Partners in School Innovation (PartnersSI) is a leading nonprofit organization committed to transforming America's urban public schools and eliminating the achievement gap. We have invested the last several years integrating what we have learned about achieving and sustaining breakthrough results in our most challenged urban schools into our innovative School Transformation Framework.

Who We Are and What We Believe

PartnersSI was founded in 1993 to create systemic improvements in low-performing public schools. Key to our effectiveness are our staff members, many of whom come to us as experienced educators and change agents -- teachers, coaches, principals and district leaders -- who have achieved extraordinary successes in their own classrooms, schools and districts. We know firsthand that excellence in teaching and leadership yields outstanding results in student learning.

What Distinguishes Us

• Multi-year partnerships: We work side-by-side with our school and district colleagues over a 3-5 year period.
• Focus on existing human capital: We work to strengthen the capability of those teachers and leaders who are already in the system.
• Data-driven, results-oriented, continuous improvement: We build the capability of teachers and leaders to use data to set goals, plan, implement, assess, reflect and adjust in cycles of inquiry and continuous improvement.
• Sustainable systems change: We build essential knowledge and skills at multiple levels to ensure improvement practices are aligned, embedded and sustained across the system

Our Approach

PartnersSI applies a research-based, systematic approach to achieving school and district transformation. Our staff work alongside our school and district colleagues to achieve significant gains in student achievement as well as build the organizational capacity required to sustain these results. We partner to:

• Build a strong core instructional program, ensuring that all students learn at high levels;
• Create an integrated system for professional learning so that all teachers are able to deliver excellent instruction;
• Strengthen leaders' ability to focus on student outcomes and align school resources, structures and ways of working to achieve their goals.

We work in partnership with school and district leaders to create vibrant school environments where teachers can continually grow as professionals and students of color and English Learners can excel as young scholars, college- and career-bound.

Learn More:

School Transformation Framework

Our Results-Oriented Cycle of Inquiry

Our Services