Chapter One 4.0 2019 YEARBOOK
THE PLOT BEGINS WITH YOU CEO's Letter | pg 2
WALK IN YOUR WAYS Our values | pg 9
WE ON AN ULTRALIGHT BEAM Our impact | pg 17
TRACKLIST bit.ly/4chapter1 Yearbooks are known for inspiring quotes. This yearbook is no exception. We have chosen to borrow our quotes from brilliant artists because, in the words of Paul Robeson, "artists are the gatekeepers of truth."
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the plot begins with you (ABOUT US)
I'VE BEEN PICKING MY HAIR OUT (OUR COMMUNITY)
walk in your ways (OUR VALUES)
we on an ultralight beam (FOUNDER PATH)
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we gon' see the future first (OUR FELLOWS)
LET'S MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN (OUR TEAM)
all by ourselves (LETTER FROM OUR FOUNDER)
THE PLOT BEGINS WITH
YOU. CEO's Letter 4.0 Family, The first chapter of every story is special. It’s where we meet the protagonist. It’s when their potential and our curiosity is at its peak. It’s what sets the tone. It’s why we keep reading. At 4.0, we bear witness to first chapters unfolding. To visionaries changing the narrative by writing themselves and their communities into the future. This yearbook is meant to celebrate these visionaries and elevate their voice. To capture what we’ve seen over the past year, share what we’ve learned from and with each other, and tell our own stories as we collectively write this next chapter of 4.0.
Hassan Siddig Hassan Norah Jones - Burn (Day Breaks)
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OUR FELLOWSHIPS 4.0 is the largest and earliest investor in education today. We build a pipeline of future innovators by making diligent early investments. Essentials Fellows get coaching from experts, up to a $600 grant, and a community of peers all pushing them to run their first test (e.g. Saturday event). By the end of Essentials, fellows will have feedback from youth and families and the skills needed to keep refining their idea. Pilots are extended field trials designed by Tiny Fellows to serve ten or more youth and families for a week to a semester (e.g. afterschool program or summer camp). Fellows keep their day jobs and receive up to a $10K grant from 4.0. After Tiny, the most promising alumni are connected with downstream partners who help take their ideas to scale as new schools, nonprofit organizations or companies.
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE
TALENT
Develop people as innovators
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IDEAS
Incubate proof points of innovations
REGIONS
Build critical density in communities to shift narrative
RESEARCH Share credible data & stories to shift culture & capital
WE BELIEVE... that all people are capable of sparking real change in their communities when they have access to resources to develop their ideas at the earliest stages.
WHO WE INVEST IN We invest in early-stage education innovators who reflect the nuanced diversity of youth, families, and educators in communities across our nation.
WHAT WE DO We make diligent "firstcheck" investments through our two fellowships. We build partnerships to support our alumni's growth.
HOW WE DO IT We connect, coach, and invest in community leaders to run pilots with students and families who vet the demand and efficacy of promising learning models.
WHY WE DO IT To build the future of education in every community, together. To get there, we must reduce gatekeeping and increase access to social and financial capital.
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OUR APPROACH
Fellows share ideas with peer innovators
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Fellows pilot their idea with students and families
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Alumni share learning with 4.0 community
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Fellows receive cash, coaching, curriculum, community
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Fellows develop mindsets, skills, and relationships
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Alumni return as investors, curriculum designers, community builders and coaches
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I'VE BEEN PICKING MY HAIR OUT
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HOW TALL I REALLY BE 1,000+ alumni network 1M+ students 40+ States 100+ new pilots/yr
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2019 Jamila Woods - Bubbles (HEAVN)
This year, 4.0 alumni Stas Schmiedt and Lea Roth helped us create new, more aligned values and norms to guide 4.0’s work.
WALK IN YOUR WAYS SO YOU WILL WAKE UP AND RISE Solange - Rise (A Seat at the Table)
4.0 COMMUNITY VALUES & PRACTICES A community is a group of people who share values and practices. Values are ideals we strive to live up to - they are what unify and drive our community. Practices are behaviors that we are committed to embodying and being accountable to. These are the values and practices the 4.0 community collaboratively designed to support our shared vision of creating the future of school. We strive to create an accountable and respectful community with a culture of consent. We support each other in living by these values and practices by holding ourselves accountable; treating other people the way they want to be treated; and respecting everyone’s autonomy, boundaries, and decisions. As an interdependent community, we offer each other collaboration and companionship for the journey ahead. Below are four steps to realizing this vision - each with a value and practice that guide us in how to make these tangible in our lives.
BE HONEST ABOUT THE HISTORIES OF INEQUITY & HOW WE CARRY THEM WITHIN US. Equity is an approach to liberation through education led by the people most directly impacted by historical and present inequities. We view equity as co-ownership and are working to distribute leadership to our fellows and alumni, who work with their communities to design interventions to inequity in education.
Be Real means striving for active transparency; to be honest; to lead with vulnerability; to be reflective and humble; and to practice integrity. It also means being realistic about the conditions and obstacles as we design accessible and effective interventions.
UNLEASH OUR IMAGINATION & ENJOY THE JOURNEY, NOT JUST THE OUTCOME. Joy means we strive to enjoy our times together and see that they are filled with delight, laughter, and celebration. Joy is not the absence of struggle or sadness; it is the expression of resilience and pleasure in defiance of all that strives to keep us down.
