PREPARING THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW
Launch partners with schools, districts, and organizations to turn ambitious visions into meaningful, sustainable change. Through customized educational strategy, design, and implementation support, we help build schools and programs that expand opportunities for all young people to thrive.
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COHERENT SOLUTIONS
Coherence in school design ensures efficiency of resources and efficacy for students. Our solutions build on your context and align related elements for efficiency, efficacy and sustainability. For example, we built a 5-12 College and Career Seminar around school-wide Habits of Success. We developed Seminar teacher look-fors aligned to observation and evaluation rubrics to focus the work for educators.
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COMMUNITY CENTERED
The primary purpose of education is to serve our communities. We center those communities and those most impacted by our programs in design and implementation. This includes elevating the voices and talents of students, families, community members and industry partners towards innovative solutions to our most pressing educational problems.
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FUTURE READINESS
Our goal is to prepare all youth, regardless of circumstance, to elevate their talents towards success in college, careers and the future they choose. This means robust academic systems K-12 and rethinking secondary and post-secondary models, towards a P-16 approach with meaningful career pathways, accelerated coursework and work-based learning.
Founder and Executive Director
Lily Newman, M.Ed
Experienced education leader, dedicated to equity and transforming education systems to be the ramps to future success our youth deserve. Over 20 years of educational experience, from classroom teaching, to school design and leadership, to system leadership and non-profit services and supports.
Together we can reshape schools
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We guide schools and organizations through the design, launch, and improvement of schools, programs, and initiatives, aligning vision with strategy, governance, and resources to build systems that last.
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We strengthen academic programs through thoughtful instructional strategies, high-quality curriculum, and rigorous, relevant learning experiences that support student success.
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We design and strengthen pathways that connect advanced coursework, career-connected learning, and college and career advising to students' postsecondary goals.
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We invest in the people behind the work, strengthening leaders, teams, and organizational capacity so that meaningful improvements can be sustained and expanded.
to be launch pads for young people’s futures
Clearing the Path to Early College
We believe Early College has the power to transform what's possible for young people, connecting rigorous high school learning with meaningful college experiences and expanding pathways to future success.
Launch brings deep expertise and a strong commitment to designing, launching, and strengthening high-quality Early College programs. We partner with schools, districts, and higher education institutions to build purposeful pathways, strengthen student supports, and create the systems and partnerships that help programs thrive.