The EBD Institute
An ecosystem, not a collection of services
Equity By Design generates knowledge, develops people, certifies excellence, and creates solutions. Every initiative connects back to one mission.
Five pillars
How the Institute is organized
Research
Applied studies conducted with schools and districts that generate the evidence everything else rests on.
Professional Learning
ULRL, Learn. Be. Do., cohorts, and academies that develop practice over time.
Certification
Standards that recognize schools, districts, classrooms, and leaders implementing with fidelity.
Publishing
Books, reports, toolkits, and guides that put research into practitioners' hands.
Innovation
FAM+PACT, Hermes Intelligence, and emerging tools built and tested with partner schools.
Ecosystem
How every initiative connects
Research produces frameworks. Frameworks shape professional learning. Professional learning prepares certification. Innovation turns findings into tools schools can use.
Equity By Design
Research · Innovation · Implementation
Our mission
Helping schools create equitable, innovative, and sustainable learning environments
Where every learner belongs, every educator is empowered, and every family is meaningfully engaged.