Leadership Development
In June 2017, EdRedesign convened national leaders to explore opportunities to build a coordinated movement to address disparities in education and child development.
Participants included The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Children's Aid Society, City Connects, Coalition for Community Schools, Communities in Schools, Forum for Youth Investment, Harlem Children's Zone, Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, Say Yes to Education, and StriveTogether. In addition to state policy change, participants identified the need to train community leaders in managing complex, cross-sector initiatives that yield positive outcomes for children at scale.
In 2018, we co-organized the Inaugural Leadership Institute, “Strengthening Community Leadership to Help All Children Thrive.” Twenty community teams from across the U.S. participated in the five-day training (see agenda). The Institute was led by faculty from Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, MIT as well as national leaders.