Scaling Overview 

Scaling effective education practices reduces policy churn, closes the equity gap, aids in school improvement, and ameliorates poverty.

The Scaling Challenge 

“The education field is littered with impactful efforts that, at best, remain islands of excellence and, at worst, cease to exist.”   ---The Brookings Institution

Many effective education practices work at a small scale, but this does not often translate to the large-scale, systemic change needed to improve learning around the world.

The Real-time Scaling Lab 

The Real-Time Scaling Lab for NYCPS supports districts and schools as they adapt and scale up lessons from elsewhere into their own contexts and settings. For context about scaling, view Brookings Institutes' video " How do you scale education innovation for impact?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd0aqEJ7Kwk

Core Pillars of the Real-time Scaling Lab 

To build scaling know how across NYCPS, the Real-Time Scaling Lab undertakes the following pillars of work:

Capturing 

• The RTSL captures via mini-docuseries and multimedia case studies the scaling journey of education practices in schools and districts. 
• Spanning months or years, the stories unfold over six episodes and are told from the perspectives of NYCPS educators and practitioners.

SHARING

• The RTSL convenes experts, educators and practitioners doing the work of scaling.
• The RTSL also shares information and scaling know-how via broader education networks to raise awareness and spotlight the impactful scaling work that NYCPS is doing in schools, districts, and across the school system.
  

GET INVOLVED

New York City Public Schools, we want to hear from you!  Please share your stories of scaling education practices for impact in your school or district by emailing KnowledgeManagementTeam@schools.nyc.gov