Early childhood education and K-12 school systems

Supporting school systems to define the why (purpose of education, portrait of a graduate), the what (evidence-based interventions that are context-appropriate), and the how (implementation-at-scale, performance management) of education system improvement and reform.

Supporting education systems to recruit, develop, and retain excellent teachers and administrators through hiring strategies, training and apprenticeship programs, innovative teacher deployment models, and sustainable career pathways.

Helping systems and institutions improve whole-child education, including creating support systems covering prevention, identification, access, and care.

Improving access to quality personalized instruction, targeted teacher supports, and engaging student experiences through the use of the effective and evidence-based technology. Supporting school systems to overcome the common implementation pitfalls of digitization, and prioritize and pilot generative AI use cases.

Identifying opportunities for engagement with the private sector to enhance student outcomes that include impact investing, public-private partnerships, and innovative financing.

We supported a national educational program in developing and launching a plan that doubled literacy and numeracy rates within a year through improved teacher scaffolds and supports (structured lesson plans, teacher coaching), high quality teaching materials for every child, and access to learner data to enable assessment-for-instruction.

We provided support to over 60 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and State Education Agencies (SEAs) via a multi-year nonprofit partnership. Through this partnership, we provided deep technical assistance to districts and states on priority topics including chronic absenteeism and student engagement, academic recovery and high-dosage tutoring, teacher pipelines, and use of generative AI. We are also supported the creation of toolkits, playbooks, and reports and facilitated workshops and communities of practice to disseminate learnings.

Seeking to empower women and the estimated 500,000 children in refugee camps in Lebanon, we developed a program to improve the classroom experience and education outcomes through curriculum development, teacher training, and broader school-governance initiatives in close collaboration with nongovernmental organizations such as Alsama Project in Lebanon and the Sawiri school in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley.