Schools don’t have a performance problem—they have a trust problem.
It isn't that schools can't do better. They can and should. It's that even when they do great work trust doesn't happen.
bravEd exists to close the gap between what schools do and what the public understands.
There is a science to building trust. Applying research-based frameworks allows it to happen.
bravEd's frameworks validate school leaders’ lived experiences. Every leader knows they are doing far more than traditional metrics can capture and the world should know.
We help reframe a deeper, more meaningful accountability independent of educational policy.
Closing the gap requires new ways of thinking and communicating that anyone can learn and everyone should.
According to Gallup...
More than 70% of parents trust the schools their children attend and the teachers that teach them.
But only 27% of Americans feel the same about public schooling, and nearly half of all Americans say they are deeply dissatisfied with it.
For a host of reasons, what parents know to be true about their children's schools doesn't travel, and that's a problem.
Solving that problem is why bravEd exists. We help solve it one school, one district, one leader, one advocate at a time.
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Build a foundation in accounting for what matters
The bravEd Seminar Series.
bravEd regularly hosts multi-part virtual seminars designed to help school and district leaders explore new possibilities regarding accountability and trust.
These sessions offer a low-pressure, highly interactive opportunity to explore the core ideas behind Benefits-Based Accountability, the narratives that emerge, and the trust that creates.
You’ll leave with fresh insights and a set of trust-building tools you can start using immediately.
Create a better accountability environment across your school or district
We’ll meet you where you are and get you to a better place.
Putting a Benefits-Based Accountability in place requires mastery of a handful of research-based frameworks. Helping leadership teams master them is where we come in.
Whether you’re looking for a do-it-yourself membership or a fully guided experience, there’s an option designed to fit your needs, capacity, and goals.
We’re here to help you reap the advantages of a better system.
Turn trust in education into a movement
Building trust doesn't just happen. It requires intention and the right tools.
8 Ways to Trust is a learning experience that helps leaders and advocates scale trust as broadly as possible.
The idea is simple but powerful: if the public could see what parents see, then we can move the public's 27% approval rating closer to the 70% approval rating of parents.
8 Ways to Trust teaches parents, educators, and advocates the basic tools for building and scaling trust such that each can do their part.
To give you a sense of what this work can do for you
And its more than you think for less effort than you can imagine.
Hear directly from those who have benefitted from this work
Their voices are the best evidence for what happens when you do.
Proof this makes a difference
These stories are just the beginning. Your school or district could be next.
"When I think about bravEd's work, it reminds me of that Mickey Mantle quote, ‘it's unbelievable how much you don't know about a game you've been playing your whole life.’”
Dr. Jack Rice, Executive Director, The Maple League Of Universities Director, Online Learning, Graduate, And Professional Studies, StFX
