Welcome!

Syfr is a company dedicated to initiating and nourishing a culture of change in American education that embraces innovation and creativity while expecting all students to excel, independent of their demographics.

Syfr’s work is to motivate all those involved in the lives of students to build shared aspirations that result in constructing an enduring change that meets real needs for education in the 21st century.

SyfrSpace™ is our online Professional Development network, and was conceived as an outgrowth of Syfr's work with the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA), while working with them to Share the Vision of The Visioning Institute. The Visioning Institute's mission is to Create a New Vision for Public Education in Texas. Syfr's mission is to help school districts use ideas outside of education to transform themselves into 21st century organizations. This professional development network is a collaborative venture to engage educators in this work. If you are a visitor in SyfrSpace™, you may click on the Story tab to learn about our work.

Selecting Syfr (sifr is the Arabic word for zero) as a name, focuses our attention on crafting change. The use of zero revolutionized mathematics, but it took approximately 400 years for the Arabic numbering system to travel from Bagdad to Rome and to replace Roman numerals! The story reminds us that change is difficult, but its pursuit worthwhile. Welcome to Syfr!