Be Unreal means laying the foundations for a world in which education works for everyone. Creating unapologetically BOLD imaginative space brings us closer to this vision. We support each other in thinking big and imagining what has not been possible.
EMBRACE OUR AGENCY & LEAD BY EXAMPLE. Self-Determination Individual: the power, freedom, and space to make my own decisions, and the accountability to heal, learn, and grow from the process. Collective: the power, freedom, and space to transform our communities and shape the ways we heal, grow, and thrive together.
Do It Ourselves means not asking someone to do something I wouldn’t or haven’t already done myself. We believe that as long as people have access to resources and support, they can and will create meaningful change in their communities.
HOLD THE CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE & WHERE WE HOPE TO BE. Growth is continuously building together regardless of the starting point. Growth is nonlinear, iterative, and often means recognizing and owning up to past mistakes to see a clear path forward. We create an environment for growth through curiosity, feedback, & selfreflection.
Both/And means that we hold multiple truths within and between us. This is in contrast to multiple choice and either/or which require us to pick a “correct” answer. Both/And creates space for empathy, creativity, choice, collaboration, and constructive conflict.
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WE ON AN...
Kanye West - Ultralight Beam (The Life of Pablo)
ULTRA LIGHTBEAM
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4.0 FouNDER PATH WHAT IS THE ESSENTIALS FELLOWSHIP? Essentials takes aspiring founders from an idea on paper to a real experience with families and youth. Fellows will learn how to plan, run, and evaluate their first, small-scale pop-up.
TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER
ESSENTIALS CAMP IN NEW ORLEANS
RUN A POP-UP AT HOME
Before camp, fellows spend time clarifying the needs of their community through empathy interviews, identifying assumptions they need to test with their pop-up and building a relationship with their coach.
Fellows come to New Orleans for Essentials Camp: a weekend experience with their coach and cohort of peer teams from across the country. Fellows leave Camp with a clarified idea and pop-up plan ready for action.
Fellows run their pop-ups at home with a stipend from 4.0. Fellows test if their idea is meeting the needs of their community. After their pop-up, fellows graduate and receive an additional stipend to continue running pop-ups.
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WHAT IS THE TINY FELLOWSHIP?
Tiny takes aspiring founders from an idea with early traction to a proof point that is ready to grow. Fellows will learn how to plan, run, and evaluate a recurring, part-time pilot (like an after-school club).
LEARN HOW TO DESIGN A RIGOROUS PILOT
ATTEND TINY CAMP IN NEW ORLEANS
RUN A PILOT AT HOME
During the first month of the fellowship: Tiny Fellows start a virtual, part-time course called Sprint to prepare for their pilot and build their leadership skills. Fellows have access to virtual coaching from their paired coach, the 4.0 team and a bench of experts.
Fellows come to New Orleans for Tiny Camp: a weekend experience with their coach and a cohort of fellows from across the country who are building schools, programs, and tools. Fellows spend time learning together and getting critical feedback on their pilot plan.
Fellows head home with funding from 4.0 to run their pilot with their community. Fellows learn about their idea's potential and validate or invalidate it using community feedback. After their pilot, fellows attend Grad Camp and receive additional funding from 4.0 to continue piloting their idea.
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Jen Chiou’s founder path Jen Chiou is the founder of CodeSpeak Labs and a 4.0 alum and coach. CodeSpeak Labs is building a generation of activist developers through their K-12 computer coding classes. Over 3.5 years, CodeSpeak Labs has earned over $1M in revenue and trained over 50 underrepresented college and high school students to teach coding. CodeSpeak Labs has served over 8,000 students to date.
"From learning to pilot, to developing a sales process, to negotiating with partners, 4.0 has had a resource for all my challenges. Through 4.0, I've recruited team members, published thought pieces, and learned how to better focus on equity/ impact."
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4.0 As Told by Jen
A timeline of Jen's journey through 4.0's programming and work as a 4.0 coach
2015
ESSENTIALS FELLOWSHIP
ESSENTIALS POP-UP "CodeSpeak piloted its first computer science teacher training with a middle school charter school. We enjoyed the experience, and our participants gave us high marks, but the more we had business development conversations about it, the more it became clear that most of the schools we spoke with would rather our team co-teach or teach the classes directly...."
"Essentials was an incredible way to meet likeminded education entrepreneurs; after spending most of my career in the nonprofit sector, being a solo founder of a company was often lonely, and the energy of the group helped to inspire and motivate me forward."
2015 TINY FELLOWSHIP
2016 TINY PILOT "CodeSpeak piloted a "micro-internship" program for low income high school students of color to go through coding bootcamp and then work in a professional tech company for a week. The students loved the experience, and many of them wanted to work with us afterwards. It made me realize the potential for a two-pronged approach to impact: first, educating our students and second, hiring and supporting high potential people from nontraditional backgrounds."
2018 WORKING WITH 4.0 TODAY "4.0 began an explicit focus on equity, including putting all coaches through a powerful antiracism training. It made me realize I needed to do much more at my own company; I've since rolled out DEI trainings for my team (developed in collaboration with Conscious Roots, which was recommended to me by another 4.0 coach), built out our core values with an equity lens, and started adopting practices I saw 4.0 model, like asking for pronouns."
