Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership
Matthew Brunell serves as Co-Executive Director of the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership since November 2015, where responsibilities include executing a student success framework, managing a leadership pipeline, authorizing innovative school models, and overseeing a $76 million school-based budget model. In addition, Matthew is a Senior Advisor and Project Director for School Redesign, facilitating community needs assessments and securing philanthropic support for new schools. As the founder of Brunell Consulting LLC, Matthew provides strategic planning and leadership coaching for K-12 educational organizations. Prior roles include Chief Operating Officer at Building Excellent Schools and President of Nativity School of Worcester. Matthew holds a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.A. in English from Boston College.
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Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership
A unique partnership between the Springfield Public Schools, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Springfield Education Association teachers union, SEZP serves more than 5,000 students in 16 middle and high schools that it operates across the city. It was established in 2015 to accelerate equitable student outcomes at chronically underperforming schools in Springfield. Neither a charter school network, nor state takeover, nor in-district turnaround strategy, SEZP created its own innovative model that combines autonomy with support and accountability — and the results are empowering.