District to District Collaborations
Improving systems to achieve better outcomes for students
Given the tremendous demands on school districts, many well-intentioned efforts fail to establish the systems that consistently deliver coherent high-quality instruction and learning. California Education Partners works with districts to build scalable systems, cutting through the noise to help leaders focus on what works.
Districts that come closer to delivering on the promise of a high-quality education for all students share a common characteristic—they have deliberately designed their systems to deliver the results they expect, and they are disciplined in their use.
Fanatical about being deliberate
Using time-tested tools and research-based strategies, we guide district teams through a systemwide improvement process focused on instruction and student outcomes. Ed Partners’ approach is studied by researchers, and we use their findings to strengthen our work.
Our Collaborations
Our collaborations focus on applying four core fundamentals—clear expectations, common effective practices, adult capacity building, and progress monitoring—to two critical areas of systems improvement: preschool through third-grade math (PreK-3 Coherence Collaboration) and eighth- and ninth- grade strategies to increase A-G completion and college eligibility (On-Track Collaboration).
On Track Collaboration
Not every high school diploma in California carries equal value. A-G requirements for college admission leave many high school graduates ineligible for the state’s public 4-year universities. Join our network of school districts facing that reality with proven strategies to increase post-secondary opportunities.
PK-3 Coherence Collaboration (P3CC)
The benefits of preschool and transitional kindergarten (TK) disappear overtime unless those programs align with each other and their district’s K-12 curriculum. Join our Preschool through Third Grade Coherence Collaboration (P3CC) to work alongside other districts making the benefits of the earliest education timeproof.
News
Building Capacity and Coherence in Napa Valley USD
The educators and administrators of Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD) embarked on an essential dual mission when they joined the On Track collaboration two years ago: to dramatically expand college readiness by strengthening the A-G pipeline, and simultaneously building an internal system that could learn, adapt, and drive continuous improvement. Their ultimate aspiration was […]
Grades Reinforce Learning as Process, Not Event
When it comes to getting students on track for post-secondary opportunities, it’s important to inspect the role played by our grading practices. How do we actually measure and grade learning? We support teachers to ask questions like ‘Are my grading mechanisms sophisticated enough to capture when a student goes from not understanding to understanding? If […]
Collaboration, Curiosity, and Student Thinking Take Center Stage in Ukiah
The Ukiah PK-3 Coherence Collaboration (P3CC) is leading an exciting shift in how math is taught and experienced across their schools. Their goal is to make math a subject students celebrate and enjoy, where every learner feels confident sharing their reasoning and engaging in meaningful mathematical conversations. This transformation began with teachers’ willingness to try […]
Building Systems for Coherence and Rigor: The On Track Program Journey
One of the big gaps that we see over and over again is that students are not consistently exposed to grade-level appropriate material nor are they expected to perform at grade level. This not only compounds their chances of failure throughout high school, it also dramatically reduces their opportunities after they leave. Students who do […]