THE ISSUE: U.S. students are falling behind in science and math, affecting our ability to compete in an increasingly complex and competitive global economy. This Achievement Gap is unacceptably large. While our education system has legions of dedicated, hard-working teachers, they are not rewarded for effective teaching and great student outcomes. Worse, the way federal funds flow to states incentivizes complacency over innovation. These skewed incentives are profoundly limiting the future of the American economy. They must be fixed. The time for systemic reform is now.

CREATING THE RIGHT INCENTIVES: Hope Street Group’s Education Program seeks to transform the teaching profession to improve outcomes for students. How? By changing the way we evaluate educators, and by creating the right incentives to produce outstanding student outcomes. Our Education Program features collaborative, crowd-sourced solutions that bring together new voices, world-class talent and modern tools. We tap the most experienced people in education, with major involvement from teachers themselves. From identifying innovations to engaging practitioners, documenting results, and fostering the spread of good ideas, the Hope Street Group approach is sparking the widespread change we need.