District Redesign Network
From Inquiry to Action to Transform Student Experience
Summer 2026 to Spring 2028
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| Program Outcomes
Participating districts can expect to see and experience:
Growth in leadership capacity and competency as measured by research-backed assessments.
Stronger organizational conditions as teams use data to uncover patterns and make adaptive shifts.
A clear, sustainable path forward, including a comprehensive plan to sustain system-level change.
I’m more comfortable listening to dissenting views. This has uncovered hidden spots in my leadership and made me stronger, so my work can have a bigger impact.”
- Superintendent
“It can be rare to find protected time and space in our schedules to work across our district on issues of parent/student/staff communication and setting up systems of listening. It's been valuable to not only independently brainstorm and organize, but also to learn from each other's best or emerging practices.”
- Principal
“DRN gave our work direction and a platform for systems-level change. It pushed our district past boundaries of comfort and gave me a place to grow. I learned what true systems impact and teamwork look like.”
- District Equity Officer
| Program Overview
Sustainable change in student experience starts with leadership teams who have the capacity, support, and strategic frameworks to move from insight to action. The District Redesign Network (DRN) builds the collective leadership to transform how students experience school.
DRN is a two-year leadership development experience (Fall 2026 to Spring 2028) for U.S. school districts committed to transforming student experience through liberatory design cycles of inquiry and action.
DRN focuses on leadership development aligned to three essential actions from the research-backed Building Equitable Learning Environments (BELE) Framework: Measure What Matters, Transform Teaching & Learning, and Empower Youth. Through iterative cycles of inquiry grounded in student experience data, cross-functional teams develop the leadership capacity and organizational conditions necessary to sustain transformation over time.
| Focus on Student Experience
Research shows that the experiences and social interactions students have every day in their classrooms and school community impact their academic learning, as well their overall development and wellbeing. The Science of Learning and Development confirms that a student’s ability to learn is strongly intertwined with their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needs and sense of belonging.
Yet, the quality of relationships, opportunities, and resources afforded to young people in schools continues to be patterned by race, class, gender, and other social categories.
Transforming these patterns requires leadership with the capacity to redesign the organizational conditions that shape every students' daily experiences of school.
| ANNUAL PARTICIPANT COMMITMENTS
Partner with Students to ensure experience drives design.
Build a Cross-Functional Design Team (Superintendent/Cabinet, Academic Officers, Principals, Teachers, Coaches).
Engage in immersive coaching with an NEP Coach.
Attend One 3-Day National Network Retreat and participate in Two Virtual Learning Sessions.
| ANNUAL NEP SUPPORTS PROVIDED
Customized Coaching & Leadership Support: Up to 100 hours of team and 1:1 coaching.
High-Quality Collaborative Learning: One 3-day in-person retreat, one day regional learning lab & two 3-hour virtual convenings.
Access to Professional Learning Tools: Full access to student learning and organizational conditions platforms.
| See the Impact: Lessons from Our Network
JOIN US
If your school district is interested in joining the next cohort of the District Redesign Network launching in Summer 2026, please complete this interest form and we will follow up with you.
We are seeking philanthropic partners to continue to expand this program. If you are able to support this important work, please contact us or donate today.