"I jumped at the chance to get executive coaching from the 4.0 team and its advisors, who came from different backgrounds and experiences and helped to broaden my thinking."
2016 COMING BACK AS A COACH "I learn through my participation, and I enjoy giving back. The 4.0 network has been invaluable, and I continue to meet people who influence my thinking..." "I've coached teams for 2 waves, and I feel like I benefit just as much as they do. As we collaborated on tackling their challenges, my mentees would come up with ideas that I would use at my own organization."
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PEOPLE WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO... Meet talent where it exists and invest in the abundant and diverse pipeline of bold leaders who have the lived experiences and technical expertise to build the future of education.
WE WANT TO LEARN HOW TO... Develop supportive affinity groups where our community members can find inspiration, affirmation, and support from entrepreneurial leaders who share their identities, live nearby, and/or work on similar ideas.
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TINY-
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AGE
RACE
80%
60%
Average age: 31 years old
Identify as People of Color
Identify as People of Color
Youngest fellow: 20 Oldest fellow: 64
Identify as Non-Male
Youngest fellow: 11 Oldest fellow: 63
TOP 3 STATES REPRESENTED
SEX
65%
Average age: 31 years old
88% Identify as Non-Male
AVERAGE TIME IN COMMUNITY
California (9) Georgia (6) New York (4) D.C. (4)
Georgia (13) D.C. (10) Louisiana (9)
VENTURE TYPE
9 years
5 - 10 years
School: 12% Tool: 20% Program/Service: 67%
TESTING IN THE COMMUNITY THEY GREW UP IN School: 9% Tool: 15% Program/Service: 76%
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PLACES WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO... Leverage alumni to lead the process to recruit new fellows into 4.0’s programming through events, coaching support for applicants, and targeted recruitment of underrepresented groups.
WE WANT TO LEARN HOW TO... Connect current fellows to local alumni and resources to support them as they run pilots in their communities.
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WHERE OUR ALUMNI ARE
WHERE OUR 2019 FELLOWS ARE
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CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF 4.0 ALUMNI NEW ORLEANS, LA (185) NEW YORK, NY (181) WASHINGTON D.C. (88) ATLANTA, GA (73) SAN FRANCISCO, CA (52) DENVER, CO (45) CHICAGO, IL (40) LOS ANGELES, CA (34) BOSTON, MA (31) OAKLAND, CA (31)
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IDEAS WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO... Teach mindsets and skills required to rigorously and equitably test ideas so that Fellows can figure out what they should do next.
WE WANT TO LEARN HOW TO... Develop the leadership skills necessary to thrive as an entrepreneur such as self-awareness, social awareness, and emotional intelligence.
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TINY - BLUE | ESSENTIALS - ORANGE
GROWTH & CHANGE IN MINDSET REPORTED MEASURES ON A SCALE FROM 0 (NOT AT ALL CONFIDENT) TO 10 (EXTREMELY CONFIDENT) A STAR DENOTES THE GREATEST CHANGE FOR EACH FELLOWSHIP.
Sharing this idea with people who have not heard about it before.
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Asking the people experiencing the problem for their feedback.
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Ability to identify the assumptions you might be making.
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Understanding of design thinking.
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Ability to apply design thinking to I understand how Tiny tests apply to the bigger picture. the problem identified.
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Failing and learning from the experience.
I am the best person to lead this idea.
Trying again after failing.
I am deeply connected with the community I want to work with.
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+Δ 0. 50 | +Δ 0. 00 Breaking down a problem and testing it in multiple ways.
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I have enough experience to create this idea.
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PILOTS WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO... Bring resources to diverse leaders at the very beginning of their path. We've learned how to facilitate learning that leads to early, cheap, and frequent improvements.
WE WANT TO LEARN HOW TO... Further integrate metrics design and data collection support into our curriculum. We want to build a research collaborative to support Fellows in growing and honing their measurement and evaluation skills.
