A Public Education System Co-Designed to Serve and Empower all students.
We are a trusted partner, innovating and scaling what works in public schools across DC, Maryland, Virginia, and beyond.
CitySchools Collaborative catalyzes high-impact tutoring and strategic talent models to serve thousands of students, improving student well-being, accelerating academic performance, and enhancing flexible staffing systems in schools.
Our Work
We build and lead coalitions to innovate, implement, and scale school-based, research-backed interventions to further student success. Our work is rooted in design thinking, research and evaluation, and community building.
Our Impact
Our coalitions push the boundaries of the possible, producing research-based interventions that move the needle for the most vulnerable students and communities. We measure the impact of our work in terms of students reached, sites launched, and system-level change, aiming to cultivate the conditions that allow the research-based innovations we support to take root and thrive.
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Core Values
Equity
Given the long history of institutional racism in schools, we center race in our work.
Impact
We set a high bar for our work—we are collaborative in both the process and the product— as we work alongside schools, LEAs, community-based organizations, and government partners.
Possibility
We embrace the curiosity and boldness needed to envision—and build—what does not yet exist.
Partnership
We model the future we want to build—through our relationships with each other, our schools, and our civic leaders.
Grace
We recognize that schools are delicate, dynamic, and intricate communities and the work of redesigning those places and systems can be complex and frustrating work—and no one can do it alone or perfectly.
Our Team
Across DC, Maryland, Virginia, and beyond, we are determined to build public education systems where race and income do not predict a student’s ability to thrive and succeed. Meet the passionate changemakers behind CitySchools Collaborative.
