LEDbetter

LEDbetter creates the community-led conditions for systemic change, beginning with education. We operate initiatives that unleash educator and end-user agency to restore their ownership of public education, including:

• The Incubator opens great schools where none exist, through an intensive support program that coaches community-based founders to envision and then secure district or state approval for their planned school.
• The Excelerator accelerates the attainment of excellence for all educators — school founders, leaders, teachers, and afterschool providers alike — and their schools via student-centered coaching and direct supports.
• empowerED transitions educators to agentic, equity-focused leaders through low-cost, clock hour eligible fellowships and coursework designed to raise the proficiency of our most-disadvantaged students, including English as a New Language learners.
• Energy Convertors builds agentic students and agentic communities in order to ensure our students get the education they deserve.
• Great School Voices amplifies local voice, knowledge, and expertise on education matters through local community-built spaces including our blog, forums, podcasts, and broadcasts. 
• State of Black Education celebrates and demands Black Excellence by convening community members and developing data-rich narratives, content, and reports to support awareness and policy campaigns for educational justice.