EdisonLearning has been at the forefront of changes in public education for over a generation. They have designed solutions that create sustainable outcomes for students. Their partnerships help schools continue improving after their involvement ends by building the capacity of teachers, students, and communities. EdisonLearning provides comprehensive and enduring solutions to empower stakeholders and positively shape communities now and in the future.
Snapshots of the 42 breakthrough school models that received launch grant funding from Next Generation Learning Challenges. Learn about the blended learning, competency-based learning, and personalized approaches that make the models unique and transformative. Follow links to learn more about each grant recipient.
Snapshots of the 42 breakthrough school models that received launch grant funding from Next Generation Learning Challenges. Learn about the blended learning, competency-based learning, and personalized approaches that make the models unique and transformative. Follow links to learn more about each grant recipient.
Academic and discipline improvement strategy laikipia county professinals' f...Cyrus Muigai
Presentation to political leaders, BOM, and professionals on strategies of improving academic and discipline performance in schools in Laikipia County.
Discipline improvement strategy laikipia county forum nCyrus Muigai
Presentation to Laikipia County political leaders and professionals on strategies of improving academic and discipline performance of schools in the County.
Teacher evaluations-and-local-flexibilityDavid Black
School Improvement Network conducted study of 50 state department of education officials who are responsible for implementing teacher evaluation policy to better understand state teacher evaluation policy and how much flexibility districts have at the local level to implement state requirements. The goal was to inform ourselves, school districts and local schools how much freedom and flexibility, or lack thereof, they have to innovate on behalf of their own teachers and students particularly when it comes to using technology to achieve their professional development needs.
Toward Equitable Access and Affordability: How Private Schools and Microschoo...Jeremy Knight
In recent decades, tuition increases in independent schools have outpaced inflation and wage growth, while thousands of Catholic parochial schools — which historically have provided private education at a much lower cost — have closed, leaving middle- and low-income families with few affordable options.
Meanwhile, families across socioeconomic groups express interest in private schooling. While private schools consistently serve about 10% of U.S. students, 40% of parents say they would prefer private schools. These trends suggest a need to look more closely at efforts to increase affordability in private schools and ensure that all families have equitable access to the schools of their choice.
In “Toward Equitable Access and Affordability: How Private Schools and Microschools Seek to Serve Middle- and Low-Income Students,” we sought to understand the landscape of private schools working to provide an affordable education by looking at the approaches they are taking and how they are revisiting traditional operating models. We profile a variety of strategies used by schools to improve access for middle- and low-income families. Some schools rely on reducing the costs to families (i.e., tuition) by providing significant financial aid or partnering with scholarship programs, some have found inventive new revenue streams, and some have streamlined operations and leveraged technology to reduce their per-pupil expenditures.
One category of private schools, the microschool, merited a closer look due to its profoundly different operational and financial model. Through surveys and interviews with microschool leaders and experts around the country, this report seeks to further define this emerging sector of intentionally small, educationally innovative schools and to explore their potential as an affordable independent school option.
Ultimately, this overview of low-cost private schools and microschools surfaced questions about improving equity in private education. The profiles of schools aiming to serve middle- and low-income families highlight unsolved puzzles about how to balance that mission with financial sustainability. The analysis also raises questions about the role of private schools in serving families with more limited means, and about the potential of low-cost models to scale and innovate. Further exploration of these questions is essential to ensuring that in the private sector as well as the public sector, all families have equal access to high-quality options.
Read our 2011 Annual Report to see Get Schooled in action. Find out why our signature mix of sizzle and substance gets students engaged and motivated to take control of their education!
The Challenges and Opportunities in School Transportation TodayJeremy Knight
Every day, America’s fleet of roughly 480,000 school buses transports more than a third of students to and from school. This fleet is more than twice the size of all other forms of mass transit combined, including bus, rail, and airline transportation.
The 10 best international schools in usaMerry D'souza
In this edition of The Knowledge Review, we bring you “The 10 Best International Schools in the USA” that welcome students without worrying about their nationality and strive to educate them and turn them into responsible citizens of the world.
Palestra "Você tem ideia do bem que REALMENTE faz?"Ângela Moraes
Palestra aos funcionários e voluntários do Albergue Noturno - Casa de Passagem - CEAC Bauru/SP - sobre o papel de cada um na reconstrução da pessoa em situação de rua.
Academic and discipline improvement strategy laikipia county professinals' f...Cyrus Muigai
Presentation to political leaders, BOM, and professionals on strategies of improving academic and discipline performance in schools in Laikipia County.
Discipline improvement strategy laikipia county forum nCyrus Muigai
Presentation to Laikipia County political leaders and professionals on strategies of improving academic and discipline performance of schools in the County.
Teacher evaluations-and-local-flexibilityDavid Black
School Improvement Network conducted study of 50 state department of education officials who are responsible for implementing teacher evaluation policy to better understand state teacher evaluation policy and how much flexibility districts have at the local level to implement state requirements. The goal was to inform ourselves, school districts and local schools how much freedom and flexibility, or lack thereof, they have to innovate on behalf of their own teachers and students particularly when it comes to using technology to achieve their professional development needs.
