Persistent disparities in access to quality education have created a cycle of inequality, where outcomes are too often shaped by race, income, and zip code rather than by talent or effort.
Philanthropy has focused on what works programmatically, but not on why and how change is created and sustained in complex systems
Efforts have focused on individuals at the top, and failed to build broad investment in a vision for change
Programs which empower family organizing efforts are often underfunded and led by leaders from outside the community
Philanthropy has focused on individual programmatic elements of what makes a successful school system versus a holistic approach
Anxious to see near-term change, philanthropy is often not sustained over the time horizon required to create lasting change within complex systems like school districts
Our sense of urgency to achieve our vision is fueled by growing economic inequality and deeply uneven access to opportunity in the Bay Area.
Median Household Income
Economic inequality continues to grow…
Proficiency
Fueled by the opportunity gap in schools…
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