Edison's comprehensive research was conducted by a team of approximately thirty full-time professional employees and scores of outside experts, who then produced Edison's Partnership School Design. Edison's design team included respected education researchers, curriculum developers, teachers, principals, school administrators, writers, technology specialists, and experts in school finance and management. The external consultants represented virtually every field and sub-field of K-12 curriculum development. Together, they brought a wide range of cutting-edge perspectives on how to improve education through the reform of curriculum, school organization, and most other elements of education. Whose work did the designers find particularly inspiring?