What We Do

Explore the programs, resources, and learning opportunities we offer to strengthen school leadership, organizational capacity, and student outcomes.

  • Deep expertise in DC's school landscape, with an intimate understanding of the challenges schools face and what it takes to address them.

  • Nimble, responsive support that adapts to your school's evolving needs and priorities.

  • Trusted relationships and credibility across DC's education ecosystem, built by and alongside stakeholders throughout the sector.

  • A leader-centered approach that supports the people who power your school—starting with you.

Built by School Leaders for School Leaders

Five ways we partner with DC schools

Catalyzing Partnerships

Catalyzing Partnerships is our flagship continuous improvement work, designed to help public charter school leadership teams strengthen organizational effectiveness and accelerate student outcomes through structured continuous improvement.

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Connections

The purpose of our Connections line of service is to strengthen school outcomes by connecting leaders to high-quality, well-matched support providers across Washington, DC.

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Charter Insights Dashboard

The Charter Insights Dashboard provides public charter school leaders with a secure, integrated view of key organizational performance indicators, enabling earlier identification of risks, more informed decision-making, and stronger strategic planning.

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The Partnership Exchange

The Partnership Exchange strengthens the public charter school sector by identifying, curating, and sharing proven practices, practical resources, and trusted expertise that help school leaders solve common challenges and improve student outcomes.

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Strategic Engagements

Flexible and tailored to each school's needs—from strategic planning to targeted projects designed to address specific challenges

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What Leaders Are Saying

  • "The Partnership has given me space to be reflective and talk through big picture needs with three experts in the field. The tools used and resources provided have been invaluable. It has given me both a toolbox to use with my Executive Team as well as forced me to think about how to work with them effectively. The work has been very strategic minded which has definitely helped evolve that skill for my leadership "

    Laina Cox

  • "If you've been doing this work long enough, you've got resources in a bunch of different places, but you have to understand where you need which support; one resource doesn’t always work in every situation. The Partnership is a group of people who have already been in our shoes. They help you not drive into potholes, because they've already been in all of them. "

    Dr. Kathryn Procope

  • "With the support of the Partnership, the Meridian team has successfully launched a new academic framework centered on Literacy, Language and the Arts. Within that framework, we’ve created a pathway to student biliteracy by 8th grade. Meridian is excited to continue to support students in achieving their highest aspirations."

    Dr. Rikki Taylor

  • “It has given me my voice back in terms of moving with urgency and saying the thing that others are thinking but not naming. Specifically, the push to have a clear data cycle and naming any dysfunction on the leadership team.”

    Zenada Mahon

  • "[The Partnership is] ...helping schools prioritize their work, with a focus on outcomes of student achievement. It was very specific, actionable, and meaningful. A space for hard conversations too.”

    Chip Chase