We are a research-practice institute with a decade of unparalleled positive outcomes in supporting equity-focused collaboratives within and across societal sectors, including Education, Public Health, and Government. We provide research and capacity-building services that empower social impact-focused institutions to generate and use meaningful data, engage the voices of affected communities, and strengthen and align systems through effective collaboration.

Our work aims to advance the systems and structures of society so that all people – throughout their lifespan – can have an equitable opportunity to achieve life success. Through our deep and impactful work in multiple ecosystems across the United States and abroad, we create a culture and practice of data-driven collaboration that equip and inspire today’s leaders to develop and align systems that promote equity and social justice for generations to come.

Each of our projects is called a Learning Collaborative and consists of leaders, learners, researchers, and practitioners representing a place-based or priority-focused group. For example, in the Education sector, these Collaboratives may consist of local educational agencies, colleges, universities, education-focused organizations, governmental organizations, and workforce partners. Learning Collaboratives in Education all share a common, equity-focused purpose: to elevate student voice and facilitate the advancement of all students, particularly low-income, first-generation populations, and students of color, through PK-12 and postsecondary education and into life-sustaining and meaningful careers.  

Across these equity-focused Learning Collaboratives, LCI provides technical assistance using our validated Framework© for effective data-driven collaboration and research support, enabling Partners to articulate and align systems and practices to advance shared goals informed by community voices and data.   

In 2015, researchers and practitioners at LCI helped to establish the pioneering Regional Learning Collaborative (now called LC @ Pomona) – our first Learning Collaborative in the Education sector – at the Claremont Graduate University Evaluation Center, to address the startling statistic that only 14% of graduates from a neighboring district who enrolled in their local community college succeeded in earning college credits. Working together with Pomona Partners, using the validated LCI Framework© for evidence-based, collaborative social action, that ratio improved to 85% in only two years.