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What the Market Understands: Sharpening Your Offering for the Moment
In tight markets, your purpose matters. But your positioning determines whether systems can act on it. We work with many teams that have strong program...
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Pricing Models That Sustain Your Mission
Education pricing strategies can determine whether your mission succeeds or fails to reach the students who need it most. Even groundbreaking solutions struggle to gain...
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When Convenings Work: Design Choices That Made the Difference
Trust isn't a side effect of a good convening. It's infrastructure. A new white paper from Intentional Futures and EdSolutions shows the four design choices...
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From Reaction to Direction: Four Signals from the Field
Jay Bakhru returned from the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit with four signals on where the field stands, from a calmer mood to a sharper focus...
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Most States Banned the Phone. Almost None Addressed the Classroom.
44 states have enacted K–12 device policy. Only 5 act on both phones and classroom screen time. The EdSolutions Technology Restriction Index maps where every...
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What Would an AI-Native Market Research and Strategy Firm Look Like?
If a consulting firm were built AI-native, the work and the business model would both change. Jonathan Perry explains why funders and nonprofit leaders will...
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Investing in the Midst of Unknowns: AI, Tutoring, and the Road Ahead
Human tutoring has 150+ randomized trials behind it. AI tutoring has a handful. A new EdSolutions research brief maps where AI helps, where gaps remain...
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Scale Is Not a Product Problem. It’s an Adoption Problem.
Every adoption involves a user, a customer and an influencer. Beth Ann Mejia explains why organizations stall when they understand only one of them.
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The Mission Meets Market Sustainability Toolkit: Turn Strategy Into a Revenue Plan
Eleven guided modules and more than twenty fillable templates that turn the Mission Meets Market model into a Sustainability Plan with your organization's name on...
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What Should Education Organizations Compete On in the Age of AI?
As AI makes impressive products easy to build, competitive advantage moves. Jay Bakhru asks the bigger question for mission-driven organizations: which moats actually advance the...
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What Should Education Organizations Compete On in the Age of AI?
As AI makes impressive products easy to build, competitive advantage moves. Jay Bakhru asks the bigger question for mission-driven organizations:…
The Mission Meets Market Sustainability Toolkit: Turn Strategy Into a Revenue Plan
Eleven guided modules and more than twenty fillable templates that turn the Mission Meets Market model into a Sustainability Plan…
Scale Is Not a Product Problem. It’s an Adoption Problem.
Every adoption involves a user, a customer and an influencer. Beth Ann Mejia explains why organizations stall when they understand…
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What Should Education Organizations Compete On in the Age of AI?
As AI makes impressive products easy to build, competitive advantage moves. Jay Bakhru asks the bigger question for mission-driven organizations:…
The Mission Meets Market Sustainability Toolkit: Turn Strategy Into a Revenue Plan
Eleven guided modules and more than twenty fillable templates that turn the Mission Meets Market model into a Sustainability Plan…
Scale Is Not a Product Problem. It’s an Adoption Problem.
Every adoption involves a user, a customer and an influencer. Beth Ann Mejia explains why organizations stall when they understand…
Investing in the Midst of Unknowns: AI, Tutoring, and the Road Ahead
Human tutoring has 150+ randomized trials behind it. AI tutoring has a handful. A new EdSolutions research brief maps where…
What Would an AI-Native Market Research and Strategy Firm Look Like?
If a consulting firm were built AI-native, the work and the business model would both change. Jonathan Perry explains why…
Most States Banned the Phone. Almost None Addressed the Classroom.
44 states have enacted K–12 device policy. Only 5 act on both phones and classroom screen time. The EdSolutions Technology…
From Reaction to Direction: Four Signals from the Field
Jay Bakhru returned from the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit with four signals on where the field stands, from a calmer…
When Convenings Work: Design Choices That Made the Difference
Trust isn't a side effect of a good convening. It's infrastructure. A new white paper from Intentional Futures and EdSolutions…
Pricing Models That Sustain Your Mission
Education pricing strategies can determine whether your mission succeeds or fails to reach the students who need it most. Even…
What the Market Understands: Sharpening Your Offering for the Moment
In tight markets, your purpose matters. But your positioning determines whether systems can act on it. We work with many…
Designing for Scale: How Education Nonprofits Can Build with Market Fit in Mind
So far in this series, we have focused on two foundational shifts: the need for clarity about the K–12 market…
Navigating the New Reality: How K–12 Nonprofits Can Thrive Amid Market Shifts
If you lead a nonprofit working to transform K–12 education, you’re likely feeling the ground shift beneath your feet. District…
How Education Nonprofits Can Grow Smarter by Scanning the Market in a Tight Funding Climate
In times of volatility, the strongest leaders are not those who move fastest but those who know where to focus.…
When the Map Changes, the Market Is the North Star
In the past few months, we’ve heard the same question from dozens of nonprofit leaders: “Are districts even buying right…
How Education Nonprofits Can Focus District Outreach Without Losing Mission Fit
In last week’s post, we explored how market scans can help nonprofit leaders navigate the uncertainty of today’s K–12 environment.…
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