Quality Education

K-12 education

How do you improve student achievement? Teacher quality is the single most influential school-based factor. Meanwhile, culturally relevant approaches make a difference for all learners.

Nestled inside the city’s all-charter public education system – unlike any other in the U.S. – our grants strengthen the educator workforce, improving teacher quality and retention. We also support culturally relevant approaches with a focus on fostering a love of learning and ultimately improving literacy and numeracy rates by the critical 3rd grade gateway.

An essential deeply-held belief undergirds all of our work: Those closest to a problem know the solutions. Our investments braid community engagement, power-building, advocacy and voice. The payoff: schools listen to parents and design policies that respond to the needs of diverse learners, including those with special needs and English Language Learners.