Texas Partnerships with the Leadership Academy Network
In Texas Partnerships with the Leadership Academy Network Empower Schools examines how Fort Worth Independent School District and Texas Wesleyan University used a Texas Partnership under SB 1882 to sustain and strengthen the Leadership Academy Network.
The case study shows how the Leadership Academy Network uses school-level autonomy, university partnership, data-driven instruction, extended learning time, teacher development, family engagement, and community-based supports to meet student needs across Fort Worth schools. It also highlights how the partnership structure helped protect a successful school improvement model while creating the flexibility needed to adapt curriculum, staffing, scheduling, budget, and student supports.
Empower Schools supports the launch, operation, and sustainability of Innovation Schools through direct partnerships and by advocating for the policies, governance structures, and local conditions that make school-level innovation possible. That field-building work includes case studies, school profiles, and toolkits for Texas SB 1882 Texas Partnerships, designed to help district leaders, partners, and communities understand how partnership models can support student success.
In this resource:
How Fort Worth ISD and Texas Wesleyan University created the Leadership Academy Network through a Texas Partnership
How SB 1882 partnership flexibility supports staffing, curriculum, schedule, budget, and school operations
How LAN uses data, extended time, enrichment, social-emotional supports, and family engagement to meet student needs
How teacher development, planning time, coaching, residency pathways, and compensation supports help strengthen retention
How LAN schools improved student outcomes and accountability ratings while serving high-need communities
What other districts and partners can learn from LAN’s approach to local needs, local solutions, and sustained school improvement
Best for: district leaders, school leaders, state education leaders, policymakers, higher education partners, funders, community partners, and advocates exploring Innovation Schools, Texas Partnerships, school improvement, or school-level autonomy.
Learn more about Texas SB 1882 Texas Partnerships at txpartnershipstoolkit.org
