FSG Inc.
Project Title
For continued support of a project to improve educational equity by building capacity for systems change and collective impact
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
36 months
Description
The field’s approach has overwhelmingly been to solve educational challenges with technical change: new technologies, governance structures, accountability mechanisms, and so on. Collectively, we have paid far less attention to the mindsets, adult capacity and cultural change that are needed in order to deepen and sustain the impact of reform. This project brings together vanguard organizations in creating large-scale, lasting social change and developing leaders of systemic change: FSG and the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL). These organizations have been partners for two years as members of the Corporation’s Integrated Design Consortium (IDC), implementing projects in two communities – Staten Island, NY and Oceanside, CA – to integrate the three disciplines of systems thinking, collective impact, and equity framing. Going forward, they plan to (1) deepen the level of cultural change that is occurring in Staten Island; and (2) broaden impact by creating a learning community on multi-stakeholder approaches to deep change in education.
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Project Title
For improving educational outcomes through the integration of systems change, collective impact and an equity framing
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
For too long the education field has focused on solving educational challenges through individual content reform initiatives, rather than examining the interplay of deeper sources of problems steeped in power, race, and equity. FSG, a mission-driven consulting firm, aims to partner with PolicyLink and the Society for Organizational Learning to transform the relationships among people and organizations that shape education systems, by combining the discipline of Systems Thinking with the structure and process of Collective Impact and an Equity frame of reference. They will use these disciplines to build capacity for systems change at the district level and have launched a pilot in Staten Island, NY. This grant supports an additional pilot in Oceanside, CA.
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Project Title
For a pilot program in one community to build educational leader capacity in systems thinking, Collective Impact and equity frameworks, in order to enhance school governance, implementation and educational outcomes (as one of the five projects in the Corp
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite the efforts of thousands of dedicated professionals in school districts and supporting community-based organizations, the U.S. education system remains fragmented and dysfunctional in an entrenched way. For too long the field has focused on solving educational challenges through individual content reform initiatives, rather than examining the interplay of deeper sources of problems steeped in power, race, and equity. FSG, a mission-driven consulting firm supporting leaders in creating large-scale, lasting social change, aims to partner with PolicyLink and the Society for Organizational Learning to transform the relationships among people and organizations that shape education systems, by combining the discipline of Systems Thinking with the structure and process of Collective Impact and an Equity frame of reference. They are planning to pilot this approach in one school community and build capacity through: (1) a leadership workshop; (2) community engagement and support and (3) ongoing research, evaluation and learning. They will also plan for how the tools and resources developed during the pilot could be shared in an open-source format. This grant supports a pilot in one community and planning for open-source resources that can be shared with the field.
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Project Title
Toward an assessment of national need for and supply of school models that can be used to transform the country's lowest performing schools into high performing schools for all students
Date
Dec. 03, 2009
Duration
12 months