What happens when Pahara & EDLOC meet historically ignored leaders of color? You get Disruptive Partners. Disruptive Partners (DP) is a Black-owned leadership development firm, committed to developing an exponential number of high-impact leaders at the local level. We identify leaders of color that bring a wide range of diverse talents, skills, and lived experiences critical to influencing real change within the Black community. As your premier executive talent pipeline for racially diverse communities, we create sustainable impact by activating, learning from, and leveraging the untapped power in our communities. We are your Pahara & EDLOC for “The Hood, Which Is My Hood!”
As the first computer science-focused middle and high school in Washington, DC, Digital Pioneers Academy's mission is to develop the next generation of innovators. We prepare Ward 7 and 8 students to meet or exceed the highest academic standards, while cultivating the strength necessary to both graduate from four-year colleges and thrive in 21st century careers.
Community Equity Partners' (CEP) goal is to retain and grow senior leaders of color within education by disrupting the dominant and exclusive organizational culture through cross-racial relationships and coaching.
Citizens of the World Charter Schools is a national network of racially and socioeconomically diverse charter schools in Los Angeles and Kansas City. The network’s core instruction includes pillars of academic mastery, SEL and difference and inclusion, incorporates a fresh set of Graduation Dispositions which are habits of character and mind.
Capital Village Schools is a network of micro-schools that will effectively meet the diverse needs of our students by combining
-real-world learning expeditions grounded in social justice,
-personalized instruction centered around the unique needs of individual students, and
-an intentionally small village focused on developing the whole child.
Camelback Ventures catalyzes gap closing, social ventures led by underrepresented entrepreneurs, particularly people of color.
Our mission at Caliber Schools is to shift the experiences, expectations, and outcomes for students in historically underserved communities. We provide students with a challenging and engaging personalized education that equips them with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in competitive colleges, careers, and communities. Caliber graduates will be academically college ready; have emotional intelligence or ‘EQ’; be critical thinkers, and have the skills and desire to be ‘changemakers’ in their communities and the world.
We dream of a world where one day every child will have access to quality equitable schools. We educate, empower and activate parents to disrupt the system of inequity, fight unjust policies and advocate for their children's right to quality educational options.
Bricolage Academy envisions a time when public schools serve the needs of all students—when New Orleans is the world’s premier location for public education and is widely recognized as a world-class city for its creative, cultural and economic leadership.
The BRICK Education Network invests in children and their caregivers together to relentlessly knock down barriers to students’ academic success. As a charter management organization based in Newark, New Jersey, we know that education allows children to achieve their dreams. However, historic inequities and trauma rob too many black and brown children of an equitable education. Learn more about how we break down walls so all children have an unimpeded path to unlocking their limitless potential.
BranchED provides training, technical assistance, and coaching support to Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to maximize the quality of their educator preparation programs.
The Black Teacher Project’s mission is to sustain and develop Black teachers to lead and reimagine schools as communities of liberated learning. Our vision is that every student will benefit from the diversity, excellence, and leadership of an empowered Black teaching force.
Our vision is for San Antonio to have the best schools in the world. Our mission is to give the community the tools and knowledge they need to demand a high-quality education. We do that by training parents how to use their voice and collective power to band together and demand change in the public education system. We hope that, through our work, educated and skilled parents will be able to demand an excellent education and pass this on to their children. By doing this, we plan to stop the cycle of unknowing and complacency, so parents demand an education system that serves their children excellently and equitably.
MindWorks Collaborative will attract, connect, develop, and sustain a pipeline of Black and Latino teachers and related service providers to dramatically improve educational options and outcomes for students with disabilities.
The National Indian Education Association (NIEA), the largest and oldest Native education organization in the nation, was formed with the goal of supporting schools and educational systems in improving the outcomes of Native students. In response to the national teacher shortage, and specifically the Native teacher shortage, NIEA launched the National Educator Initiative which addresses five critical areas for addressing teacher shortages and recruiting Native teachers to Native-serving schools.