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COMMUNITY
COACHING
CONTENT
CASH
TINY-
$4,290 AVERAGE SPENT
BLUE | ESSENTIALS- ORANGE
$211 AVERAGE SPENT
92% SAY STIPEND IS USEFUL 87% SAY STIPEND IS USEFUL
AVERAGE USEFULNESS OF CAMP (1, NOT AT ALL USEFUL TO 4, VERY USEFUL) 3.39
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% OF FELLOWS WHO FELT THEIR FOUNDER ADVISOR WAS A GOOD FIT
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92%
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OF ESSENTIALS FELLOWS
% OF FELLOWS INTERESTED IN GIVING BACK TO 4.0 COMMUNITY IN SOME WAY
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98%
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OF ESSENTIALS FELLOWS
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WE'LL LET YOU GUYS PROPHESY WE GON' SEE THE
FUTURE FIRST Frank Ocean - Nikes (Blonde)
2018-19 ESSENTIALS FELLOWS COHORT 1 FEBRUARY 1-3, 2018 Alex Cowley | Antioch, CA Alexis Ballinger | Oakland, CA Ariel Smith | Arvado, CO Blake Nathan | Indianapolis, IN Brandy Gros | Baton Rouge, LA Brian Morris | Bellwood, IL Christan Williams-Wilson | Atlanta, GA Coryn Schmit | Chicago, IL Denise Williams Streeter | Mitchellville, MD Derrick Reese | Atlanta, GA Elias Aseged | Oakland, CA Freddie Rosser III | Las Vegas, NV Jade Parker | Elk Grove, CA Kristi Johns | Concord, CA Nicholas Martinez | Denver, CO Sharon D. R. Baksh | Homewood, IL
COHORT 2 FEBRUARY 22-24, 2018 Anthony Haskett | Nampa, ID BriAnn Gibson | Memphis, TN Byron Adams | Boston, MA Danielle Stewart | Decatur, GA Jayne Sohn-Davis | Brooklyn, NY Jess Smith | New York, NY Kanethia Henderson | Atlanta, GA Kendra Denmark | Smyrna, GA Kurstin Nelms | New Orleans, LA Lawrence Wagner | Denver, CO Mike Tarnow | New York, NY
(Cohort 2 Continued) Patti Sicca | Los Angeles, CA Randy Champaign | Atlantic City, NJ Roya Brown | Denver, CO Saliha Nelson | Miami, FL Shari Long | Los Angeles, CA Rochelle Thompson | Atlanta, GA
COHORT 3 MARCH 1-3, 2018 Aaron Scholl | Los Angeles, CA Aasha Abdill | Silver Spring, MD Ashley Daniels | New Orleans, LA Beth Sanders | Montgomery, AL Danielle LeSure | Atlanta, GA Drew Little | Richmond, VA Flavya Reeves | New Orleans, LA Janelle McGregory | San Francisco, CA Kim Riley | Kansas City, MO La'Shondra Johnson | Miami, FL Laura Thomas | Washington D.C. Martrice Gandy | Washington, D.C. Meredith Summerville | New Orleans, LA Michael Regnier | Brooklyn, NY Michael Speights | Silver Spring, MD Natalie Tucker | Montgomery, AL Nick Petrilla | Los Angeles, CA Nicole Colon | Richmond, VA Phuong Ta | Houston, TX Steven Clemensen | Los Angeles, CA Walta Abraham | Colombia, MO
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COHORT 4 MARCH 8-10, 2018
COHORT 6 AUGUST 16-18, 2018
Abi Olukeye | Charlotte, NC Anne Kauth | San Francisco, CA Annette Sanchez | Albuquerque, NM Brian Dinkins | Indianapolis, IN Chandell Stone | Bronx, NY Christina Miller | Atlanta, GA Jake Kolander | Albuquerque, NM Jacquada Gray | Kansas City, MO James Bacon | Boston, MA Jasmine Alves | Charlottesville, VA Jason Epting | Bronx, NY Jessica Epting | Bronx, NY Judy Touzin | Queensbury, NY Kristin Spivey | Washington D.C. Lindsay Romano | Philadelphia, PA Meaghan Shanahan | Washington D.C. Tamara Mack | Fort Collins, CO
Apryl Felder | Atlanta, GA Bernadine Desanges | Boston, MA Dorothy Nairne | Napoleonville, LA Ellen Cremer | Washington D.C. Erica Buddingston | Brooklyn, NY Janine Bergbauer | Hazlet, NJ Kasele Mshinda | Atlanta, GA Liam Corcoran | Bethel, CT Lindsey Own | Seattle, WA Marilyn Edmunds | Washington D.C. Meaghan Shanahan | Washington D.C. .Naureen Ali | Houston, TX Nicole Wood | Washington D.C. Ray Stoeser | Detroit, MI Rebecca Labov | Detroit, MI Shani Christopher | New Orleans, LA Suzanne Wang | Hanover, NH Tara Mosley | North Babylon, NY Tomi Okuyemi | New York, NY Uma Subramanian | Atlanta, GA Wanda Clark | Atlanta, GA
COHORT 5 AUGUST 9-11, 2019 Amber Woodruff | Washington D.C. Atianna Cordova | New Orleans, LA Bennet Zamoff | St. Petersburg, FL Bianca Lorenz | Oakland, CA Brandon Taylor | Bronx, NY Brittany Stoudemire | Atlanta, GA Catalina Valenzuela | Miami, FL Courtney Gibbs | Washington D.C. Demetrius Franklin | New Orleans, LA Derrell Frazier | Baltimore, MD Emma Schain | Bay Area, CA Eric Duncan | Washington D.C. Erika Olimpiew | Reston, VA Jaime Johnson-Duplessis | New Orleans, LA Jasmine Strong | Baltimore, MD Nicole Caridad Ralston | New Orleans, LA Regina Glover Johnson | New York, NY Rosario Ballesteros-Casas | New York, NY Soren Gall | Denver, CO William Woodruff | Washington, D.C.
