In her November 24th article, Jessica Brown explores highlights from the Strive Partnership's fourth annual Partnership Report, as well as areas that need much more work. She also mentions the importance of a recent article on Cincinnati Public Schools which, through the use of a data system that Strive helped develop, found that CPS Community Learning Centers have had a huge impact on student success at those schools. [...] more about Local student achievement on the rise

In her guest column, Sue Wilke calls attention to the issue of poverty in the city of Cincinnati - specifically, how "poverty as a major issue does not appear on any major community-wide agenda."

Wilke also presents her readers with the impact that this issue has on childhood hunger: "The impact on children is heart-breaking. If education is the way out and the way up, how can we not pay attention when 65 percent of elementary school teachers say that students regularly come to their classes hungry?" [...] more about Time for action on childhood hunger

The Strive Partnership Releases Fourth Annual Report Card

Partnership’s report shows progress by partners to improve achievement in region’s urban core

81 percent of student achievement measures trending in positive direction [...] more about The Strive Partnership Releases Fourth Annual Report Card

Ken Thompson, Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes about Strive's accomplishment "connecting the dots." Thompson examines the birth of the Strive Partnership in Cincinnati, and explores the role of the Strive framework in Northwestern communities. [...] more about Connecting the Dots: Is Your Community "Program Rich, System Poor"?

 A recent analysis of data by the national nonprofit group Battelle for Kids and Ohio SOAR shows that Cincinnati Public Schools’ students demonstrated a high level of learning growth during the 2010-11 school year — among the top 5 percent of districts in the state.

 CPS – the first and only urban district in Ohio to earn an Effective rating – ranked 13th among Ohio’s 609 districts on the state’s value-added growth measure, according to the data. [...] more about CPS Ranks in Ohio’s Top 5% For Students’ Learning Growth