The Boston Public Schools (BPS) has won national recognition for its success improving instruction and assessment, especially at the elementary level. Even with this success, the achievement gap is too large, drop‐out rates too high, special education results too low and school performance too uneven to declare victory. Recognizing this, Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson has outlined ambitious student performance goals and key initiatives to meet them through the “Acceleration Agenda”. SGP has partnered with other local funders to support an in-depth year long strategic planning process to help make this vision a reality.