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…

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…

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…

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…