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Strive, CPS to use Gates Foundation grant
Cincinnati Business Courier ▪ 8/12/2008
A $490,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help Strive LLC and Cincinnati Public Schools improve community-school relations, the two groups said Tuesday. |
Strive to improve schools using rigors of Six Sigma
Cincinnati Business Courier ▪ 8/8/2008
The Strive initiative, announced with fanfare in August 2006, is working to re-engineer the educational systems in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport from preschool through college. |
Strive
Fifth Third Business Beat ▪ 8/8/2008
Jeff Edmondson, executive director of Strive is interviewed by Fifth Third Business Beat. |
Strive Endorses Plan to Boost CPS College Enrollment
Cincinnat Business Courier ▪ 7/28/2008
The Strive coalition has given a "stage two" endorsement to a plan by an alliance of nonprofit groups to increase the number of Cincinnati Public Schools students who enroll in college immediately following graduation. |
Free-college Programs Multiply
USA Today ▪ 7/3/2008
...Financing is a challenge for cities interested in setting up free-tuition plans. Many rely partly on private funding. Few "can get an anonymous donor like Kalamazoo," where the scholarship is funded into perpetuity, says Jeff Edmondson of Strive, a Cincinnati-area coalition drafting its own version. But "it has inspired us all to dream a little bigger." |
Striving to Improve Children's Lives
CityBeat ▪ 5/14/2008
...One of the many community programs and activities in which Zimpher is involved, if not leading, Strive is described as "a unique group of leaders representing education, business, faith, nonprofit, philanthropic and civic sectors along with input from the community-at-large, who are committed to providing a world-class education to every child in the urban for core of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky." |
Hughes is a High School to Watch
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 5/13/2008
...The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, the education reform partnership Strive, Cincinnati Public Schools and a number of local corporations are joining in transforming the school into a science and math specialty school... |
Hughes Center to Transform
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 5/9/2008
Hughes Center in University Heights will be transformed into a specialized science and math high school by 2013, jointly operated by Cincinnati Public Schools, the University of Cincinnati and three other organizations. |
Ohio funding to create Cincinnati STEM high school
Business Courier ▪ 5/9/2008
Cincinnati Public Schools will create a science-technology-engineering-mathematics (STEM) high school at Hughes Center, with the approval of almost $600,000 in funding from the state of Ohio. |
A Roadmap to Get to Better Schools
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 3/21/2008
...Strive, a partnership of local corporate, social service, education, faith, non-profit, philanthropic, government and civic leaders, was formed in 2006 to improve education in the urban core. Thursday, the group released a first-time status report on district performance and student attainment... |
Strive Releases Benchmark School Data
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 3/20/2008
Fewer than two-thirds of incoming kindergartners in the Cincinnati, Covington and Newport public-school systems are considered academically prepared for school. At the other end of the education spectrum, students leaving those school systems are less likely to graduate from college than their peers. That’s the challenge that faces the local education partnership called Strive, which this morning released its first report on the overall state of education in the urban core of Greater Cincinnati. |
$500K To Transform Taft Elementary
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 2/14/2008
Cincinnati Public Schools and the Strive education partnership will get about $500,000 in state money to help transform William H. Taft Elementary School in Mount Auburn into a school specializing in math and science.... |
Mayor Mallory puts the call out for more mentors
Community Press ▪ 1/11/2008
Mayor Mark Mallory has issued a proclamation to recognize January as National Mentoring Month in Cincinnati. He is calling on more Cincinnatians to get involved in the lives of young people by becoming mentors... |
School reform we can believe in
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 12/18/2007
...Last week, they came en masse to our boardroom to talk about Strive, a coalition of education, business and social service leaders determined to raise achievement in our urban core. And they brought friends - the superintendents of Cincinnati Public and Newport Independent Schools, major funders and other leaders of regional economic initiatives... |
Strive Revises List of Goals
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 12/4/2007
About 15 months after the Strive education partnership was formed to great fanfare, the group wants to funnel money to education and early-childhood development programs that have proven they can actually work. |
Early Education Effective
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 11/27/2007
Two agencies dedicated to early childhood education have won Strive awards. They are Success By 6, Newport, and Success By 6, Hamilton County, a United Way initiative. The endorsement means that both networks have established local evidence that what they are doing works. |
The Challenge
The Post ▪ 11/13/2007
...With business interests. With local colleges and universities. And with organizations like 1-year-old Strive, a group of community leaders representing the education, business, faith, nonprofit, philanthropic, government and civic sectors.