Toward Equitable Access and Affordability: How Private Schools and Microschoo...Jeremy Knight
In recent decades, tuition increases in independent schools have outpaced inflation and wage growth, while thousands of Catholic parochial schools — which historically have provided private education at a much lower cost — have closed, leaving middle- and low-income families with few affordable options.
Meanwhile, families across socioeconomic groups express interest in private schooling. While private schools consistently serve about 10% of U.S. students, 40% of parents say they would prefer private schools. These trends suggest a need to look more closely at efforts to increase affordability in private schools and ensure that all families have equitable access to the schools of their choice.
In “Toward Equitable Access and Affordability: How Private Schools and Microschools Seek to Serve Middle- and Low-Income Students,” we sought to understand the landscape of private schools working to provide an affordable education by looking at the approaches they are taking and how they are revisiting traditional operating models. We profile a variety of strategies used by schools to improve access for middle- and low-income families. Some schools rely on reducing the costs to families (i.e., tuition) by providing significant financial aid or partnering with scholarship programs, some have found inventive new revenue streams, and some have streamlined operations and leveraged technology to reduce their per-pupil expenditures.
One category of private schools, the microschool, merited a closer look due to its profoundly different operational and financial model. Through surveys and interviews with microschool leaders and experts around the country, this report seeks to further define this emerging sector of intentionally small, educationally innovative schools and to explore their potential as an affordable independent school option.
Ultimately, this overview of low-cost private schools and microschools surfaced questions about improving equity in private education. The profiles of schools aiming to serve middle- and low-income families highlight unsolved puzzles about how to balance that mission with financial sustainability. The analysis also raises questions about the role of private schools in serving families with more limited means, and about the potential of low-cost models to scale and innovate. Further exploration of these questions is essential to ensuring that in the private sector as well as the public sector, all families have equal access to high-quality options.
Read our 2011 Annual Report to see Get Schooled in action. Find out why our signature mix of sizzle and substance gets students engaged and motivated to take control of their education!
The Challenges and Opportunities in School Transportation TodayJeremy Knight
Every day, America’s fleet of roughly 480,000 school buses transports more than a third of students to and from school. This fleet is more than twice the size of all other forms of mass transit combined, including bus, rail, and airline transportation.
The 10 best international schools in usaMerry D'souza
In this edition of The Knowledge Review, we bring you “The 10 Best International Schools in the USA” that welcome students without worrying about their nationality and strive to educate them and turn them into responsible citizens of the world.
Palestra "Você tem ideia do bem que REALMENTE faz?"Ângela Moraes
Palestra aos funcionários e voluntários do Albergue Noturno - Casa de Passagem - CEAC Bauru/SP - sobre o papel de cada um na reconstrução da pessoa em situação de rua.
The L.A. Compact is an unprecedented commitment by 18 major L.A. institutions that want to see positive change in Los Angeles public schools, and better prepare local students for college and the 21st century workplace.
The L.A. Compact identifies important areas where its partners can work together to address pressing educational issues, better leverage resources and have a measurable impact.
Steeped in Stories: The Modern College Student’s Role in Reforming Higher EdLa Toya Hodge
What if we could leverage perspectives from students to inform the public discourse on ways to improve higher education?Steeped in Stories, at SxSW edu is an opportunity to do that and more.
1. If any organization has the pedigree to turn the tide of student performance - it is Edison-
Learning. For a generation, we have been at the forefront of the most dramatic changes in
public education system; and have maintained our presence as a leading international educa-
tional services provider by designing solutions that create value and build sustainable, re-
sults-based student outcomes.
From charters, our eight core values and longer school days; to benchmark formative assess-
ments, research-based curricula and blended learning - the success of our partnerships and
the students we help educate is largely dependent on how we learn and evolve as a company.
EdisonLearning’s partnerships help schools provide sustainable, dependable and successful
results that continue to evolve long after our involvement has concluded. We aim to build
capacity with every one of our partners so that educational leaders can guide and influence
teachers, teachers can guide and influence students, and students can guide and influence the
world. EdisonLearning is a comprehensive, enduring solution: we believe that a sustainable
model of achievement empowers all stakeholders to positively shape their community, both
now and in the future.
EdisonLearning: A Generation of Education Evolution,
Innovation & Student Success
2. ➤ Hired by the State of Pennsylvania to improve
student achievement in the 20 lowest performing
schools in Philadelphia, which becomes the seminal
model for urban school reform.
While still retaining daily operational control of these
schools, the Philadelphia School District partnered
with EdisonLearning (then-Edison Schools), and other
educational providers to improve student performance.
EdisonLearning was assigned the 20 lowest performing
schools in the city, many which had student achieve-
ment numbers in the single digits. There were 10,000
students in these schools who were two grade levels
behind in math, and 9,000 students who were nearly
two grade levels behind in reading. At the conclusion of
our partnership, those numbers were cut in half.
Throughout EdisonLearning’s involvement in Philadel-
phia, all 20 schools showed quantifiable annual profi-
ciency growth at twice the amount of all other Phila-
delphia Public Schools – according to state achievement
test results. Within the first four years of the partner-
ship, 12 of the 20 schools reached AYP (Average Yearly
Progress) targets set by the Federal Government; and 18
of the 20 met AYP targets over the course of the 10 year
partnership.
