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Care.com Imagine three children come to a table to have lunch. One child is seated and ready to eat. Another child is also seated, but their chair is unstable, and they worry it might break. The other child has no seat at all. Now, imagine the table represents the classroom, and lunch represents the educational…
Thrive Global There is no going back on our racial and ethnic equity journey as a country. We must use this crisis as an opportunity to deeply understand the history and legacy of systemic racism, colonization and xenophobia — especially how racist institutions, policies, practices, ideas and behaviors give an unjust amount of resources, rights and power…
Authority Magazine I am optimistic that we can solve the challenges that America is experiencing. This is because real change happens at the local level, not at the federal level, and I know so many local leaders are working to create new systems that produce more equitable outcomes for children and families. Local communities can…
The Nonprofit Times Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) will receive a $26-million commitment through The Audacious Project to inject vital resources into six communities nationwide that have historically faced neglect and disinvestment as part of its response to COVID-19. Read more
Cinncinnati Enquirer The COVID-19 crisis demands leadership at its best and women are answering the call in Cincinnati and Ohio. Women everywhere have the opportunity to step up and lead in their neighborhoods and communities. No act of empathy, kindness or leadership is too small or too large in a time like this. Read more
CINCINNATI, OH, and WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) and StriveTogether are launching an Early Learning Nation cohort of six communities working to improve outcomes for every child during the first five years of life. These communities join a growing network of Early Learning Communities throughout the U.S., all committed…
Tes Ed Vainker started a high-achieving free school in a deprived area of London from scratch. “I believe in social justice,” he tells Tes. “That’s why we’re here.” Read more
The New York Times When Building Our Future began in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, in 2016, one of the first goals the nonprofit set in the area of early learning was increasing the rate of developmental screenings being conducted. And in 2018, almost twice as many young children were screened with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3…
Dayton Daily News Sinclair Community College worked with two local organizations to re-enroll adult students who previously dropped out of college. The school partnered with Learn to Earn Dayton and the non-profit StrivePartnership Cincinnati to bring back 430 adult students. The students re-enrolled at Sinclair for the 2020 spring semester. Read more
The Hechinger Report Among other things, the boosters who pitched international companies to come and do business in this port city promised that its high quality of education would guarantee a steady supply of skilled employees. Then a local education foundation discovered that those high school graduation rates were based on a formula that made…
Richmond Register Partners for Education, of Berea College, is partnering with StriveTogether, Save The Children and the Annie E. Casey Foundation to try to improve outcomes for children in Rural America with a plan titled The Rural Accelerator Initiative. “We fundamentally refuse to settle for a world where a child’s potential is dictated by race,…
UTSA Today Researchers in the UTSA College of Public Policy, assistant professor of social work Jelena Todic and criminal justice lecturer and restorative justice coordinator Robert Rico are joining forces with Up Partnership and three local school districts in a collaborative applied research project to rethink discipline in San Antonio schools. Read more