The goal is to bring best-practices into urban school districts. And while it's now focused on Cincinnati, Covington and Newport, the group envisions expanding into the suburbs where welcomed. Currently, the group is focused on early childhood education. |
Collaboration crucial for CPS levy
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 11/9/2007
...One stroke of good fortune: the year-old existence of Strive, a regional collaboration of university, business and education leaders. The organization, created to support Cincinnati, Covington and Newport schools, is perfectly poised to marshal the exact resources CPS now needs... |
Strive Endorses Success By 6
Business Courier ▪ 11/1/2007
A regionwide initiative to improve the quality of education for urban children has made its first endorsements of local groups that are achieving their goals. |
United Way Seeks Success By Six Expansion
Community Press ▪ 10/11/2007
The United Way of Greater Cincinnati and Campbell County school districts are seeking to expand a program that prepares children to learn before they start kindergarten...The district's program is one of the few programs already being endorsed by the area-wide Strive initiative the district is participating in, said Superintendent Michael Brandt. |
Strive coalition celebrates year of milestones
Cincinnati Post ▪ 9/28/2007
Strive, a coalition of educators and other leaders, celebrated its first year Thursday as one of accomplishments that included growth from 35 to 80 community partners in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, leveraging $2 million in in-kind resources and creating Student Success Networks for its 15 priority strategies. |
Solid Year of Progress for Strive
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 9/27/2007
A year ago, a group of local education, business and social services leaders announced they were joining forces to provide better educational opportunities for children in our region's urban core. They called their effort Strive, a restless verb that implies high ambition and ongoing effort. Today, the same leaders are reporting back to the community on Strive's accomplishments. It's clear that they've lived up to their verb. |
Realizing a Vision
The Post ▪ 6/20/2007
...The [Vision 2015] Education Excellence panel is working with the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, educators and volunteers on both sides of the Ohio River on the STRIVE initiative to improve school performance... |
Good Things Happening (KH2G)
The Enquirer ▪ 6/4/2007
Hey kids, it's okay to pester your parents with questions if it leads to good grades and going to college. That's according to Strive partners, the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, WIZF and Lending Works. They are having a rally 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 16 on Fountain Square, all part of a national campaign called KnowHow2Go... |
What if the city took over CPS?
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 4/26/2007
Councilmember Chris Bortz proposes the city taking over Cincinnati Public Schools while an editorial says that the city and the schools should expand on the Strive initiative |
Outsiders help overhaul schools
The Enquirer ▪ 4/18/2007
Cincinnati Public Schools has invited outsiders to look at its operations and help restructure the district, from its front office to its classrooms, school leaders said Tuesday. They've asked Strive - a regional collaborative of university, business and education leaders - to conduct a 14-week review of the school district and begin recommending changes. |
Middletown sees free-tuition plan as revival tactic
The Enquirer ▪ 3/12/2007
Last year, education, city and business officials from Cincinnati - and Northern Kentucky's cities of Covington and Newport - announced the creation of a partnership in forming the Strive program, which includes plans for offering graduating high school students free college tuition. |
Vision 2015 starts Web site
The Post ▪ 2/2/2007
"We want people to give us feedback. If someone has a great idea for linking two parks, we want them to share it. If they want to volunteer with Success by Six or Strive, |
We envision the future, children will lead it
Community Press ▪ 2/2/2007
Vision 2015 and Strive are working to create a better tomorrow. |
(Nearly) a year later, progress visible
The Post ▪ 1/27/2007
Progress: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation and the Northern Kentucky Fund have provided funding for Strive, a community effort to ensure every student in Covington, Newport and Cincinnati is prepared for school, is supported inside and outside of school |
Strive applauds stronger curriculum in Ohio, Ky.
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 1/18/2007
Ohio recently signed into law a new and rigorous state core curriculum for the public schools. The Kentucky Board of Education forged the trail last year by setting increased standards for the Class of 2012. These policies put the two states among those with the toughest high school graduation requirements in the country. |
Strive Proposal gets attention
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 9/22/2006
Strive is a collaboration of education, business, nonprofit, civic and philanthropic organizations in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. |
Missing link for school success: pride
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 9/9/2006
Recently, two new initiatives were unveiled that can have a major impact upon the lives of youth of Cincinnati. |
Strive plan could boost area
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 9/6/2006
If the Greater Cincinnati Strive program reaps any of the same benefits as the Kalamazoo Promise, this area could see rising home values, increased enrollment |
Labor Day to celebrate or disregard
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 9/5/2006 |
"Strive" seeks community input
Community Press ▪ 8/31/2006 |
Strive looking for a parent's-eye view
Cincinnati Post ▪ 8/29/2006 |
Local Leaders Strive to boost education
The Cincinnati Herald ▪ 8/26/2006 |
Money not only obstacle to college
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 8/22/2006 |
Cliff Peales
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 8/20/2006 |
Striving for Improvement
Cincinnati Post ▪ 8/18/2006 |
Let's all shop till we drop
Cincinnati Post ▪ 8/18/2006 |
A first time for everything
Cliff Peale's Blog ▪ 8/17/2006 |
Ambitious goals, few details
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 8/17/2006 |
Education collaborative launched
Cincinnati Post ▪ 8/17/2006 |
Strive takes plans public
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 8/17/2006 |
Free college: What do you think?
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 8/16/2006 |
Strive, a strategy that can work
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 8/16/2006 |
Scholarship fund to pay way
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 8/16/2006 |
Mayors, college presidents to push for higher ed for all
Cincinnati Post ▪ 8/16/2006 |
Plan's goal: every kid goes to college
Cincinnati Enquirer ▪ 8/15/2006 |