Our Impact
Watershed partners with leaders at all levels of the American education system—including governors’ offices, state education agencies, local school districts, nonprofits, and philanthropies—to design and implement solutions that match the size and scale of the biggest challenges in American education today.
Where We’re Working
Legacy in Louisiana
Watershed’s founders launched the organization after developing and implementing nationally recognized education reforms in Louisiana.
As top leaders at the Louisiana Department of Education for a decade, the team:
Louisiana in the National Spotlight
Raising the Bar: Louisiana’s Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes (RAND)
The value of systemwide, high-quality data in early childhood education (Brookings)
Should States Make the FAFSA Mandatory?(Century Foundation)
Louisiana Threads the Needle on Ed Reform (Education Next)
During their tenure, Louisiana achieved record-breaking results in every metric. Today, the Bayou State is better educated than at any other point in its history.