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It is not by accident that we're named 'Partners' in School Innovation. We are collaborators with districts and schools in the design, development and implementation of our School Transformation Framework and Approach. We invest heavily in building the relationships that allow us access to a leader's growth and a school's performance culture. This partnering rather than consulting is in and of itself an acceleration strategy, and a strategy for sustaining the work over time. By the end of a partnership, we aim for the work of school and district transformation to be wholly owned within the district's and school's infrastructure and better sustained– even through leadership transitions and shifts in strategic direction. Learn what we are doing and how we are doing it, staying current with us in the work of education reform, by reading our blog.

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Lessons Learned: Urban Middle Schools Turnaround

June 6, 2013

In April 2013, Partners in School Innovation presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Partners undertook a study that was intended to provide insight into the turnaround...

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Partners receives Excellence Award

June 5, 2013

Partners in School Innovation, in partnership with Applied Materials, has been announced as the recipient of $25,000 through the Director’s Award in the CECP Excellence Awards. This award is among the...

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Vouchers: A Band-Aid for the Equity Gap?

April 26, 2013

Louisiana's Supreme Court recently ruled that the state's new private school voucher system can continue, despite a fervent outcry to halt the program from many public agencies and private organizations....

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Teacher collaboration in practice

March 22, 2013

At Partners, we often describe our approach as working shoulder to shoulder with teachers and leaders. Fostering collaboration is at the heart of our work, and while individual teachers can and often do...

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How Does the US Compare?

February 27, 2013

On January 28th, The Economic Policy Institute released a report in which researchers Martin Carnoy and Richard...

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A Note on California Student Funding

January 29, 2013

You may know that California ranks 49th overall in student investment by state in this country, at $8,482 per child, and that this is 28 percent below the national average of $11,824. But did you know...

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Partner Highlight: Everett Middle School

November 29, 2012

With the recent release of Academic Performance Index (API) and California Standards Test (CST) data, there has been a wave of press releases and news articles talking about student achievement results....

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An “Irresistible Investment Opportunity”

October 2, 2012

In 2011, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, “High-quality Early Childhood Education programs are arguably the best investment our country can make.”  One of the plenary sessions at last week’s...

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In a Time of Political Divide, a National Consensus Emerges

September 18, 2012

In August 2012, Phi Delta Kappan and Gallup released findings from their 44th annual survey, The Public’s Attitudes...

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