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COHORT 7 AUGUST 30- SEPT 1, 2018 Ariana Watson | Chicago, IL Brittney Robins | New Orleans, LA Charlotte Own | Seattle, WA Chelsea Addison | St. Louis, MO Christina Ashford | Atlanta, GA Diamond James | Los Angeles, CA Erica Harris | Chicago, IL France Francois | Washington D.C. Gloria Hines | Atlanta, GA Julian Turley | Oakland, CA Linsey Donovan | Washington, D.C. Marvin Vilma | Boston, MA Mathieu Williams | Kailua-Kona, HI Melissa Altemose | Edgecombe County, NC Michelle Bobev | Newark, NJ Natasha Parks | Memphis, TN Sarah Griffin | Boston, MA
Essentials Fellows
Essentials Fellows (Cohort 7 Continued) Sarah Sandelius | Washington D.C. Shawna Brooks | Decatur, GA Shawnae Montagueo | New York, NY Tokiwa Smith | Atlanta, GA Tom Mayer | New Orleans, LA
COHORT 8 SEPT 6-8, 2018 Anika Tene Rich | Washington D.C. Arthur Bolden | Atlanta, GA Delicia Williams | Union City, GA Destiny Woodbury | Houston, TX Dominque Jones | New Orleans, LA Dr. Tangela Serls | Tampa, FL Erlese Caruth | Atlanta, GA Hilary Fenton | Half Moon Bay, CA Jeremy Guyton | New Orleans, LA LaTonya Bolden | Atlanta, GA Matt Suprunowicz | Denver, CO Melissa Bryant | Washington D.C. Michaela Danek | Cupertino, CA Nicole Cummings | Houston, TX Nubia Henderson | Chicago, IL Qasim Davis | New Orleans, LA Rachael Aptowitz | Detroit, MI Robyn Tedder | Atlanta, GA Sara Llansa | Houston, TX Shanté Elliot | Chicago, IL: Tisha Jones | Atlanta, GA
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2018-19 TINY FELLOWS
TINY FELLOWS Aaron Scholl & Irene Hsieh | Los Angeles, CA Education is Forever does affordable dormstyle housing for homeless community college students so they can get their rest and learn their best. Alexander Cowley & Elias Aseged | Oakland, CA Skool is a mobile platform that empowers under-served students to successfully navigate the college application process. Alex Owens & Diana Turner | New Orleans, LA Be Loud Studios builds engagement in students by turning classrooms into radio stations. Alpana Shitole | Atlanta, GA Frolific Kids Cafe is a cafÊ for kids fueling creativity, connection, and awareness through play, passion, and purpose. Baiyina Jihad | Atlanta, GA Beyond the Classroom is a personalized ondemand literacy coaching app for students in grades 3-5th. Bene Webster & Sarah Engle | Brooklyn, NY UsPlus supports elementary school educators as they guide their students to become empowered communicators.
Bentley Kapten & Jacob Adams | Los Angeles, CA STEM to the Future is a STEAM based extended learning and teacher development program that empowers Black, Latino, and Latina students to see and use technology as a means of liberation. Bianca Alba & Melissa Alba | New Orleans, LA Xiquitas connects first generation, bilingual, daughters of immigrants in 10th - 12th grade to female entrepreneurs in New Orleans. Brandon Lee & Carl Shan | Oakland, CA Orenda Academy teaches teens life skills, productivity skills, and soft skills that schools don't teach. Christan Wilson | Atlanta, GA The Literacy Lab Project is a monthly membership designed to engage and support middle school students with masterclasses, support calls 24/7 HW help & more. Chasitee Morris | New Orleans, LA CHIKE is a non-profit for girls of color age 12-15 in New Orleans who suffer with depression and signs of post-traumatic stress. Cole Carothers & Shilpa Nandwani | New York, NY Khao'na Kitchen offers wellness coaching, educational workshops/curriculum and the catering of traditional Indian and Filipino meals with a healthy twist.
Connie Jacquays & Kai Morrell | Arlington, MA PocketConnie is a suite of tools that helps teachers provide individualized reading instruction to address the literacy achievement gap.
Jacob Kolander & Annette Sanchez | Albuquerque NM Southwest Collegiate Academy is a collegepreparatory charter school in Albuquerque, New Mexico focusing on Humanities and Civic Engagement.
Cory Montalvo | Denver, CO Youth Empowerment Broadcasting Organization (YEBO) is a youth development and media maker space partner for schools and organizations that helps youth surface and define their voice and discover their passions.
Kesha Lee | Washington D.C. Ward8Reads collaborates with Ward 8 parents/caregivers to incorporate culturally responsive, literacy rich practices and home libraries in the home.
Davian Morgan | Washington, D.C. Hopeful HoriSONs hopes to broaden the . horizons of boys of color living in low-income communities by providing academic/socialemotional aid. Danielle Stewart | Decatur GA Community Accountability Initiative is a community based product and service designed to support aspiring college students. Debi Talukdar & Jana Mohr Lone | Seattle, WA A tabletop game to help children engage in civil dialogue and philosophical thinking by encouraging them to discuss big questions together. Deidre Clark | Birmingham, AL Teen Design Academy teaches creativity and design to inspire teens to be brave, creatively solve problems, and live fulfilled lives. Harry Kennedy | Dallas, TX HAK Electronics After School Program takes inspired underrepresented students, matches them with passionate engineers, and challenges them to design the future of tech.
