Groundswell Network Working with Communities to Build Schools Where All Students Thrive Groundswell Networks mission is to identify strengthen and scale the nations best alternative schools and programs Our Current Projects Tennessee In partnership with grassroots leaders and statewide decisionmakers Groundswell is building out an ecosystem where local communities and educators have the support and resources they need to design and sustain effective alternative schools for the students that need them the most. New York Some of the best alternative school leaders and founders in the country are in New York and this group of proven innovators is working with Groundswell to launch a Community of Practice where the most successful programs and models will be codified and shared. This group is also exploring ways to collectively engage with statelevel leaders to ensure that the needs and voices of students and families in alternative schools have an impact on important policy decisions. California The Oakland Unified School District and data scientists from Education Analytics are working with Groundswell to develop a new framework for understanding school performance.