Partners

To the first order of approximation, we at DSH see ourselves as "plumbers." We do not build schools from scratch. Instead, we work with existing schools, organizations, and teachers: they get to do what they have always wanted to do, but with the aid of a "digital pipe" that DSH helps them set up, they can now hopefully reach a larger population of under-served children more effectively.

DSH is designed to work as a decentralized network of hubs and spokes. Each hub is a center of education excellence and the hubs themselves "talk" to each other. The spokes are typically the poor rural and urban slum schools that need help the most, schools that lack good teachers, good content, and other resources. Each hub works on content production (typically in a local language), content dissemination in its neighborhood, teacher training, monitoring, and evaluation, and interacting and sharing with other hubs.

Here's a partial list of some of our partners:

• Study Hall, Lucknow
• Rewachand Bhojwani Academy, Pune
• Children's Lovecastles Trust, Bangalore
• Microsoft Research India
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
• Mona Foundation
• Association for India's Development
• Better Education Through Innovation (BETI)
• Madantoosi Primary School, UP
• Vidyasthali School, UP
• Vardan School, Lucknow
• SEWA School, Lucknow
• Harijan Pathshala School, Lucknow
• District Institute for Educational Training, Lucknow
• Ambedkar School, Pune
• Mahadji Sginde High School, Pune
• Amarthahalli School, Bangalore
• Jakkur School, Bangalore
• Haorketenahalli School, Karnataka
• Adakimaranahalli School, Karnataka
• Battangere School, Karnataka
• Hoskuru School, Karnataka
• Pillahali School, Karnataka
• Nagaruru School, Karnataka
• Vaderalli School, Karnataka
• Honnasandra School, Karnataka
• Cluster Resource Center at Dasanpura, Karnataka