TransformEd works with partners across the education system to leverage the capacity of our lean team for the greatest impact on the systems, structures, and supports that will ultimately improve outcomes for students.

Through all of our work, we lift up the voices of educators in the field, integrate research into our practice, and share what we’re learning to educate the field on evidence-based and promising strategies for embedding whole child approaches within the education system.

To work with TransformEd, send an inquiry to info@transformingeducation.org describing the work you’re seeking to partner on.

FEATURED COLLABORATIONS

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MA DESE SEL and Mental Health Academy
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“The promotion of social, emotional, and academic learning is not a shifting educational fad; it is the substance of education itself.”

Nation at Hope, America’s Promise Alliance

“Adults’ implicit and explicit beliefs about and reactions to discrimination and oppression affect their interactions with young people; they have the opportunity to challenge long-held mindsets and approaches and enable healthy, supported development.”

How Learning Happens, America’s Promise Alliance

“I think we are doing a lot of great things… we are going to bring our teams together and not reinventing the wheel just bringing the great work we are doing to the forefront and involving more people in our decision making.”

Teacher, Delaware

“Social-emotional learning is not just about, you know, ensuring that students feel loved and have a safe learning environment. That’s necessary, it’s critical. But it’s not the whole thing. It’s about building their self-efficacy, it’s about their self-awareness; helping them learn how to notice what they are feeling in a moment and effectively process why they are feeling it and devise appropriate learning strategies on how they are going to adjust.”

Michelle Odemwingie, Achievement Network

OUR HISTORY

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  • 2010

    Started as a set of research projects at the National Center on Time & Learning

    Started as a set of research projects at the National Center on Time & Learning

    January 1, 2010
    Started as a set of research projects at the National Center on Time & Learning.
  • 2013

    Began partnership with the CORE Districts to pilot SEL measures

    Began partnership with the CORE Districts to pilot SEL measures

    January 1, 2013
    Began partnership with the CORE Districts to pilot SEL measures
  • 2014

    Launched a research-practice partnership with Harvard, MIT, and Boston-based schools

    Launched a research-practice partnership with Harvard, MIT, and Boston-based schools

    January 1, 2014
    Launched a research-practice partnership with Harvard, MIT, and Boston-based schools
  • 2015

    Launched partnerships directly with schools & districts nationwide

    Launched partnerships directly with schools & districts nationwide

    January 1, 2015
    Began to launch partnerships directly with schools and districts nationwide, to support their measurement and data-driven continuous improvement around students’ social-emotional development and school culture and climate. 
  • 2016

    Incorporated as an independent 501(c)3

    Incorporated as an independent 501(c)3

    January 1, 2016
    Incorporated as an independent 501(c)3; Launched fee-for-service partnerships with other organizations and networks of schools and districts.
  • 2019

    Updated mission to emphasize the school system as the unit of change

    Updated mission to emphasize the school system as the unit of change

    January 12, 2019
    Updated mission to emphasize the school system, instead of the student, as the unit of change, to formally acknowledge that a range of other factors beyond skill-building contribute to students’ thriving, and to enshrine a deep belief in the importance of equity and justice.
  • 2020

    Updated strategy to focus on antiracist whole child development

    Updated strategy to focus on antiracist whole child development

    January 1, 2020
    Completed a new five-year strategic plan that codifies a standard model for engagement with districts and defines an explicit approach for more fully embracing anti-racist approaches and principles in internal and external work.