State & Local · SLED: State, Local, and Education
HSI turns state and local priorities into observable action.
Heart & Science International (HSI) strengthens leadership and workforce effectiveness, implementation, and evaluation of outcomes for the agencies, districts, and administrators carrying out publicly funded initiatives — producing substantially improved, predictable, repeatable results.

Who We Serve
Built for the realities of public-sector work.
From statehouse to classroom, HSI partners with the agencies, districts, and administrators responsible for turning plans into measurable, sustained results.
What HSI Delivers
From adopted plan to sustained practice.
Tightly scoped support for the leaders accountable for results across many sites, agencies, and grantees, grounded in the Science of Human Behavior.
Leadership & Workforce Effectiveness
Turns adopted plans and board priorities into observable staff and program behavior, and strengthens coaching, feedback, accountability, and execution across sites.
Implementation & Adoption
Aligns practices, systems, measurement, and reinforcement so new initiatives take hold, stay in place, and scale across sites.
Evaluation of Outcomes
Provides data-informed follow-through so leaders can see whether an initiative is producing predictable, repeatable results.
Related Work
Connects with HSI's education and school-safety work.
State and local initiatives often span more than one focus area. Explore the related work HSI does alongside SLED partners.
Education Systems
District, school, and classroom leadership work that strengthens values, expectations, and organizational systems.
School Safety Initiatives
Behavior-based leadership and implementation work for school-safety initiatives.
State & Local
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