Tiny Fellows
Kuwana Haulsey | Los Angeles, CA Kid Quest Adventures is a personalized ebook series that helps 2nd-4th grade students reading below grade level improve their reading skill. La'Shondra Johnson | Miami, FL EXTRAordinary Youth Inc. is designed to increase youth’s social-emotional skills utilizing public speaking and improvisational acting techniques. Lawrence Wagner | Denver, CO SparkMindset's VR cybersecurity program will help end poverty by preparing underserved high students for cybersecurity jobs after high school. Lea Roth & Nastassja Schmiedt | Miami, FL Consent Camp is a training and coalition building space for Miami youth leaders to learn about consent, gender, sexuality and power. Martrice Gandy & Tyi-Sanna Jones | Washington, D.C. MindWorks Collaborative increases the capacity of diverse special education leaders to activate better student outcomes through an equity-focused QI approach.
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Oman Frame, Martha Caldwell | Atlanta, GA Digital Stories: Next Generation Relationships teaches empathy and agency through immersive film scenarios that help young people understand the impact of social oppression.
Tiny Fellows
Sharon Baksh & Brian Morris | Chicago, IL Brothers Empowered to Teach (BET) is Black boys inspiring Black boys in education through tutoring and mentorship. Tamyra Walker | Oakland, CA Dice and Bones Math Play is a fun math night where families learn to play games that are designed to boost math skills.
Patti Sica | Los Angeles, CA LOCUM replaces traditional substitutes with trauma informed yoga instructors who teach self-regulation and stress reduction skills to K-8 Tracey Dumas Clark | Anderson, SC youth. Greenhouse Academy of Professional Partners is a micro-school powered by teachers who Phillip & Elizabeth Black | Washington, D.C. tailor a learning environment to meet the Bee Bilingual provides engaging, affordable individual needs of the students they serve. online language instruction to ensure that all kids get the opportunity to learn a new Van Anh Tran & Monica Chan | New York, NY language. ReBuild supports students in recognizing the dominant narratives perpetuated in formal and Ray Liu & Hitesh Yalamanchili | Durham, NC informal educational spaces & re-conceive PeerKonnect licenses peer tutoring software to them. schools that empowers them to build great peer tutoring programs and foster Velma "Rochelle" Thompson | Atlanta, GA collaboration. U.P.L.I.F.T. Academy provide students with unique ways of incorporating literacy and Rebecca Kwee & Asha Owens | New York, NY technology coupled with film, using the power BestFit is the Youtube of college discovery: we standards. use data and storytelling to engage diverse students in the college search process, Wisdom Amouzou & Dawn Walton | empowering them to discover and apply to Denver, CO colleges that will support their success. Empower Community High School offers four years of an Ethnic Studies program, projectSaurabh Kamalapurkar | San Francisco, CA based experiential learning, and an average 15:1 Guardians Collective connects first time teacher to student ratio. parents and guardians to each other while giving them on-demand access to a dedicated early education professional. Seth Andrew & Emily Olmstead | Anderson, SC Lennox Learning is an innovative early childhood platform which helps educators launch micro-schools that include music, language, and STEAM.
FLIP THROUGH PAGES 34 - 39Â FOR A FEW OF OUR OUTSTANDING TINY & ESSENTIALS IMPACT REPORTS
CYBER SPACE ACADEMY Breaking the cycle of poverty in low-income communities DENVER, CO WHAT WE ARE DOING: Leveraging virtual reality and project-based learning, we are preparing students for the Security + certification exam. Our program increases readiness for entry-level cybersecurity jobs and/or a college degree in a STEM-related field.
WHY DO WE DO IT: Our vision is to break the cycle of poverty and hopelessness in low-income communities. The National Center for Children in Poverty states that 29.7 million children - 41% of all children in the US - live in poverty.
WHAT'S NEXT: We are using email marketing and social media campaigns to our target market in Austin, New Orleans, and Denver to create a pipeline. We will provide live demos or paid week pilots of our program before signing the school to an annual subscription.
9 STUDENTS in grades 9-12
6 OUT OF 9 would participate in Cyber Space Academy in the future
6 OUT OF 9 improved knowledge in cybersecurity
OUR IDEA Our core technology platform and educational program offers a commercially viable, socially valuable technical innovation and provides a workforce that is technically skilled and socially adept. Creating and testing an unprecedented virtual reality game-based platform focused on workforce development for the cybersecurity industry.• Utilizing a technical innovation to address a shortage of cybersecurity experts needed to ensure commercial and national security. • Leverage full-price programs delivered to schools (grades 9-12), workforce development entities, and corporate training programs to give programs and equipment to youth in low-income communities
sparkmindset.com | info@sparkmindset.com | @sparkmindset
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BE LOUD STUDIOS
At Be Loud Studios, we build engagement in students by turning classrooms into radio stations. NEW ORLEANS, LA WHAT WE ARE DOING: We work with students from diverse backgrounds and teachers to create radio and digital media projects that build digital, academic, and life skills. We do this work as a curricular extension (in school hours), afterschool, and at camps.
WHY DO WE DO IT: The achievement gap is also an engagement gap, and students who are behind need the most engaging work. Often behind students are disproportionately students of color, and they need not just routinized work but practice that is meaningful.
WHAT'S NEXT: We are starting a nonprofit called Be Loud Studios that will work with schools and students to improve academic and social outcomes by giving voice back to students.
