What We Do

Advise Districts

Advising districts with best-in-class and research-based strategies to accelerate improvement

Good Reason Houston’s staff of award-winning educators work alongside district leaders to catalyze the district vision, spur innovation, and create efficiency across departments and people. With our in-depth knowledge of the regional and state education landscape and commitment to engaging local and national experts in Houston-specific efforts, Good Reason Houston is uniquely positioned to assist districts with:

Advocate Policy

Creating an ecosystem that supports policy focused on high quality education experiences for all

Good Reason Houston’s professional policy specialists work alongside communities, district leadership, school boards, and legislators to make systemic improvements to public education in Houston through policy.

Good Reason Houston engages stakeholders at all levels to help drive policy related to the following areas proven to improve student outcomes.

Analyze Data

Providing the public accurate data and timely analysis to ensure families, districts, and policymakers have the information needed to make decisions for their children.

Good Reason Houston’s staff of award-winning data experts conduct original research, create open-source databases, and analyze findings to identify areas of improvement or celebration. A few focus areas include:

Assemble Partners

Bringing together people who are passionate about public education from various industries such as business, education, philanthropy, and more

Good Reason Houston’s staff of community engagement professionals work alongside community and industry leaders to spur innovation and create effective collaboration toward a shared vision of improving public education

Citywide Coalition for Education

We build capacity to collect and analyze data to make decision-making and problem solving across the district easier and more effective

Houston Loves Teachers

We provide thought partnership, frameworks, resources, and connections steeped in the context and vision of the district and community

Parent Action Network

We catalyze initiatives through our best-in-class project management. By streamlining work, processes, and people, we work with district staff and campus leaders to create lasting improvements.