What We Believe
- We believe public schools can help to address long-standing equity issues in our society.
- We believe in the brilliance of teachers.
- We believe plans, focused implementation, aligned supports, and evidence can speed the spread and scale of what works through capacity building -- to get better results.
Our Partners
We are honored to partner with schools, districts, states, and education-focused organizations committed to achieving ambitious goals for their students.
Why EdScale
- Local presence, national expertise.
EdScale is your local partner in the Maryland, Delaware, and DC region who brings national expertise in strategy, implementation, and capacity building. You get an expert, not junior staff. -
We get to simplicity on the other side of complexity.
In the complex world and systems in which we operate, it’s imperative to be clear on the strategy, implementation, and supporting systems that will drive real results. We anchor all our work on getting organizations to clarity on what matters and then support systems and culture to focus implementation, learning, and results in those areas. - Our services are bespoke.
While we have standard curriculum, tools, and approaches, we adapt based on partner needs. That’s part of rolling up our sleeves and joining your team – your success is our success.
Partner With Us
Tom DeWire,
Founder and Principal Consultant at EdScale
For two decades, Tom has worked with states, districts, schools and education-focused organizations to get better results through a relentless focus on effective implementation. Tom helps educators take practices to scale through his expertise in strategy, implementation, capacity building and operations.
Prior to founding EdScale in 2016, Tom consulted with public organizations and nonprofits at the U.S. Education Delivery Institute (EDI) for four years. At EDI, Tom built the organizational capacity of partners to deliver on ambitious goals for students using a proven approach to implementation used by more than 50 governments across the world.
Tom’s experience is grounded in the realities of big system change. At the Baltimore City Public Schools, Tom was part of a team that delivered measurable student improvements, including a 41% decrease in suspensions, a 21% decrease in truancy, substantial increases in graduation rate, and the lowest dropout rate in more than 10 years. Previously, Tom served in the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office supporting the Believe in Our Schools Campaign that completed over $10M in City Schools’ facilities improvements through volunteer efforts and donations.
Tom holds a master’s in public administration (MPA) from the University of Delaware Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and a bachelor’s in psychology from Amherst College.
About EdScale
EdScale helps educators get better results through a relentless focus on effective implementation. We partner with schools, districts, states, and education-focused organizations to support strategy, implementation, capacity building, and operations.
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