About
Our Story
When RedefinED Atlanta launched in 2016, we were responding to a clear and urgent challenge: far too many students in Atlanta lacked access to the kind of public education that helps young people thrive. And too often, a child’s zip code—not their talent or potential—determined the quality of their schooling.
We came together with a shared belief that all students deserve a high-quality education and that achieving this requires bold action, meaningful collaboration, and deep community investment. Since then, we’ve worked alongside families, educators, school leaders, policymakers, and advocates to expand opportunity and fuel lasting improvement across public schools in Metro Atlanta.
Our work is rooted in equity and driven by outcomes. We believe real change starts with listening to communities and investing in the people, ideas, and partnerships that make strong schools possible.
Our Vision
To transform Atlanta into a city where every student in every community receives a great K–12 public education.
Our Mission
Our Values
Equity
We strive to serve as an example of what philanthropy can be when it partners with the community. We provide support to meet students’ and families’ different needs and remove barriers by concentrating resources to address inequities.
Integrity
We seek truth, use data to inform decision making, and operate with honesty. We commit to identifying how we can improve and to making active changes ourselves, before seeking changes in others.
Excellence
We recognize the inequities inherent within our current educational system, and we actively work toward defining a high bar of excellence, disrupting the status quo, and holding ourselves and our partners accountable for outcomes.
Community
We serve communities. Families’ visions and aspirations for their children’s education guide us. We engage in asset-based thinking, leverage existing strengths, and act with compassion. We work with under-resourced communities to achieve great K–12 public schools for all Atlanta students.
Sustainability
We work to make enduring positive change. We resist silver-bullet thinking and simultaneously engage in replicating success and promoting innovation. We balance patience with a sense of urgency, and our immediate actions and quick wins are aligned to our long-term strategy.
Our Team
The RedefinED Atlanta team brings a shared commitment to equity in education and a wide range of experience in teaching, advocacy, school leadership, philanthropy, policy, and community organizing. Together, we work to expand what’s possible for public education in Metro Atlanta.