The Partners in School Innovation staff We kicked off the 2019-20 year with our annual “Launch” convening — two days of professional learning and fellowship. Teams from the Mid-Atlantic, Nevada, and Bay Area regions enjoyed re-connecting with each other in person and welcoming four new team members. Professional Learning Launch
Partners is Published in Leadership Our Director of Program Implementation & Success for California, Cynthia Ho, has published an article in the May/June 2019 issue of Leadership, the magazine of the Association of California School Administrators. The article, "Leading Authentically as a Woman of Color," is both personal and practical. Cynthia
Implementing Best Practices in a Professional Learning Network In partnership with the School District of Philadelphia and with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Partners in School Innovation began supporting a network of ten Philadelphia schools focused on improving math instruction in the fall of 2018. Partners has brought
2017-18 Annual Report Partners in School Innovation presents its 2017-18 Annual Report. Download to read about our successes working in schools and districts from the past school year.
Partners is named as a grantee for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Networks for School Improvement (NSI) initiative In the fall of 2018, Partners began supporting a network of ten Philadelphia schools focused on improving math instruction. The work was funded by a $500,000, fifteen-month grant from the Bill &
Partners launches new service model -- the Transformation Network -- in West Contra Costa USD (Richmond, CA) Beginning in 2016, Partners undertook a reflective design process aimed at developing a sustainable, scalable strategy to eliminate the achievement gap in the United States. As a result of that process, we launched a
Partners Named 2017 Gratitude Network Awardee Each year, The Gratitude Network honors a small cohort of social enterprises with The Gratitude Awards. The Award recognizes “outstanding leadership, potential for scale and innovation in solving humanity’s greatest problems.” Each Awardee participates in a year-long program of support from coaches, mentors, and peers.
Partners begins working as an approved provider for School Improvement Grants in Nevada, implementing a new model -- the Problem of Practice network In January 2017, Partners was named an approved provider for School Improvement Grants in Nevada, leading to new partnerships with Clark County School District (Las Vegas) and Washoe
Partners launches new partnership with the School District of Philadelphia Partners’ work in the mid-Atlantic region began in the fall of 2015 with the implementation of our Intensive model in three K-8 schools in Philadelphia. These partnerships grew from the William Penn Foundation’s support for our expansion into Philadelphia and a
