About Us
This site was created by Bellwether Education Partners, with support from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
Bellwether Education Partners is a national nonprofit focused on dramatically changing education and life outcomes for underserved children. We do this by helping education organizations accelerate their impact and by working to improve policy and practice.
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation is dedicated to transforming the lives of children living in urban poverty through improving their education, health, and family economic stability.
Credits
Web Writing: Bonnie O’Keefe, Brandon Lewis, Jennifer O’Neal Schiess
Report Writing: Bonnie O’Keefe, Brandon Lewis, Jennifer O’Neal Schiess, Jason Weeby
Web development: ForumOne
Additional graphic design support: Five Line Creative
Communications: Jeremy Knight
Copy editing: Super Copy Editors
Scheduling and logistics: Taylor Bard
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the many individuals who shared their time and knowledge to inform this project. We are particularly grateful to all those who took the time to share their experiences with us during interviews, and all the individuals who provided valuable feedback throughout the web development process, especially Margo Roen of Education First, Steve Lecholop of the San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees, and Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger of the Data Quality Campaign. We would also like to thank the state and local leaders who helped us understand their respective SPFs:
Jill Zimmerman, Louisiana Department of Education, and Dina Hasiotis, NOLA Public Schools
Members of the School Quality team and the Office of Policy and Evaluation, New York City Department of Education
Bridget Lee, Jeff Broom, Emily Boulton, and Sarah Dixon at Chicago Public Schools
Erin Kupferberg at the D.C. Public Charter School Board
Jennifer Holladay and Ericka Burns, Denver Public Schools
The views and analyses in this site are the responsibility of the authors alone and do not reflect the views of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation or any of the individuals interviewed or quoted.
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