Our Ideas

Collaborative exists to help ambitious organizations, initiatives and networks meet their objectives to improve learning, in this country and around the world. While we do not have a particular partisan agenda, we are far from neutral observers. We believe strongly that all children, regardless of zip code, deserve the best learning opportunities possible in order to succeed in a global society. 

Our framework for getting there is informed by our observations of what successful learning organizations do, including:

  • Build Learning Communities.

    Driven by the strategic direction of our partners, we design, facilitate, document and evaluate a dynamic mix of opportunities for face-to-face learning, online interaction and learning, and the creation of print and electronic products and tools that can advance improvements in practice.  Read more

  • Engage Communities.

    Collaborative helps leaders, stakeholders, citizens and education professionals work together to create an infrastructure of public responsibility for education that can create and sustain strategic improvements. Read more

  • Move Ideas to Action.

    Our research and documentation services are aimed at helping organizations expand knowledge, collaborate more effectively, foster meaningful connections and partnerships, and— ultimately—to advance sensible and actionable solutions. Read more

  • Leverage Knowledge.

    We help get the right information to the right people at the right time. Collaborative’s proven knowledge management processes include a strategic combination of content knowledge, technology solutions and organizational change consulting. Read more