100 STUDENTS in grades k-8
47 OUT 49 would recommend Be Loud Studios
6 OUT OF 7 improved by two reading levels
OUR IDEA Next year we will focus on the following programming: Outside of School -Creating a 2 week long summer camp that will challenge students to develop digital and social emotional skills. -Expanding our after school class so students can engage with their learning using digital media tools. -Providing, “Creation Saturdays,” where families come into our space to create. -Collaborating with 5 teachers to build longer term projects as curriculum extensions. -Pop up at 10 schools to create one time experiences for students to produce radio. -Improve our website by creating channels for teachers and students to collaborate.
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FROLIFIC KIDS CAFE A space for mindful leadership for meaningful success GREATER ATLANTA, GA WHAT WE ARE DOING: Offering a third, dynamic space outside of home and school which draws out children’s intrinsic motivation through play, passion, and purpose to nurture mindful leadership and innovation.
WHY DO WE DO IT: Technology has commoditized knowledge and subject matter expertise alone is no longer enough. Innovative application of knowledge, emotional quotient, grit, and the ability to build meaningful connections is critical for 21st century success.
WHAT'S NEXT: Based on demand, we are converting the pilot to a longterm program across two locations. We are also expanding the café model to test the dynamics of opening our space to non-members to foster diversity and community engagement.
16 STUDENTS in grades 5-6
12 OUT OF 16 would recommend Frolific to their friends
10% GROWTH IN MINDFULNESS on the LeadershipInnovation Scale
OUR IDEA Mindful leadership & innovation are inculcated through 3 goal sets:
1. Core Mindsets: EQ, self discipline, creativity, & meaningful relationship building 2. Real world competencies: Like communication & networking skills, financial literacy, & global awareness 3. Real world experiences: self-directed projects led by kids drawing on their passions while practicing the core mindsets
www.frolific.com | alpana@frolific.com | @frolific
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SOUTHWEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY College preparatory charter focusing on civic engagement & Humanities ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO WHAT WE ARE DOING: 6-12th grade Hispanic and low SES students from the Southwest of Albuquerque gain a college preparatory education with 100% college acceptance, 0% remedial college coursework, and all students engaging in their communities and the democratic process.
WHY DO WE DO IT: Immigrant, low SES students from the southwest of Albuquerque are underrepresented in universities and in engaging in the democratic process because there are no schools serving them to their greatest potential academically and socially.
WHAT'S NEXT: We are applying for and opening a high-performing college prep charter school in their community. We want to create a 6-12 program for civic engagement and guarantee every student graduates with the skills they need to avoid remedial college courses.
20 STUDENTS in grades 9-12
89% OF STUDENTS would recommend to a friend
PRE/POST SURVEYS SHOWS increased sense of empowerment
OUR IDEA Jake Kolander has 17 years working in public and higher education. As a college student in Missouri, he saw first hand the inequities in public education in St. Louis inner-city schools. In 17 years, the inequity has not gone away. Annette Sanchez has always believed in the power of education, but took the scenic route to becoming an educator. Unfortunately, it has become clear to her that expectations in the community in which she teaches are low, and students are under-prepared for college. Both are driven by a passion to improve the community in which they live and grew up, and are working to leverage their experience to make it possible
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VR AMERICAS YOUTH Virtual Reality and its power to develop advocacy skills for impacting my community NEW YORK, NY WHAT WE ARE DOING: Girls are losing the opportunity to become advocates for themselves and their communities. VR Americas Youth wants to provide the opportunity for middle school girls to improve their communication and technology skills while learning new storytelling techniques using a relatively new technology.
WHY DO WE DO IT: Girls are not getting the adequate tools to feel empowered to solve local or global problems. From a very early age, they are already showing signs of disempowerment. By middle school, many girls have lost interest in the “hard subjects” and many, particularly Latino girls, will not look into 4 years degrees or STEM related careers that can bring a better off future.
WHAT'S NEXT: For our next Pop Up, we are thinking to do the same workshop with another group and test the next class with the first group: creating and shooting a story.
15 girls 2 teachers 2 assistance
100% of users indicated future interest
87% gave more power to VR. 79% restated the problem correctly. 13% involved themselves in the solution.
EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS In an all-girl school we performed a 2 hour storytelling about problems and their solutions. We taught them the power of “360/VR” video, compared with “flat” video by working in both formats. The key topics they learned were: problem analysis, context understanding and flat and 360/video storyboard creations.
vramericas.com | rosario@vramericas.com
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THE ANCHOR SCHOOL Houston, WE have a Problem! The Solution = The Anchor School. HOUSTON, TX WHAT WE ARE DOING: Administrators and teachers working in predominately African American low-income middle schools located in Houston, TX need a way to support students and families academically, socially and emotionally in school and at home. The Anchor School accomplishes this by providing PD programs consistently that focus on Restorative and Trauma-Informed Practices, Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness (DEI), and Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
WHY DO WE DO IT: I realized that the problem I have seen and experienced for the last 12 years in education still exists - school systems lack understanding of how to fully teach and support African American students. I have seen too many students suspended and expelled instead of schools making it a priority that teachers and leaders are trained on empathy, trauma, and DEI.
