
Detroit Public Schools
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Diverse Charter Schools Coalition
Dream Big Foundation
Earshot
Ector County ISD
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
EdReports.org
EdSource
Educate Texas (TX)
Education Commission of the States
Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC)
Education Service Center, Region 20 (ESC-20) – Texas (TX)
Education Strategy Group
Educators for Excellence (E4E)
EdVestors
Efficacy Institute
Einhorn Charitable Trust
EL Education
Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS)
Erikson Institute
Eskolta School Research and Design
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
ExcelinEd
Ford Foundation
Foundation for the Carolinas
Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges
G8four Consulting
Gary Community School Corp
George Lucas Educational Foundation
Georgia Alliance of Education Agency Heads (GA AEAH)
Georgia Department of Education (GA DOE)
Gill Foundation
Grantmakers for Education (GFE)
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Greater LA Education Foundation
Greater LA Education Foundation
Greater Texas Foundation (GTF)
GreatSchools
Green Dot Public Schools
Greg Rawson Independent Consultant
Harold K.L. Castle Foundation
Harvard University
Harvest Network of Schools
Hawaii Department of Education (HI DOE)
Heising-Simons Foundation
Helios Education Foundation
Helmsley Charitable Trust
Hewlett Foundation
Highline Public Schools
Hope Street Group
Houston Endowment
Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)
ICF International
IDEA Public Schools
Illinois Education Research Council (IERC)
Illinois State Board of Education
Illinois State University (ISU)
Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS)
Inquiry Partners
Institute For Higher Education
Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)
Internationals Network for Public Schools (INPS)
Iowa West FoundationIssac Wiles
James B McClatchy Foundation
Joyce Foundation
Kaiser Family Foundation
Kern Family Foundation
KidsOhio
Kingmakers of Oakland
KIPP Baltimore
KIPP Foundation
KIPP New York City
KnowledgeWorks
Kresge Foundation
Larchmont Charter School
Launch Consulting
Launch NW
Leading Educators (LE)
League of Education Voters
Learning Policy Institute (LPI)
LearnLaunch
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)
Los Angeles Department of Education (LA DOE)
Los Angeles Education Partnership (LAEP)

Louisiana Department of Education
Lumina Foundation
Maryland Business Roundtable
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE)
Mastery Charter School
Mastery Transcript Consortium
Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
McKnight Foundation
Meeting Street Schools
Memphis-Shelby County Education Association
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS)
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF)
Milwaukee Public Schools
Minneapolis Public Schools
Minnesota Comeback (MN)
Mississippi First
Montgomery County Educational Service Center
Mountain Philanthropies
Nashville District-Charter Collaboration Compact
Nashville Public Education Foundation (PEF)
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS)
National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB)
National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)
National Governors Association
National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI)
National Public Education Support Fund (NPESF)
National Student Clearinghouse (NSC)
NEA Foundation
Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF)
New Bay Area community investment fund (TBD name)
New England Science & Sailing Foundation, Inc.
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
New Hampshire Department of Education (NH DOE)
New Meridian
New Mexico Public Education Department (NM PED)
New Schools For Chicago
New Teacher Center
New Venture Fund (NVF)
New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE)
NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF)
Niswonger Foundation
Noble Network of Charter Schools
North Carolina Community Foundation
NoVo Foundation
NY Leadership for Educational Achievement Foundation (NY LEAF)
Oak Foundation
Ohio Business Roundtable
Ohio CADRE
Ohio Department of Education (OH DOE)
Ohio Department of Higher Education
Ohio Education Research Center (OERC)
Ohio ESC Association (OESCA)
Ohio Excels
Ohio Office of Workforce Development
OhioCAN
Opportunity 180
Oregon Community College Association (OCCA)
Oregon Learns
Overdeck Family Foundation
Panorama Education
Partnership for Learning
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
Pasadena Educational Foundation
PBLWorks
PEF Chattanooga
Pennsylvania Department of Education (PA DOE)
Petersburg City Public Schools
Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) Educational Foundation
Philadelphia School Partnership
Philanthropy Ohio
Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network
Poses Family Foundation (PFF)
Propel America
Public Impact (PI)
Raikes Foundation
Raise Your Hand Texas
Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Rennie Center
Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA)
Rush Education and Career Hub
Rutgers Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO)
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Saint Paul Public Schools
Salem Public Schools
San Diego County Office of Education
San Diego Foundation
Seattle Public Schools
SERVE Center
Silver Giving Foundation
Silverchair
Sinclair Community College
Smarter Balanced
Sobrato Family Foundation
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Southwest Arkansas Education Cooperative
Southwest Educational Development (SEDL) Archive
Stand for Children
Stanford University
State Education Resource Center (SERC)
Step Up
Strategic Data Project (SDP)
Strategic Leadership Partners in Education
Stuart Foundation
Student Leadership Network (SL Network)
Summit Public Schools
Surge Institute
Synergy Enterprises
Syracuse City School District
Teach Plus
Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee (TEAC)
Teaching Matters
Tennessee Business Roundtable
Tennessee Department of Education (TN DOE)
Tennessee Office of State Policy and Planning
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (TN SCORE)
Texans for Education Reform
Texas 2036
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
The Aspen Institute
The California Endowment
The Chalkboard Project
The Cleveland Foundation
The College-Ready Promise
The Commit Partnership
The Danielson Group
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
The Hill Center
The John R. Oishei Foundation
The Kendeda Fund
The Leadership Academy (NYCLA)
The Learning Coalition
The Mindset Scholars Network
The Ohio Standard
The Rodel Foundation of Delaware
The SEED Foundation
The State University of New York (SUNY)
The Stone Foundation
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Wallace Foundation
Thrive Public Schools (Thrive PS)
TN Association of Floodplain Management (TN CFM)
U.S. Education Delivery Institute
University of Hawaii (HI)
University of Hawaii Foundation
University of Kentucky (KY)
University of Tennessee (TN)
University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC)
University of the State of New York (USNY) Regents Research Fund
Univision
Uplift Education
Urban Ed Academy
US Department of Education (US ED)
VisionLink
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Walton Family Foundation
Washington Roundtable
Washington State Charter Schools Association (WA Charters)
Washington STEM
Wauwatosa School District
Weiss Associates LLC
Wentworth Institute of Technology
White House Fellows Foundation and Association
William Penn Foundation
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WI DPI)
Yakima School District
Yale University
Yes Prep Public Schools Inc.
Your Crescendo
YouthTruth
Zane State College
Zoom Foundation

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