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From problem identification through implementation, we provide partners with unwavering support from start to finish.

A Plan for High Quality Early Care & Education with the Great Start for All Minnesota Task Force

Needed an accessible, affordable, high-quality ECE system where all families are well-served and educators equitably-compensated.

Strategic Investment to Stabilize the ECE Workforce: Illinois’s Smart Start Workforce Grants

Needed to design a grant program for improved ECE educator compensation that offers maximum benefit and reach.

Increased Opportunities for Students in North Chicago Community Unit School District 187

Needed to address a structural deficit while also improving academic achievement and graduation rates.

Financially Enduring Impact for Charter Schools

Needs vary across a full range of services including strategic decision-making, debt planning and financial projections, school reorganization, facilities and operations improvement, and more.

Enabling Equitable & Transparent School Resource Allocation in Illinois

Needed to develop a financial reporting system that honors compliance requirements and also provides meaningful site-based data for decision-making.

Finding the Right School Facility and Affording It

Challenged in finding the right school facility and knowing how to afford and finance it.

Improving Compensation for Colorado’s Early Childhood Educators

Low pay, variability by region, and high cost of living led to difficulties with recruitment and retention. The state needed a standardized compensation structure for ECE educators.

What Is Adequate School Funding for Washington, D.C.?

Answering the questions: what is the connection between persistent opportunity gaps and resource allocation? How are funds actually being used and where is more needed? The use of multiple methodologies and the robust analysis of the insights they provided allowed us to craft a list of five actionable strategies.

Facilitating Community Engagement to Achieve Equity in the Design of Maryland’s Child Care Development Fund Plan

Needed to develop an equitable, community-informed Child Care Development Fund plan.

Developing a Comprehensive Plan to Improve Child Care Supply in Beloit, Wisconsin

Needed to understand and address contributing factors to limited child care supply.

Facilitation for Equitable and Accessible State Workforce Systems

Needed to design workforce system improvements that reflected the needs and experiences of those engaging with it.

School District Decision-Making: A Collaborative Approach to Defining Principal Autonomy

Needed a new decision-making process for resource allocation that leverages the benefits of centralization while also being responsive to local student needs.