Founded 2003 Type Nonprofit organization | Founder Scott Morgan Headquarters Oakland, California | |
Focus Make education the best led and managed sector in the U.S. Key people Scott Morgan - Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Frances McLaughlin - President
Gale Mondry - Chair, Board of Directors | ||
Education Pioneers is an American non-profit organization that aims to increase the talent supply of top leaders in education to improve the leadership capacity in key education organizations—such as school districts, charter school organizations, and nonprofits—and to advance their goal to make education the best led and managed sector in the U.S.
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History
In 2003, social entrepreneur Scott Morgan founded Education Pioneers to meet the need for multi-disciplinary talent in urban education leadership and to provide emerging leaders with an entry point into rewarding education leadership careers.
Education Pioneers began with the summer Graduate School Fellowship, serving eight Partner organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2004. Since its inception, Education Pioneers has grown into a national organization operating in sixteen major cities and metropolitan areas, with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York Metro Area, Chicago, Greater Boston Area, DC Metro Area, Houston, New Orleans, and Tennessee.
Program Areas
Education Pioneers operates two programs: the Graduate School Fellowship, which has 10-week (summer) and yearlong placements, and the Analyst Fellowship, which has 10-month placements. Through these two Fellowships, Education Pioneers’ Fellows impact education through consulting work, receive professional development, and launch careers across the sector. Upon successful completion of their Fellowships, Fellows become a part of Education Pioneers’ nationwide network and receive ongoing programming, career support, and leadership training. More than 70% of Education Pioneers’ employed Alumni work full -time in education.
Graduate School Fellowship
Education Pioneers’ flagship program, the Graduate School Fellowship, attracts graduate students and graduates from business, law, policy, and education programs for a summer or yearlong Fellowship with an education organization. Fellows combine their professional experiences and skills with the knowledge they have gained in graduate school to lend consulting support to education organizations. In addition, Education Pioneers trains Fellows on education issues and leadership practices, and connects them to a network of education leaders and professionals.
Analyst Fellowship
The Analyst Fellowship is a 10-month leadership development program for early-career, trained business analysts to step into the education sector to help improve data use and expertise in education organizations. Analyst Fellows support education organizations in ways such as developing long-term growth strategies, gathering and analyzing performance data, and conducting financial analysis. Education Pioneers supplements the work experiences of its Analyst Fellows with leadership training, workshops focused on key education issues, and access to a network of leaders in the education sector.
Geographic Reach
Education Pioneers recruits Fellows for placements in the following cities:
Partner Organizations
A sample list of Education Pioneers Partner organizations includes the following:
Notable Alumni
Examples of notable Education Pioneers Alumni and their impactful roles in the education sector include the following:
Similar Programs
Other organizations like Teach For America (TFA) and New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS) also stress the role of talent in driving educational improvements, but those organizations differ from Education Pioneers in that Education Pioneers aims to increase the supply of top leaders and managers outside the classroom while TFA and NLNS increase the supply of top teachers and principals. Another similar program, The Broad Residency in Urban Education, places participants into full-time roles in public school systems as well as federal and state departments of education, whereas Education Pioneers offers shorter-term Fellowship programs with the aim of catalyzing long-term careers in education.