Partnerships

DESE is committed to supporting sustainable efforts to improve educational outcomes for all students, with a specific focus on increasing racial equity, and improving the quality of instruction and student experience in Massachusetts schools and districts. Partner organizations often play a role in supporting schools, districts, and DESE in these efforts. Please be advised that districts are required to follow written procurement procedures as well as state and federal procurement requirements when procuring services under this MSA. Vendors who wish to be included on a pre-approved partner list focused on Supporting School, District, and DESE Sustainable Improvement should apply for pre-qualified status by following this link: COMMBUYS — Bid Solicitation: BD-21-1026-DOE02-DOE01-54888.

For more information about this list, please contact Anthony Ortiz .

Below is a list of partners on the pre-approved partner list as of August 27, 2024. This list will be updated monthly.

Abt Associates

ACT, Inc

Academy for Urban School Leadership (LiberatED Way)

Always Be Learning (ABL)

American Institutes for Research

Arts | Learning

BlackPrint Education Consulting

BUZZ Education Group, LLC

Cast Inc

Catapult Learning, Inc.

CES (The Collaborative for Educational Services )

City Year, Inc.

Class Measurers

CsforMA, Inc.

Demonstrated Success

District Management Group, LLC

EDC

EdQuity, LLC/Kelly Cooney

EL Success Forum, Inc

Education Resource Strategies, Inc

Federation for Children w/Special Needs

Focused Schools

Hale Reservation, Inc dba Hale Education, Inc

The Hanover Research Council, LLC

Hill for Literacy

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

Inlier Learning

Institute for Excellence in Ed/Natl Charter Schools Institute

INSTLL

Instruction Partners

Keys to Literacy

Koru Strategy Group LLC's

Leadership Lab International

LearnLaunch

Looney Math Consulting

Lower Pioneer Valley Education Collaborative

MABE (Multistate Association for Bilingual Education-Northeast Inc.

MAFLA (MA FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION INC)

M.A.S.S. (Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents)

MATSOL (Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages)

MSAA (Massachusetts School Administrators Association)

MassInsight

NCEE

New Teacher Center

Nora Priest/MindMoxie LLC

Novak Educational Consulting

The Leadership Academy/NYC Leadership Academy

Open Architects

PCG (Public Consulting Group)

PFM Group Consulting LLC)

Perennial Education Consulting, LLC

Reading Ways

Rennie Center

Bridges to Academic Success (Research Foundation-CUNY)

Resolute Educational Solutions

School and Main Institute

School Empowerment Network

SchoolWorks

STEM Learning Design, LLC

William James College

Teach Western Mass

Test4Me LLC, dba AdaptiveX

TNTP

Transformative Learning Collaborative

Trustees of Boston College (City Connects)

Trustees of Boston College (Lynch Leadership Academy)

Trustees of Boston College (OpenSciEd )

uAspire

UnboundEd Learning, Inc

University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education

UP Education Network

US Math Recovery Council

UVA Partnership for Leaders in Education

Walker Inc

For more specific information on these partners' approved areas of expertise, service categories, and contact information, please reference this spreadsheet:

Pre-Qualified Vendor List

For more information and resources on DESE-sponsored research on the habits and conditions of successful partnerships and resources to support strong partnership management, please visit the Massachusetts Tools for Schools website.

Last Updated: November 22, 2024