Education Policy — Est. 2019

how we
prioritize states.

We believe in designing policy work with the intention to learn. We believe that culture is the foundation of transformational policy environments. This tool prioritizes states based on what conditions create the best culture.

YES. EVERY KID.
50 States Ranked

our purpose is to transform education to be as diverse as the kids it's designed to serve.

Classwork.

founded in 2019 to transform education.

yes. every kid. works to transform education away from the current top-down standardized model to a bottom-up approach that enables every family and student to customize an education that best matches their values and priorities.

The transparency of this website invites you to test and challenge our assumptions. We hope this tool will be invaluable to internal stakeholders, other foundations interested in education, and policy groups.

As we learn more, we will refine our approach and improve our effectiveness.

what we're working on.

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fund every kid.

Clarify that funding is meant for the education of individual students, not just for the maintenance of public schools. Empower parents with real-time decision-making rights.

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no more lines.

Ensure open enrollment policies that are random and unbiased — prohibiting school boards from discriminating against students based on their address.

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learn everywhere.

Developing proposed legislation ensuring every student has access to public school courses, services, and activities regardless of where they learn.

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education your way.

Require boards to publish policies permitting students to enroll in public school courses, services, and activities. Every student. Every school.

State Rankings

how each state ranks.

We prioritize states based on our assumptions of what conditions create the best culture for transformational education policy.

WA OR CA MT ID NV AZ ND WY UT NM SD NE CO TX MN IA KS OK WI IL MO AR MI IN KY TN OH WV VA NC NY PA MD SC GA VT/NH MA/CT NJ/DE ME/RI LA MS AL FL AK HI
Priority 1 — High
Priority 2 — Strong
Priority 3 — Moderate
Priority 4 — Emerging
Priority 5 — Early

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