WHAT'S NEXT: We will be opening up a middle school located in Houston, TXÂ that will serve students who reside in Third Ward, Southside, and Sunnyside neighborhoods. We will provide consistent training for students, parents, teachers and leaders and infrastructure for the students so that their transition from the home to the classroom may be as seamless as possible.
94% Of users 100% of participants felt more 11 Teachers prepared to 7 School Leaders indicated future knowledgeable/ support students socially, 4 Community interest academically, emotionally by Members attending 30-minute PD.
EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS During The Anchor School 75 minute Pop-Up, participants had the opportunity to experience one 30 minute professional development session on Restorative and Trauma-Informed Practices, Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness (DEI), and Social Emotional Learning (SEL). The purpose of this time was that teachers and administrators felt they were receiving ongoing professional development to help them support our students more effectively.
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TALENT DEVELOPMENT OUR GOAL
We are the nation's largest first investor in aspiring education entrepreneurs. In 4 years, we’ll train 600 diverse leaders (70% women/gender non-binary, 70% people of color).
OUR TEAM
Porscha Williams Conscious Roots Talent Development Support Alumni Leader
Destiny Woodbury The Anchor School Talent Development Support Alumni Leader
Sydney Kastner 4.0 Talent Development Team
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Brandy Williams Generation Success Talent Development Support Alumni Leader
Nady Persons Conscious Roots Talent Development Specialist Alumni Leader
IDEA DEVELOPMENT OUR GOAL Extend diligent philanthropy to the earliest stages of incubating education ideas. In 4 years, we’ll incubate 500 pilots (20% schools, 50% programs, 30% education technology).
OUR TEAM
Akiea Gross Equitable Schools, Inc. Essentials Head Coach Alumni Leader
Marvin Pierre Eight Million Stories Selection Coordinator Alumni Leader
Marlo Barrera 4.0 Programs Team
Jessica Santana America on Tech Tiny Head Coach Alumni Leader
Rachel Van Parys 4.0 Programs Team
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HUMAN CAPITAL OUR GOAL
Develop and support a distributed leadership staffing model of 150+ paid alumni who coach, connect, and invest in our 150+ fellows.
OUR TEAM Stas Schmiedt Spring Up Human Capital Support Alumni Leader
Cambria Skvarka 4.0 Human Capital Team
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Lea Roth Spring Up Human Capital Support Alumni Leader
Breanna Harvey 4.0 Human Capital Team
FUNDRAISING & STORYTELLING OUR GOAL
Unlock the stories of 1000+ alumni and raise the resources needed for the community to invest in its own growth and development.
OUR TEAM Nicole Jarbo GoodBets Fundraising & Storytelling Support Alumni Leader
Hassan Hassan Chief Executive Officer
Veronica Head GoodBets Fundraising & Storytelling Support
Monique LeBlanc 4.0 Fundraising & Storytelling Team
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ECOSYSTEMS OUR GOAL
Build local densities of innovators and strengthen their capacity to help one another succeed. In 4 years, we’ll fuel 20 communities across the US.
OUR TEAM
Baiyina Jihad Beyond the Classroom Regional Chair Manager Alumni Leader
Dominque Jones Daughters Beyond Incarceration Events Logistics Coordinator Alumni Leader
Raphael Gang 4.0 Ecosystem Team
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Brit Lindsey The HUEman Development Project 4.0 Studio Coordinator Alumni Leader
Deanna Ceasar 4.0 Ecosystem Team
RESEARCH OUR GOAL
Kirsten Lee Hill, Ph.D
Collect data and tell stories to move philanthropy upstream and meet talent where it’s abundant. In 4 years, we’ll publish emerging insights from our 500 pilots to add to the field’s body of knowledge.
Researcher-in-Residence
4.0 RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE
Horatio Blackman, Ph.D. University of Delaware Visiting Scholar
David Kowalski, Ph.D. Montgomery County Community College Visiting Scholar
Monica Chan Columbia University, Teachers College Alumni Junior Scholar
Cara Jackson, Ph.D. Bellwether Education Partners Visiting Scholar
Kathryn Torres, Ph.D. Education Northwest Visiting Scholar
Juontel White Columbia University, Teachers College Alumni Junior Scholar
ALL BY OURSELVES Blood Orange - By Ourselves (Freetown Sound)
Matt founder + board chair OLD SCHOOL TO NEW SCHOOL 4.0 Family. Thank you for filling these pages with your stories. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to express my gratitude for this remarkable community of humans. But I should try. Thank you. It's in here, alongside so many of you, that I've grown more, learned more, and left behind more of what I was once so certain than in any other community I've ever known. A decade together. Each year for me means more reps on how to stop doing to and for people and more ways of doing with others, of stepping aside as others do by themselves.
There's a pinch of discomfort in this odd paradox of participating by stepping aside, but it is nothing compared to the joy that comes from hearing the pages turn, from seeing all these stories in one place, and from imagining how you're each finding new ways to invite others to this storytelling party. There's much more community to make, and I'm so grateful we get to do it together. Thank you. For everything.
Matt Candler | Founder & board chair
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THIS AIN'T NO INTRO THIS THE ENTREE Chance the Rapper - All We Got (Coloring Book)