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Opportunity & Access

Our commitment: To expand access to high-quality public school options by investing in leaders, schools, and systems that are working to ensure every student has a fair shot at success.

Great teachers and strong school leaders form the foundation of a high-quality K–12 public education. RedefinED Atlanta expands access to excellent schools by equipping local leaders and partners to ensure students furthest from opportunity have a fair shot at success.

Investment Areas and Initiatives

Instructional Excellence

We ensure that schools and systems have the data, feedback, and support needed to improve teaching and learning.

Instructional Culture Insight Survey

We’re using the Insight Survey, in partnership with TNTP, to assess instructional culture and support leaders in improving teacher retention and student outcomes across 88 schools in Atlanta and Clayton County.

Data-Driven Instruction

We’re partnering with ANet to bring Georgia Milestones-aligned reading and math benchmarks to grades 3–8,
helping schools in our portfolio improve instruction and saving $25K per campus.

Educator Pipeline

We build durable, effective pathways into the profession and provide strong development opportunities along the way.

Teacher Certification

We are working, in partnership with Relay Graduate School of Education and TFA Metro Atlanta, to develop a top-tier certification program preparing 150 teachers annually to deliver rigorous instruction and ensure all students access high-quality teaching.

Mid-Level Talent

We continue to support the Academic School Leader Fellowship, a 10-month development program that builds leadership capacity and strengthens school communities.

School Leaders

Our long-standing partnerships with BES and GCSA help identify and prepare strong school leaders to launch trajectory-changing public charter schools that create meaningful academic results for students.

Systems-Level Solutions

We support efforts that build equity and excellence in schools and school systems; our work breaks down systemic barriers so you can focus on success for every student.

Special Education Ecosystem Analysis

We’ve partnered with The Center for Learner Equity to analyze Metro Atlanta’s special education landscape comprehensively, identifying critical service gaps and informing a strategic investment approach to strengthen support for students with disabilities and learning differences.

Expanding School Options

We support charter and innovation schools at every stage of growth, from vision to replication, because school access and quality go hand in hand.

Academy for Innovation in Medicine (AIM)

We’re supporting the launch of AIM, a proposed public charter school in partnership with Grady Health System. AIM will serve 850 students in grades 6–12 and provide direct pathways to healthcare careers through rigorous academics, dual-enrollment college credits, and hands-on work-based learning.

Tapestry Public Charter School

Tapestry Public Charter School is expanding to Clayton County with a new 300-seat campus approved to open in 2026. Tapestry’s inclusive, student-centered model has a long and proven track record of supporting both neurodivergent and neurotypical students.

DC360

We support innovative place-based solutions. Through DC360, we’re partnering with communities and cross-sector stakeholders to co-design and advance strategies that will improve conditions for youth and families in the Douglass Cluster of APS.

More Investment Areas

Collaborative Ecosystems

A thriving public education system takes unified effort. At RedefinED Atlanta, we foster collaboration across sectors—connecting local expertise with broader resources to drive measurable change and build an education ecosystem rooted in Metro Atlanta’s needs and strengths.
Collaborative Ecosystems Initiatives

Innovation & Systemic Change

We believe bold ideas and transformative leadership can revolutionize education. We invest in visionary leaders and champion systemic change to ensure every Metro Atlanta student has access to excellent schools and limitless opportunity.
Innovation & Systemic Change Initiatives
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Dr. Keith Colbert

Dr. Keith A. Colbert has served in the Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS) system since 1998, starting his career as a fourth-grade teacher at Northcutt Elementary School. After a two-year tenure at Northcutt Elementary, he transferred to Morrow High School, where he served as a math teacher, special education teacher, and assistant head basketball coach. To gain insightful leadership experience, Dr. Colbert shadowed the administrative team, gained useful school leadership experience, and obtained a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Troy State University.

Dr. Colbert was selected as assistant principal of Mundy’s Mill High School (MMHS) in 2003 under the leadership of Dr. Anthony W. Smith. During his tenure at MMHS, he was instrumental in preparing the first class to graduate from the newly constructed school.

Dr. Colbert was recognized as a future principal leader in the district and was selected as one of twelve future leaders to participate in the principal preparation program, “A Forward-LEAP.” After completing this program, Dr. Colbert was appointed principal of Lovejoy Middle School in 2006, where he led more than 1,400 students. At the time, Lovejoy Middle School was the largest middle school in the district and considered underperforming. Dr. Colbert and his team led the school to substantial improvements in student achievement and were consequently selected as the 2008 Georgia PTSA Principal of the Year.

Driven to nurture a class of students from 6th grade to graduation, Dr. Colbert was appointed principal of Lovejoy High School in July 2009, where he served for seven years. He is one of the few principals in traditional high schools who is fortunate to have guided sixth graders to graduation with the Class of 2013. During his tenure at Lovejoy High School, the school was recognized as a Title I Rewards school in 2012 and 2013, SAT’s greatest gains school in 2012, and a USA News top high school in 2011. Dr. Colbert’s achievements led to a finalist for Principal of the Year for Clayton County Public Schools in 2011 and 2013.

In June of 2016, Dr. Keith A. Colbert was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Schools for Clayton County Public Schools.

Cayanna Good, Ph.D.

Dr. Cayanna Good serves as Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Impact at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), where she leads systemwide strategic planning and drives organizational improvement across all institutional pillars.
Previously, she served as Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Adult Education, overseeing statewide literacy initiatives, workforce alignment, and Georgia’s high school equivalency credentialing program.

Before joining TCSG, Dr. Good held leadership roles at the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, the Georgia Department of Education, Teach For America, and TNTP. Her career began in the classroom in Houston — an experience that continues to ground her unwavering commitment to equity, access, and opportunity for all learners.

Dr. Good earned her bachelor’s degree from Fisk University, her master’s from Georgia State University, and her doctorate from Mercer University. She serves as Chairperson of the State Charter School Commission, she is a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and a member of the Brookwood High School Local School Council.