has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message partners in school innovation type non profit organization industry education founded 1993 headquarters san francisco ca key people derek s. mitchell ph.d. ceo operating income 5.9 mm number of employees 54 website www.partnersinschools.org education in the united states by state territory by subject area history of issues finance law literacy reform levels primary secondary higher organizations education portal united states portal v t e partners in school innovation partners is a national education reform non profit headquartered in san francisco that aims to transform teaching and learning in the lowest performing public schools . partners does this by developing the capacity of teachers and education leaders to engage in self reflective results oriented cycles of inquiry roci a proprietary adaptation of continuous improvement methodology for public school districts . contents 1 history 2 overview 3 references 4 external links history edit partners in school innovation was founded in 1993 with the aim of eliminating the racial achievement gap in public education . co founders julien phillips a former peace corps volunteer and mckinsey & co. partner and kim grose a rhodes scholar and social justice advocate saw a need for major institutional change in the educational system . they began a model to create systemic improvements in low performing schools by enlisting the support of americorps members or partners . overview edit partners in school innovation partners works closely with urban school districts to transform the quality of teaching and learning for african american latino and english learner students in low income communities . since its inception partners has worked alongside teachers and leaders in multi year partnerships in more than 80 public schools and 15 districts . in 2012 the organization brought its model to battle creek michigan with the support of a grant from the w.k. kellogg foundation . since then partners has scaled its impact to grand rapids michigan albuquerque new mexico and the mississippi delta while deepening engagements across three districts in california . references edit external links edit partners in school innovation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title partners in school innovation & oldid 731592661 categories education in californianon profit organizations based in californiahidden categories articles lacking reliable references from november 2008all articles lacking reliable referencesorphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlesarticles needing cleanup from november 2008all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from november 2008wikipedia pages needing cleanup from november 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 july 2016 at 09 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view