Due to seed funding from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Danbury Collective will work together with parents, students, and partners from government, business, nonprofits, and philanthropy to improve equity and outcomes for students.
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Makeeba McCreary, president of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund (NCF) and Dr. Prudence Carter, the Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University to the Board of Directors. As board members, Dr. McCreary’s and Dr. Carter’s expertise and scholarship in social justice and education will support the Foundation as it continues on its racial equity journey in public education.
Teacher Participation in an Improvement Network: A Working Paper on Developmental Trajectories Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page March 2022 Changing classroom instruction is a high-leverage opportunity for improving education at scale. For this reason, educators across the United States are engaged in networks that aim to improve teaching and learning. In networked improvement…
The Better Math Teaching Network: Lessons Learned From a 5-Year Instructionally Focused NIC Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page December 2021 The Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) is a networked improvement community (NIC) of researchers and high school teachers from New England who use improvement science principles to deepen student engagement in algebra content.…
Engaging Students in High School Algebra: The Better Math Teaching Network Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page Summer 2021 From 2016 to 2021, the Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) aimed to transform high school mathematics teaching in New England. Researchers and teachers worked together to make high school Algebra I classes more student centered.…
Scaling the Impact of a Networked Improvement Community: Five Strategies from the Better Math Teaching Network Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page Summer 2021 As the BMTN matured, different strategies for sharing network learning emerged. These strategies became more formalized and intentional as BMTN members developed tools and routines to spread the learning. Our…
Beyond the Networked Improvement Community: Designing PLCs to Spread Learning from the Better Math Teaching Network Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page Summer 2021 Inspired by the networked improvement community (NIC) concept (Bryk, Gomez, Grunow, & LeMahieu, 2015), researchers at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) launched the Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) to address…
Student-Centered Assessment Network: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page September 2021 This report presents an overview of the history, collective learning, and concluding products of a networked improvement community (NIC) that operated and evolved between 2017 and 2021: the Student-Centered Assessment Network (SCAN). SCAN comprised a group of teachers…
Engaging High School Students: The Student-Centered Assessment Network Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page Summer 2021 From the fall of 2017 to the winter of 2020, the Student-Centered Assessment Network (SCAN) aimed to transform high school teaching in Rhode Island. Researchers and teachers worked together to make high school classes more student centered by…
After four years at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, and a tenure that includes serving as Vice President of Strategy and Programs and Interim President and CEO, the time has come for me to put a period at the end of this chapter.