You have good ideas for education.

Let’s bring them to life.

You have good ideas for education.

Let’s bring them to life

We are Watershed Advisors

We embed with your team at every stage — from concept to classroom.

At Watershed Advisors, we work with states from vision through implementation to reach their most ambitious goals — from early childhood education to career and everything in between.

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Our Expertise

We know what it’s like to lead the work on the ground.

Watershed was founded in 2021 by former leaders of the Louisiana Department of Education, whose nearly decade-long tenure was defined by nationally recognized innovation in early childhood education, curriculum and preparation, college and career pathways, student assessment, and school accountability.

All of our senior program leads have worked at the state level, and our team of former classroom teachers, district leaders, and policy experts have a proven track record of tackling the biggest issues in education.

We know what works — and we can help you do it.

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Our Impact

We’ve helped 23 states and counting transform their education systems:

See the Watershed Way in action

“Watershed’s support was integral to building the kind of coalition necessary to push our early childhood system to the next level.”

Allie Kimmel, Legislative Director to CO Governor Jared Polis

“The Watershed team embedded so deeply in the work that they felt like an extension of our team. Watershed has helped us articulate every step of implementation to make sure districts, principals, and teachers all have what they need to enact changes at the classroom level.”

Jacob Oliva, Secretary for the Arkansas Department of Education

“Watershed Advisors helped launch Accelerate because collectively we saw the writing on the wall during the pandemic and we knew there was an urgent need for a solution to learning loss. Watershed’s creativity, ambition, and attention to detail were – and still are — central to helping Accelerate rise to the scale of the challenge we’re trying to solve.”

Kevin Huffman, CEO of Accelerate