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Foundation's Role
Our overarching goal for students in the nation’s 400 largest districts has evolved from generally increasing life options to something more specific: build the skill set to develop innovation R&D capacity in districts and the knowledge base to dramatically accelerate students’ academic and socio-emotional readiness for success in college, career and life.
This refined goal requires a new hybrid role for the foundation:
| Broker | Leverage and invest resources, convene, create new connections, and build relationships ... as venture capital firms do.
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| Build Capacity | Apply methods (user-centered design and development for innovation) ... much as product design firms do. Create knowledge (frameworks, diagnostics and instructional tools) that equip leaders to work smarter ... much as management consulting firms do.
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| Signal | Use the knowledge and proof points that emerge from our work to influence researchers, other funders, the broader marketplace and public policy in order to achieve scale ... as research and policy organizations do.
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