Innovation Lab
Practical solutions, informed by research
Equity By Design continuously develops tools, frameworks, and pilots in response to what our research surfaces. This is what is currently in development.
Flagship innovations
A platform and the intelligence layer beneath it
Flagship platform
FAM+PACT
A connected model for family communication and student support, replacing fragmented systems with a shared, actionable picture of each learner — and the foundation of the FAM+PACT Certified School pathway.
Intelligence layer
Hermes Intelligence
Hermes is the intelligence layer powering FAM+PACT — translating, routing, and surfacing the right information to the right person at the right moment — while also supporting future Equity By Design initiatives across research, publishing, and certification.
Future innovation projects
Emerging solutions under development
Each project begins as a documented problem, moves through co-design with educators and families, and is evaluated in pilot before wider release.
In partnership pilots
FAM+PACT
A connected model for family communication and student support, developed to replace fragmented systems with a shared, actionable picture of each learner.
Exploratory
Emerging AI initiatives
Careful study of where language models can reduce administrative burden for educators without displacing professional judgment or widening existing gaps.
Active
Research pilots
Small, instrumented studies run with partner schools to test whether a specific practice change produces measurable movement in student experience.
Ongoing
Framework development
Documentation and field testing of the H.O.U.S.E.™ Framework, the F.O.C.U.S.™ Method, and our multilingual learner and systems change methodologies.
In production
Publishing initiatives
Books, toolkits, and open resources that translate our research into materials school teams can use on a Monday morning.
Concept
Future educational tools
Early design work on instruments for measuring belonging, tracking support follow-through, and surfacing multilingual learner assets.
Our approach to building
Nothing ships until schools have tested it
Every tool we develop begins as a documented problem, moves through co-design with educators and families, and is evaluated in pilot before it is offered more broadly.
Collaborate
Pilot opportunities and innovation partnerships
We work with a limited number of schools, districts, and funders each year to test emerging tools in real conditions.