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Art Inspires scholarship: Charleston student’s art represents educational journey

StriveTogether NewsBy Elizabeth Male July 2, 2018 Leave a comment

Through the 2018 Art Inspires scholarship, StriveTogether recognized five student artists for outstanding artwork reflecting StriveTogether’s vision and core values, including educational equity. The scholarship winners will receive a $1,000 college scholarship and have their work displayed at StriveTogether’s Cincinnati headquarters. Each of the five students will be highlighted on our blog. The theme of…

Spartanburg Academic Movement earns proof point through shared community vision

OutcomesBy Eleni Towner June 28, 2018 Leave a comment

StriveTogether is excited to announce that Cradle to Career Network member Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM) in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, has achieved the Network’s highest designation of proof point. SAM has aligned school districts, community organizations, the chamber of commerce and policymakers around a cradle-to-career vision. The partnership supported seven school districts to use continuous…

New teams try new strategies in Rochester

Collective ImpactBy Elizabeth Male June 1, 2018 Leave a comment

StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network member ROC the Future has set an ambitious goal for improving the educational landscape of Rochester, New York. To reach that goal, the partnership is ready to try new strategies and new structures, including its recently launched Outcome Teams. The first Outcome Team to begin work is directed at a…

Seeding Success reaches proof point through community collaboration and data use

OutcomesBy Eleni Towner May 31, 2018 Leave a comment

StriveTogether is excited to congratulate Cradle to Career Network member Seeding Success in Shelby County, Tenn., for achieving the Network’s highest designation of proof point. Reaching proof point recognizes communitywide efforts to change systems and improve outcomes for children. Seeding Success has demonstrated a strong commitment to using data in decision-making, building the capabilities of…

Learn to Earn Dayton achieves proof point as systems change to support students

OutcomesBy Michael Mozina May 22, 2018 Leave a comment

StriveTogether is excited to announce Learn to Earn Dayton in Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, as the sixth community in the Cradle to Career Network to reach the proof point designation. Achieving proof point recognizes improved results for kids through collectively focusing on shared outcomes and implementing effective policies and practices. Here are a few…

Achieve Escambia forms new partnership for postsecondary success

Collective ImpactBy Megan Hughes May 16, 2018 Leave a comment

According to U.S. News and World Report’s 2018 Best States report, Florida ranks best in the nation for higher education. But a closer look shows a less impressive statistic: Florida ranks 30th in educational attainment, or the achievement of college degrees. In Escambia County, StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network member Achieve Escambia is digging into…

Understanding identity

InsightsBy Eleni Towner May 2, 2018 1 Comment

Before joining the StriveTogether team, I taught ninth-grade algebra in a low-income school district. The students I taught are amazing, passionate, smart and driven. I still care deeply about them, and during my time as their teacher, I felt that I was making an impact on their academic and social-emotional well-being. But while in the…

Lessons from Oakland: Equity Summit session shares power of aligning passion

Collective ImpactBy Robert Harris May 1, 2018 Leave a comment

Criminal justice reform advocate Glenn E. Martin said, “Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution.” This quote was mentioned during PolicyLink’s national Equity Summit at the session, Intergenerational Networks Supporting Black and Brown Boys and Young Men: Lessons from Oakland. The session shared the insights of Oakland groups that represent and work…

Ensuring every child receives a successful start

Collective ImpactBy Heidi Black April 23, 2018 Leave a comment

My twin daughters are a daily reminder about the importance of access to quality prenatal care for pregnant women and quality care for young children. Eighteen weeks into my twin pregnancy, I was diagnosed with a condition that, left unnoticed and untreated, carried a 95 percent mortality rate for Baby A. This was not a…

Equity Summit addresses complexities of racial exclusion and disparities

EquityBy Quinnetta Miller April 18, 2018 Leave a comment

Sessions at PolicyLink’s national Equity Summit 2018 around inclusion, diversity, equity and access across various sectors challenged participants to advance racial and economic equity at a greater scale. As a former educator, I found it impossible to disentangle the monumental task of creating a more equitable society across sectors from the work of the education…

Choose your team wisely: Lessons from building the capabilities of cross-sector leaders

Capability buildingBy Colleen Maleski April 4, 2018 Leave a comment

These insights about team composition and other learnings from building capabilities collaboratively will be shared at the 2018 Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education, April 3-5. Attend StriveTogether’s workshop, Building Improvement Science Capability Across Communities to Achieve Systems Change, on Thursday, April 5, at 10:15 a.m. PT. When I was in fourth grade, we…

Advancing equity and justice for every child, cradle to career

EquityBy Parvathi “Parv” Santhosh-Kumar April 4, 2018 Leave a comment

Conversations about equity, diversity and inclusion are popular in the organizations and systems where StriveTogether interacts, and I’ve been thinking a lot about this question: What will it take to make racial and economic equity the work itself instead of part of the work? On April 13, I’ll have the honor of speaking at PolicyLink’s…

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