Native American Community Academy (NACA) Elementary launched to engage urban Native American children in a rigorous education, based in Indigenous culture, language, tradition, and holistic wellness. NACA’s K-5 Indigenous Literacy Program is a culturally and linguistically revitalizing curriculum designed by Indigenous educators. The literacy program will use texts that center Indigenous peoples so that students see themselves and their communities as they develop the building blocks of literacy so that they may be empowered to pursue their own dreams, develop and share new ideas, and participate fully in society.
BMEA partners with educational agencies at the local, state and national level to advocate for the support of recruiting black men into education, retaining black male educators, and developing leaders to improve the education of urban youth. BMEA is a group of practitioners invested in the dismantling of institutional impediments to diversity in the educational profession.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are a source of accomplishment and great pride, having graduated so many people who are culturally aware and intellectually sound. The HBCU model of high academic rigor in a supportive learning environment has led to HBCU’s holding 9 of the top 10 colleges slots for producing African American Ph.D. earners. In addition, 70% of African American dentists and physicians and 51% of our nation’s African American public-school teachers received their bachelor’s degrees from Historically Black Colleges.
Becoming Collegiate Academy believes there is something incredibly important about the HBCU experience that must be celebrated, protected, and replicated in our students daily K-12 experience.
The ATDLE team provides focused and relevant professional training opportunities for new and existing programs! Our commitment to excellence in education through second and third language education is unwavering. We believe strongly in quality implementation and the full implementation of research-based practices. We lead the charge by utilizing the amazing expertise of some of the most experienced programmatic experts in TWBI/DL and know that we can be of great service to teachers, administrators and program development leads wanting to start their programs or improve their practice!
Ashé Preparatory Academy’s mission is to cultivate the genius of a diverse population of students and prepare them to excel in high school, college, and career and to serve as leaders in and for their communities.
American Indian Academy of Denver (AIAD) is a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) school providing rigorous learning opportunities for all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in Denver, Colorado.
At AAHS, we’re educating and inspiring the aviation and aerospace leaders of tomorrow. As a new aviation-focused public charter school, we offer a future-building, career and college-focused education that will change the lives of our students, who will then change the world. In addition to hands-on, experiential instruction, we provide clearly-defined pathways for our diverse student body to enter aviation and aerospace careers.
Achievers Early College Prep Charter School (AECP) is New Jersey’s first public charter school for students in grades 6-12 that provides them with the unique opportunity to take a two-year course of study in STEM fields following the 10th grade, enabling them to redefine the high school experience and graduate with skills, experiences, and content mastery that’s significant to them in the market place and the world beyond.
AECP wants to make it possible for students in Trenton to earn, at no or low cost:
A High school diploma
Up to 60 transferable college credits
An associate’s degree
Workplace learning, credentials and internships
This alternative to a traditional middle and high school is founded on the belief that many underserved minority students are not prepared early enough for college and competitive STEM studies. They tend to lack the emotional and financial resources to apply to, enroll in, and complete degrees of study that will be professionally and financially rewarding in the long run. Achievers Early College Prep benefits from the leadership and experience of New York and New Jersey-based charter school operators, teachers, college professors, community leaders and early college school leaders.
The mission of ACCEL Academy is to connect to students' gifts and passions through personalized learning pathways that build academic skills, professional mindsets, and social and emotional well-being, so they are preapred for college and careers.
Our Turn mobilizes, amplifies, and elevates the voices of students in the fight for educational equity. Through organizing campaigns, leadership development, and national voice, young people channel their power to spark a new movement for justice.
Propel America helps young adults move from high school into a career and higher education. We connect high schools, job-training organizations, and higher ed institutions, employers and experienced mentors to build a clear path forward for students.
Build the collective power of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and Nations to exercise our inherent right to self-determination, while fostering a world that is built on a foundation of justice and equity for all people and the planet. The NDN Changemaker Fellowship is designed to invest in the visions, leadership, and development of Indigenous Changemakers. We believe that our people have the creativity, innovation, and determination to build healthy, resilient futures; defending our homelands and rights, developing model regenerative Nations, and decolonizing and healing our communities and families.
We co-design and develop real estate and community ecosystems.The ultimate goal of Maslow is to increase the economic mobility of families in disadvantaged communities by influencing the neighborhood ecosystem to better serve its residents.