Media Kit - Key Partners

IBM Education has over 200 practitioners that contribute to the operation of a national education industry practice. Improving public schools around the world continues to be IBM’s top social priority. IBM’s efforts are focused on preparing the next generation of leaders and workers, as it also supports community priorities and concerns. Through Reinventing Education and other strategic efforts, IBM is solving education's toughest problems with solutions that draw on advanced information technologies and the best minds IBM can apply. IBM MentorPlace is a key component of IBM’s overall commitment to public education and raising student achievement. Through this volunteer program, thousands of IBM employees around the globe are providing students academic assistance and career counseling. In partnership with the United Way, the IBM KidSmart Early Learning Program is giving pre-K children attending United Way-funded centers across the U.S. and internationally a jumpstart on education and technology. The program also includes a Web site for parents and teachers, which provides guidance on early learning and technology. IBM’s programs are paving the way for reforms in school systems around the world. COGNOS was recently acquired by IBM and joins IBM Education as a partner on the DigitalBridge team.

The Chartwell Education Group has been organized as a peerless leader for providing effective counsel and creating comprehensive, results-oriented solutions for Preschool, Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education. The firm expands access to the best innovations in products and services designed to accelerate student achievement, and it provides strategic services to the private sector and the philanthropic community enhancing their ability to link their investments to education needs.

Former United States Secretary of Education Rod Paige and his former chief of staff, John Danielson, founded Chartwell Education Group LLC. They have assembled one of the most talented teams of education experts dedicated to the improvement of education for all students throughout the world. Chartwell has experience implementing education data management systems at all education system levels—from local to national, and is partnered with DigitalBridge which has the leading technology platform for implementing education data management systems for the education market. Together, this combination of education expertise and innovative technology is a natural fit for success.

The firm, which is headquartered in New York and has offices in Washington, D.C., and London, provides education-related consulting services to state and local governments, foundations, corporations, and countries seeking the best models of education globally.

Tata Consultancy Services Limited is an IT Services, business solutions, and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 89,000 of the world’s best trained IT consultants in 47 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $4.3 billion for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2007 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Of the Top 100 Fortune 500 companies, 49 are TCS customers. For more information, visit www.tcs.com.

The David O. McKay School of Education is a recognized leader in research for education with a focus on improving schools, educational approach or pedagogy, and educator preparation to improve learning and teaching in schools worldwide. The McKay School of Education is committed to:

• Partnership and Collaboration, with school districts, and within the university.
• Diversity, with students and faculty, and promoting a nurturing pedagogy.
• Technology, with administration of the school, teaching technology, and tracking the progress of students.