E3 Alliance | Education Equals Economics

- I so value E3’s role as an independent broker in Central Texas. We just don’t have the resources to do this kind of work by ourselves. This is so far beyond my wildest expectations of what E3 Alliance could do for districts!
  
  Bret Champion, Superintendent, Leander ISD
- E³ Alliance is a pioneer and one of only a few Collective Impact organizations in the country with an established track record, an effective model for change, and demonstrated impact.
  
  Jeff Kutash, Managing Director, FSG Social Impact Advisors
- E3 Alliance is a nationally-recognized collaborative model for transforming education that we are fortunate to have in our own backyard. E3 Alliance gives us objective data we can believe in and use to drive change.
  
  Charles Dupre, Superintendent, Pflugerville ISD
- We look to the leadership of E3 Alliance to help us positively and collaboratively impact the system of education in our region.
  
  Jennifer Esterline, Executive Director, KDK-Harman Foundation
- We have never dealt with a group of professionals who are so committed and passionate about making changes to existing practices to improve outcomes for learners as E3 Alliance and their partners.
  
  Dr. Don Deshler, Director – Center for Research on Learning, The University of Kansas
- The excitement is amazing. I’ve never seen broad segments of the community and educators working together like this before.
  
  Earl Maxwell, Chief Executive Officer, St. David’s Foundation
- I’ve been in this district and this community for 30 years, and never seen excitement like this. I think we finally have the opportunity to make the changes we need to make.
  
  Yolanda Almendarez, Assistant Superintendent, San Marcos CISD
- E3 Alliance has developed the strongest objective data models in the state and designed a change process to positively impact education systems at scale.
  
  Bob Wimpelberg, Managing Director, ALL KIDS ALLIANCE
- The Blueprint for Educational Change has provided a framework for our community to strategically coordinate our educational efforts and leverage each other to achieve greater impact.
  
  Debbie Bresette, President, United Way for Greater Austin
- As the only trusted, independent, honest broker in the region, E3 Alliance alone has the credibility to manage regional grant proposals and collective fiscal agency.
  
  Lisa Fielder, Executive Director, College Forward
- We are proud that we have been able to increase our engineering enrollment over 3 times in the last four years. Our great partnership with E3 Alliance and school districts was a major contributor to this growth.
  
  Dr. Harold Stern, Professor, Texas State University Ingram School of Engineering
- The E3 Alliance Central Texas School Readiness assessment has helped change our teachers’ way of thinking. This is about not only transforming assessment, but transforming classroom teaching.
  
  Lizette Rodriguez, assistant principal, Hernandez Elementary School, San Marcos ISD
- The E3 Alliance School Readiness Study is a baseline for our region on how many of our kids are ready for school, and what factors are linked to readiness.
  
  Stephanie Bonnet-Kramer- Pre-K Coordinator, Hays CISD
- The E3 Alliance Central Texas Deliberative Dialogues are some of the finest examples of public deliberation leading to action in the nation.
  
  Carolyn Farrow-Garland, Program Officer, Kettering Foundation
- The E3 Alliance has been held up as the national model for Collective Impact.
  
  Earl Maxwell, CEO, St. David’s Foundation
- Texas very much needs to increase the percentage of our citizens who have graduated from college. If we want to enhance our regional economy then we really need to understand the importance of The Blueprint for Educational Change.
  
  Denise Trauth, President, Texas State University
- We feel that you can either invest in programs or help change systems. We work with E3 Alliance and The Blueprint for Educational Change because we believe we have to help change the systems in order to create the future we all want.
  
  Kenny Wilson, President, Bank of America, Central & South Texas
- We need to make sure that we’re implementing effective research-based practices. The Blueprint for Educational Change is the strategic plan for our region.
  
  Jesus Chavez, Superintendent, Round Rock ISD
- The Blueprint for Educational Change provides us a strategic plan to coordinate resources and practices across school district boundaries, allowing us to think and act regionally.
  
  Mark Williams, School Board President, Austin ISD
- Since The Blueprint for Educational Change was launched, there has been a strategic effort to coordinate initiatives and bring programs together so that we can leverage resources and do even more to help students succeed.
  
  Donna Howard, State Representative
- Students, the product of our education system, are a critical part of our talent pipeline. We are a Blueprint for Educational Change partner because the Blueprint will help us grow a future workforce that we need.
  
  Liisa Pureheimo-Marcks, Co-VP, Workforce Readiness, Austin HR Management Association
- I know the power and the synergy that happens when the various sectors of education come together in a collaborative and meaningful way. That is exactly what’s happening with the E3 Alliance through The Blueprint for Educational Change.
  
  Richard Rhodes, President, Austin Community College
- One of the things I appreciate about the E3 Alliance and The Blueprint for Educational Change is that groups are collaborating who have never collaborated before.
  
  Bret Champion, Superintendent, Leander ISD
- The Dell Foundation gave one million dollars to E3 Alliance – the largest grant we’ve ever given. We gave this money because we’re working with organizations that know how to show real results for real student achievement.
  
  Trisa Thompson, Vice President for Corporate Responsibility, Dell
- The San Marcos Community has truly been blessed through The Blueprint for Educational change. The cross-sector dialogues, new initiatives for our students, and brand new community opportunities are already benefitting our students.
  
  Daniel Guerrero, Mayor, San Marcos
- With the Blueprint, our community has a comprehensive plan with common metrics, targets and tracking that enable educators to make decisions based upon objective data.
  
  Clark Heidrick, Shareholder, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody
- E3 Alliance led the creation of the first regional standards for Kindergarten Readiness in the history of our state. It is helping galvanize the business and community leaders around the critical needs of our youngsters.
  
  Catherine Morse, Director of Public Affairs, Samsung Austin Semiconductor
- Business leaders realize that the strength of our democracy and the strength of our economy depends on the quality of our education system as a whole. We all need to be in this together. Education does truly equal economics.
  
  Gary Farmer, President, Heritage Title Company of Austin
- I so value E3’s role as an independent broker in Central Texas. We just don’t have the resources to do this kind of work by ourselves. This is so far beyond my wildest expectations of what E3 Alliance could do for districts!
  
  Bret Champion, Superintendent, Leander ISD