Courageously Turning Around America's Lowest Performing Schools

You Share Our Deep Convictions

Our convictions shape who we are—from our desire to rebel against the status quo, to our passion to release every child’s potential, to our devotion to meet the needs of our teachers.

Education is ready to be molded and improved.

A child’s zip code should never determine a child’s destiny and yet too often it does for children of poverty, color or both. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Awakening children’s minds awakens the future.

Every child is born with value, worth and significance. The role of public education is to identify, cultivate and release that potential in every child.

Great teaching leads to great learning.

Schools that are designed to meet the needs and develop the potential of every teacher will in turn meet the needs and develop the potential of every student.

You See the World in a Different Way

You have a different way of seeing the world—you see things that often go unseen. You love the way a child’s eyes open up after learning something new. You seek purpose in your profession. The DNA of all great teachers is their ability to personally engage each student where they are and move them along a learning trajectory that taps into the student’s intrinsic motivation, learning style and capacity.

You Take a Different Approach

Most models bypass teachers. We take a different approach. We engage teachers in the process of personalized instruction for the benefit of each and every student. That’s our approach. And that’s what works. Come join us.

You Explore New Ideas

Watch our videos and learn what it means to be an educational changemaker. We believe every day calls for new ideas and new explorations.

The task of every teacher—create engaging lessons that speak to the diversity of learners in a given class—is a heroic one. But we don’t have enough of these superheroes. We believe it is time to help the 3,500,000 Clark Kents already out there learn how to fly.

Our philosophy molds our process and our vision. Learn more about our philosophy.

You Have Superhero Strength

Our heroic task to reform education means we have superhero strength. Here’s some of our strengths according to our staff:

Our Promises

When teachers agree to work with Matchbook, we promise to give them what they really want: a sense of purpose in their profession.

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Key Values

We are different because of our people. All of our change agents share 5 key values: Courageous, Innovative, Teacher-centric, Inspiring, and Seamless.

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Methodology

In a Matchbook School, every student starts each subject not at their age or grade level, but at their unique competency level for that subject.

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