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Download full textFlores, Kim; Fierle-Hedrick, Kai – Nellie Mae Education Foundation, 2021
In 2014, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation began funding three projects that together comprise the Grassroots Portfolio: Civic and Family Engagement, Community Organizing, and Amplifying Student Voice and Leadership. This work was part of the Public Understanding and Demand component of NMEF's grantmaking strategy. Following a Foundation-wide…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Social Action, Advocacy, Philanthropic Foundations
Iyengar, Nithin; Lewis-LaMonica, Kate; Perigo, Mike – Bridgespan Group, 2017
This article is part of a Bridgespan Group research project that focuses on a new wave of district-led "innovation zones" that holds promise to overcome the challenges of turning around failing schools and deliver significant improvements in student outcomes. This new wave provides a subset of district schools with control over staffing,…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, School Districts, School Turnaround, School District Autonomy
Iyengar, Nithin; Lewis-LaMonica, Kate; Perigo, Mike – Bridgespan Group, 2017
It is widely understood that school districts face significant barriers to designing and implementing sustained improvements in chronically underperforming schools. In particular, the size and complexity of urban districts pose daunting challenges to advance significant reform efforts, despite glaring need. A new wave of district-led…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Innovation, School Turnaround, Social Mobility
