This post originally appeared on Ballmer Group’s website. A data-driven approach to community partnership that supports kids cradle to career After the first five years of the original StrivePartnership, nine percent more children were ready for kindergarten and college enrollment had jumped 10 percent. By Jeff Edmondson, Executive Director – Community Mobilization In 2006, more…
Guest blog post by StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network member Cradle to Career Partnership In Pima County, Arizona, the number of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in high-quality early education rose from 16.4 percent to 21.5 percent over two years. But nearly 15,000 kids still don’t have access to these programs. We need community leaders to…
Guest blog post by Jason Brown, vice president of communications at Envision Utah The prenatal-to-age 3 development landscape is abuzz in Salt Lake City. People from many different organizations are anxiously engaged in making sure parents have the tools, knowledge and support they need to help their children get a great start. When we’re not…
Guest blog post by Christian Paige, educator, keynote speaker and spoken word poet. The StriveTogether national Cradle to Career Network Convening last week was nothing short of amazing. The event was a metaphor for me. I had the privilege of opening and closing the convening with spoken word performances honoring two leaders who have made significant…
Guest blog post by Lindsay Ridinger, manager of Wow! Communications and Marketing at Summit Education Initiative in Akron, Ohio. Growing up, Frank was always “the new kid.” Frank’s family moved so many times during his childhood that it was difficult for him to get on track in school. He stumbled at every step, from cradle…
Guest blog post by Kristen “Avery” Avery, college and career success director, and Alejandra Pérez, college and career success coordinator, at the Community Center for Education Results. Welcome to our fellow cradle-to-career colleagues coming from all over the country to join us for this year’s StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network Convening. This is an exciting…
Guest blog post by Stephanie Cherrington, executive director of Eastside Pathways. Eastside Pathways and our partners extend a warm greeting to the community organizations, individuals and leaders from the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network. We’re thrilled to welcome you to Seattle, a city known not just for the Space Needle, Starbucks and the rain, but also for…
Guest post by Ellen Belcher, communications director at Learn to Earn Dayton. Thanks to support from StriveTogether’s Cradle to Career Community Challenge and the Lumina Foundation, nearly 150 Dayton-area educators and community leaders recently participated in a two-day training on equity by the National Equity Project. Learn to Earn Dayton is a member of the StriveTogether…
Guest post by Mary Kate Locke, director of child and family development at Family & Children’s Agency, a partner of Norwalk ACTS of Norwalk, Conn. At Family & Children’s Agency, we are excited to participate in the StriveTogether Prenatal to Age 3 Impact and Improvement Network through our work with Norwalk ACTS, the local cradle-to-career…
Guest post by Amy Ahrens Terpstra, Senior Director of Network Partnerships at United Way of Salt Lake. Across districts in the Promise Partnership of Salt Lake, chronic absence rates range from 7 to 18 percent, with persistently higher rates for low-income and Latino students. United Way of Salt Lake (UWSL) recognized that chronic absence is a…
Guest post by Esmeralda Castillo, District 3 representative of the San Antonio Youth Commission. On Oct. 3-5, 2017, I had the incredible opportunity to attend StriveTogether’s 2017 Cradle to Career Network Convening in Phoenix, Arizona, as the District 3 representative of the San Antonio Youth Commission (SAYC). Managed by the P16Plus Council of Greater Bexar…
Guest post by Brian Spicker, chief program officer at Valley of the Sun United Way. On behalf of my colleagues in Phoenix, Thriving Together would like to welcome community leaders from the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network who are attending the national convening in our community in October. We look forward to sharing our warm…