Services and Expertise

Strengthening Public Education and Its Ecosystem

We provide affordable, high-quality research and consulting services and trainings to help organizations improve how they manage themselves and how they tackle complex problems.: Our clients are state departments of education, school districts, charter school organizations, philanthropies, school support organizations, non-profits in public education, and other social sectors.; We seek to partner with organizations who share our values and commitment to better serve all children, particularly those of color, from low-income households, or otherwise traditionally underserved.

To date, we have completed 200 research and consulting projects in public education and other related social sectors, impacting over 500 organizations. Hear what our clients have to say about our work.

Our Approach: Evolutionary Learning

Central to our research and consulting support is Evolutionary Learning, an approach that offers a disciplined method of organizational learning and improvement. The approach guides individuals, teams, and organizations in structuring everyday activities as carefully observed tests to reveal progressively better ways to improve and achieve their desired impact. Evolutionary Learning is both a set of tools for effectively delivering promising strategies and a model of organization and governance that puts continuous improvement at the core of what organizations and their leaders, staff, and stakeholders do—day in, day out.

Our Service Offerings

Organizational Learning, Measurement, and Improvement

Ongoing, rapid improvement driven by diagnostic assessment and structured problem-solving

Strategic and Management Support

Support with strategy design and implementation to strengthen systems

Research and Program Evaluation

Quantitative and qualitative applied research for formative and summative purposes

Legal and Policy Analysis

Legal, policy, and advocacy strategies and research for meaningful change

Our Content Area Expertise

After more than 10 years of helping organizations improve, our interdisciplinary staff has expertise in a range of topics in education. The following illustrate some of the topics that have been at the heart of our recent work.