Credits
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.
Writing and editing: Lynne Graziano, Bonnie O’Keefe, Jason Weeby, Tanya Paperny, Jennifer O’Neal Schiess, Sara Mead, Brandon Lewis, Alex Spurrier
Photography: Alexander Drecun (unless otherwise noted)
Cover photo: Legacy Charter School Chicago
Web development: ForumOne with support from ThompsonStenning.
Communications: Jeremy Knight, Alyssa Schwenk, Tanya Paperny, Michelle Lerner
Copy editing: Super Copy Editors
Scheduling and logistics: Aurelia Twitty, Shireen Burns
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 the dozens of leaders, educators, parents, and students who took the time to share their experiences with us during in-depth interviews. (All quotes come directly from our interviews, unless otherwise noted.)
Thank you also to the peer reviewers who provided invaluable feedback during work on this project in 2018: Gloria Lee, Hae-Sin Thomas, Maura Marino, Abby Smith, Abby Schaller, Nate Easley, Patrick Dobard, Colleston Morgan, Alex Shub, Gabrielle Wyatt, Tre Johnson, Rajeev Bajaj, Daniel Anello, Beth Purvis, Micah Sagabiel, and Luis de la Fuente.
The views and analysis 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 quoted or listed individuals.