INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS regardless of the challenges, change is possible, and they are capable of shaping the futures they deserve and desire.”
Partnership over procurement The technical aspects of digital transformation at IPS are matched by cultural change requirements. The district emphasises partnership rather than transactional vendor relationships, recognising that implementation success depends on continued collaboration.
“ In education, transformation truly hinges on seeking out partnerships,” Chenzira explains.“ There’ s a significant difference between a partnership and a contractual relationship. With a partnership, you’ re collaborating as thought partners to come to collective solutions. In a contractual relationship, you’ re simply checking boxes.”
IPS maintains many collaborative and strategic partnerships, and a standout company supporting the district’ s data analysis efforts is Dillinger Research and Applied Data Inc.
“ Dillinger has been with the district for years,” Chenzira says.“ They support our analytical work, data mining, scripting – those kinds of tasks. While they weren’ t directly involved in data centre migration planning, they are intrinsically tied to our day-to-day work and played a key role in ensuring we had clear data tools that translated smoothly into the cloud.”
The value of this relationship stems from its adaptability to the district’ s evolving needs.“ The Dillinger team are
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