Our 2018 civic infrastructure assessment shows Cradle to Career Network’s strengths and opportunities

We have provided a roadmap for communities seeking to support the success of every child from cradle to career since 2013. The StriveTogether Theory of Action™ is our proven blueprint for getting better results for kids and families in nearly 70 communities across the country. Through this framework, we help our partners define and measure…


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Helping students get ready for what’s next in Boston

In Boston, 75% of students graduate from high school — a promising start to their postsecondary futures. But for those who go on to college, just 52% complete their degrees. How can data help predict which students will complete college and what support others need to reach that milestone? Cradle to Career Network member Boston…


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Navigating the choppy (but not uncharted) waters of data maturity

(Caption for above photo) Teams from Porter Leath, Communities in Schools, Latino Memphis, Knowledge Quest and Literacy Mid-South participated in a series of Beyond the Classroom workshops to spread a culture of results and data within their organizations. Before we all held Global Positioning Systems in our hands, we used maps and compasses to navigate…

Checking the foundation for collective impact

Adriane Johnson-Williams, founding facilitator for the Seeding Success partnership in Memphis, Tenn., is exploring what it looks like to truly do the work of collaborative action. Through stories of challenging conversations and genuine relationship building, she shares her experiences working to change behaviors and practices in pursuit of better and more equitable outcomes at scale.…

Developing shared measures

I had the opportunity to spend some additional time with some visitors from Germany who came to Cincinnati to take part in the recent StriveTogether Discovery Workshop.  They have become very interested in the collective impact approach to a cradle-to-career initiative and wanted to learn more about what is taking place in Cincinnati. They had clearly…