Clients

National Center for Innovation in Education

Supporting strategic planning; advising on the design and operation of a multi-state collaborative to align assessment and accountability systems toward higher order education outcomes; and providing convening facilitation and analysis.

UNITE-LA

Providing thought partnership on how to make best use of a 3-year external program evaluation — including report design and editing; message development for funders and partners; and creation of an outreach strategy around lessons learned.

High school for recording arts

Worked with St. Paul-based “Hip Hop High” to improve their positioning as a thought leader at the vanguard of youth reengagement in today’s school push-out/drop-out crisis and assisted their expansion to a second school site in Los Angeles.

California Humanities

Helping California Humanities research and design a nascent initiative to offer a humanities-rich education for the middle grades—including expert interviews, field research, staff and expert advisor engagement, and development of a theory of change.

YR Media

Consulting—during a time of rebranding—with the new senior leadership team on actions including: improved institutional alignment between strategy, goals, and budgeting, and helped advance their visibility in the field with funders.

Institute for Educational Leadership

Facilitated a day-long senior staff retreat on the design of a new “Rise Up for Equity” fund, enabling shared vocabulary and understanding, modeling integrated funding streams, and identifying next steps for action.