All performance outcomes in the Philadelphia schools
partnering with EdisonLearning were validated by the
Kennedy School at Harvard University, the School of
Education at Brown University, and the Center for Edu-
cation Reform.
➤ EdisonLearning launches the Learning Force
standards-based tutoring program.
1995
➤ The first four EdisonLearning
schools open their doors, using a
research-based approach to creating
an innovative school design.
1998
1998 ➤ Launch of Benchmarks, the
pioneering formative assessment system
written to state standards.
1999
1999 ➤ Summer Journey program opens for
200 school districts in Missouri.
➤ The State of Maryland assumes control of the
three lowest performing elementary schools in the
City of Baltimore. Maryland State Superintendent, Dr.
Nancy Grasmick, hires EdisonLearning to operate the
schools for five years.
During EdisonLearning’s involvement: Reading proficiency
in the schools increased 49 points; Math proficiency
increased 42 points; and Montebello Elementary becomes
the only school in Baltimore City ever to be named
as a National Blue Ribbon School, an award given to
academically superior schools that demonstrate dramatic
gains in student achievement to high levels.
➤ Partners with Atlanta’s first charter school -
Charles R. Drew Charter School – which becomes
one of the most successful schools in Georgia.
Recognizing that a quality school was the key to a
healthy, vibrant neighborhood, the East Lake Foundation,
the Atlanta Board of Education, and parents in the
community sought the assistance of EdisonLearning
to open Charles R. Drew Charter School. Today, Drew’s
elementary grades (K-5) are ranked #1 in the Atlanta
Public Schools, while its middle school grades (6-8) are
ranked #3. Drew was named “Georgia Charter School
of the Year,” and was recognized as one of the “25
Coolest Schools in America” by Scholastic Parent & Child
Magazine.
2001
2000
2003
➤ EdisonLearning brings its educational
services design to the United Kingdom.
2004
➤ Alliance, a school improvement model within
existing school structures, is launched.
our LEGACY
3. 2005
➤ Hawaii Department of Education selects
EdisonLearning to implement a state-wide school
improvement initiative.
EdisonLearning’s involvement grows from 7 to 54
low-performing schools, educating 35,000 students,
and is grounded in the constant collaboration with
the district partner and the uncompromising focus
on the state’s goals that are critical to the success
of the students. As a result, the Hawaii partnership
schools show greater cumulative growth than their
district counterparts in both math and reading, often
significantly outperforming comparable schools in
the area. Most importantly, an additional 48.2% of
economically disadvantaged students tested proficient
in Mathematics, and an additional 31.6% in Reading,
following seven years of EdisonLearning’s program
implementation.
2012
➤ Forms strategic alliance with Magic
Johnson Enterprises; Bridgescape Centers
renamed – Magic Johnson Bridgescape
Academies.
As the nation’s leading dropout recovery program,
Magic Johnson Bridgescape Academies provide students
who have dropped out or are at-risk of dropping out of
school, with a free alternative path to earn a high school
diploma in an environment that fits their schedule, life
circumstances and learning needs. Since the inception of
the program, 1,000 former dropouts are now high school
graduates; and the program’s overall graduation rate of
81 percent exceeds the national average.
2008
➤ Edison Schools changes its name to
EdisonLearning in 2008. This new brand reflects
the organization’s vision of bringing innovation to
learning in the United States and around the globe.
EdisonLearning broadens its educational delivery
services and portfolio of offerings with the creation
of online courses and blended learning solutions.
2009
➤ EdisonLearning’s international footprint
expands to Abu Dhabi.
2010
➤ First fully online high schools opens
combining EdisonLearning’s experience
in teaching and learning with a fully integrated
online solution.
2011
➤ Opens eight Dropout Recovery Centers
called Bridgescape Learning centers, utilizing a
proprietary blended learning environment.
2012
➤ EdisonLearning is selected by the Indiana
Department of Education to assist in a major
initiative to improve educational opportunities for
Indiana students.
Assigned to improve student outcomes at the lowest
performing high school in the state, EdisonLearning moves
quickly to organize key members of the Gary community—
parents, public officials, businesspeople, educators, and
students—to build support for the turnaround effort at
Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy. Students
immediately benefit from a more structured learning
environment that significantly reduces disciplinary issues,
and helps to increase attendance. Overall average student
proficiency increases 35 percent, and the graduation rate
rises 29 percent.
2014
➤ EdisonLearning is acquired by Thom Jackson,
becoming the largest minority-owned education
services provider in the U.S.
Initially joining EdisonLearning as General Counsel, and
later assuming the role of Chief Operating and Legal
Officer, Thom Jackson becomes the owner, President, and
Chief Executive Officer. His commitment to changing the
educational conversation deepens the company’s focus on
its role. As he has stated: “We are part of a massive war to
change the future - and to change the lives of our kids.”
2015
➤ Initiates partnerships with educational agencies in
Ghana on the African continent.
our LEGACY