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Four Ways to Make a Bad Decision
On average, adults make approximately 35,000 decisions each day. Some of these decisions are made easily and quickly, while others require careful consideration and contain differing – and perhaps...
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ROC the Future Moves the Needle on Chronic Absence
Guest Post by Linda Phillips, Communications Specialist at ROC the Future. ROC the Future’s mission is to improve academic achievement for children in the city of Rochester, New York, with an...
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5 reasons education success for every child is possible
64 communities are on a mission. They are bringing together all organizations that work with students around a common vision for improved education results. They are developing shared outcomes and...
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San Antonio Kids Attend to Win
Guest Post by Jessica Castañon Maurer, Director of Community Partnerships, P16Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Earlier this summer, P16Plus and the Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation recognized...
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Sustaining Progress Toward Our Mission
Guest Post by Laurie Wingate, Executive Director for Raise DC Raise DC is on mission to provide all children and youth in Washington, D.C., with opportunities to succeed from cradle to career. To do...
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Mission Possible! Getting One Step Closer To Every Child Reading On Grade-Level
Guest Post by Nia Baucke, Community Impact Manager for StrivePartnership With a little over half of Cincinnati’s children reading on grade level by the end of third grade, StrivePartnership knows that...
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Impact agents working for every child
“Our work is a mission. Our work is possible.” This morning, R.T. Rybak welcomed over 60 communities to Minneapolis, Minn. for the sixth annual StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network convening,...
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There is power in numbers
This post is co-authored by Michael McAfee, Vice President for Programs and Director Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, and Jeff Edmondson, Managing Director of StriveTogether. “There is...
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Our Mission is Possible – 2015 Convening Recap
It’s the week after our National Cradle to Career Convening here at StriveTogether and our team is excited for what’s to come over the next year. We welcomed more than 370 agents of transformational...
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There is Purpose in the Planning
It’s hard to believe the 2015 Cradle to Career Network Convening has already come and gone! It takes close to a year of planning to put on a three-day event for nearly 400 people from more than 60...
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Newest StriveTogether Network Member Tackles Achievement Gaps in Holland,...
An African proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.” The road we have ahead of us for truly fulfilling our creed of “every child, cradle to career” is a...
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#AEW2015: Celebrating those who help communities get better at supporting...
Teachers, librarians, principals, parent volunteers, school bus drivers, cafeteria workers, afterschool program leaders, guidance counselors – the list of individuals whose daily mission is to help...
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Two National Networks Working to Improve Early Grade Reading
Every year, over 80 percent of low-income students in America are not reading proficiently by the end of third grade. And studies show that if children are behind by third grade, they generally stay...
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Four Ways Collective Impact Partnerships Can Impact Public Policy
When people think of public policy, presidential campaigns and House of Cards are often the first things that come to mind. In this politically charged environment, collective impact partnerships are...
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Great Things Happened in 2015, More to Come in 2016
Trying to change a system to create a better opportunity for students across the country can be a hard and slow process. Just this last week, the US Department of Education released a report that...
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Your Faves: 10 Hottest Blog Topics for 2015
What? 2015 is over already? In case you missed them, here are some of this year’s hottest posts from StriveTogether’s blog. Most read posts included discussions about education equity, community...
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Building the Pathway to Success Together in San Diego
Guest Post by Tia Anzellotti, Director of Partnerships at United Way of San Diego County. Individuals and organizations work day in and day out to improve education results for kids in San Diego...
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Six communities partner to increase FAFSA completions
StriveTogether has developed a variety of tools and techniques to support Cradle to Career Network members as they work to change their local education systems and improve results for students. We’ve...
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We have the data; now what?
A recent feature article in Ed Week explored the future of big data and analytics in education. Given this is a huge focus of the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, I read it with great...
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Network in the News: Improving graduation rates, college readiness, equal...
It’s a new year and Network partners aren’t wasting a single minute, ushering in 2016 by looking forward to graduation day and the promise of collective impact. Here’s the latest installment of...
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