EP Updates

We are proud to announce our 2022-2023 EP Impact Fellowship cohort. A collective of creative problem solvers, data analysts, and strategic project managers, the Impact Fellowship includes 32 rising leaders who are serving 27 organizations that together reach 4M+ students nationwide. Read on to learn more about the impact they'll make and what they'll learn. #WeAreEP

We are thrilled to celebrate our 2022 EP Summer Fellows. Exclusively hosted in Chicago after a pandemic-driven national pause, this year's Summer Fellowship included 15 rising leaders who served 11 organizations that collectively reached 1M+ students in Chicago, across Illinois, and beyond. Read on to learn more about their work and learning. #WeAreEP

Dear friends, After two long years of disruption, students, parents, and educators are grateful to reclaim many aspects of classroom normalcy. But they’re also exhausted as they confront the stark realities of steep learning loss, widening inequities, and lingering trauma. The sector faces immense adaptive challenges in this moment, from staffing shortages to resource management. Previous best practices are insufficient for today’s context. Now is the time for adaptive, inclusive leaders to define problems in new ways, identify novel solutions, and implement innovations that seize the...

Today, we’re announcing a new cohort of general management talent: our 2022 EP Summer Fellows. Exclusively hosted in Chicago after a pandemic-driven national pause, this year's Summer Fellowship includes 15 rising leaders who have chosen to apply their talents to urgent priorities facing the education ecosystem. Together, they are serving 11 organizations that collectively reach 1M+ students in Chicago, across Illinois, and beyond. Read on to learn more about our cohort, and to see the full list of new Summer Fellows! #WeAreEP 2022 Education Pioneers Summer Fellows Hasana Abdul-Quadir...

What leadership and general management talent does the K-12 sector need to meet the challenges of COVID-19? That’s the question Education Pioneers set out to answer when we first conceived of the COVID Response Fellowship in April 2020. At the time, we knew there would be an urgent response to the crisis, as well as a longer-term effort to recover and rebuild – but we couldn’t predict the details of the work. We are proud to share stories of impact from the EP COVID Response Fellowship, and to announce EP's new COVID Recovery Fellowship for 2022. Over the course of 12-month work placements...

Amidst a pivotal moment for student learning and recovery, we’re proud to announce the 49 rising leaders who join the 2021-2022 EP Impact Fellowship -- one of our signature programs . This cohort of 49 is more than twice the size of last year’s cohort -- growth that exceeded even our own expectations, and a proof point that project managers, analysts, and other implementation specialists are needed now more than ever. Together, our new Fellows will provide capacity to 38 education organizations that serve 2.5M+ students nationwide. Read on to learn more about our cohort, and to see the full...

Dear Friends, There are so many lessons from the turmoil of the past 18 months, but I keep coming back to one: leadership is so often the catalyst that can turn crisis into opportunity. In our schools and communities, we can’t wait to react; we need to have the right leaders in the right place at the right time. The Education Pioneers network is full of the leaders K-12 needs: 4,500 Alumni -- 3,000+ of whom still work in education -- who press onwards through trauma and fatigue to serve students and families during COVID-19, as well as nearly 50 new Fellows who raised their hands to...

In Fall 2020, EP welcomed an eager and diverse group of 23 rising problem solvers, data analysts, and strategic thinkers inspired to help K-12 organizations implement strategic priorities during an unprecedented year. Today, we're proud to celebrate the impact of our 2020-2021 EP Impact Fellows , our first virtual 10-month cohort in one of our signature programs . Read on for a summary of their accomplishments and learning. #WeAreEP

Twelve months ago, when the COVID-19 virus was just emerging, none of us could imagine where we would be today: school systems still navigating how to re-open and stay open, communities still struggling to ensure residents have basic necessities. Where will we be twelve months from now? With growing vaccine availability and promise of recovery funding, there are real reasons to hope we can get back to normal life. But returning to normal shouldn’t be our aspiration. “Normal” K-12 education wasn’t working for millions of Black and Latinx students, and other children from low-income communities...

Nine months into the pandemic, schools continue to face unprecedented challenges in equitably serving students and families. Recent analysis from the NWEA shows that student achievement in math has dropped 5 to 10 percentage points , with even larger declines for students of color. With half of students missing year-over-year testing, researchers fear that results may be even worse. Nationwide, more than 3 million vulnerable children are estimated to be displaced from school. In response to this ongoing educational crisis, EP is proud to announce our COVID Response Fellowship cohort -- a...