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Inside Philanthropy Last Tuesday, J.B. Pritzker sailed through his election to become the next governor of Illinois, a state teetering on the brink fiscal collapse. The state’s finances have led many to ask how Pritzker plans to implement an ambitious progressive agenda, which includes a path to universal preschool and a public option for healthcare,…
Dayton Business Journal A local organization has fully implemented its new effort to close the educational achievement gap in Montgomery County with its Equity Fellows program. Each Equity Fellow will serve as “agents of change” to promote the visibility of under-represented children in the local school systems. Read more
Spartanburg Herald-Journal Spartanburg School District 7 Superintendent Russell Booker was installed this month as the newest member of StriveTogether’s board of directors. Read more
The New York Times Not long ago, in Spartanburg, S.C., I visited the offices of something called the Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM). The walls were lined with charts measuring things like kindergarten readiness, third-grade reading scores and postsecondary enrollment. Around the table was just about anybody in town who might touch a child’s life. There…
Standford Social Innovation Review As more cross-sector collaborations gain traction, we must understand what it takes to keep them running over the long term and ensure that progress continues despite changes in leadership. Read more
EdSource Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, California’s likely next governor, is calling for an all-out assault to change the state’s educational outcomes, one that starts before birth and extends through school, college and into the workplace. Read more
Chalkbeat Why are some students consistently absent? That’s the question more than 30 local school leaders were trying to answer when they gathered last week around tables in a sunlit conference room in Memphis. Read more
Inside Philanthropy The Ballmer Group is behind a new $20 million challenge grant program from StriveTogether to use data to promote policy and system change in communities across the country with the intention of bettering student outcomes.Read more
Kenosha News Building Our Future in Kenosha County will be one of several organizations receiving funds from StriveTogether in order to improve student outcomes. The Wisconsin Partnership, which includes Building Our Future, Milwaukee Succeeds, Higher Expectations for Racine County, and Achieve Brown County, has received nearly $350,000 from StriveTogether, a national nonprofit working to bring…
The Journal Times Higher Expectations for Racine County is launching an initiative to help local single mothers gain sustaining employment, while also preparing their children for academic success. Higher Expectations, an organization with the mission of establishing a fully capable and employed Racine County workforce, will fund the initiative with an up to $500,000-per-year, three-year…
The Cincinnati Enquirer Let me explain how former Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is connected to a lady who is in the first trimester of her pregnancy in Cincinnati but hasn’t seen a medical provider yet. Ballmer Group, the philanthropy co-founded by civic activist Connie Ballmer and Steve Ballmer, has placed its substantial backing…
Milwaukee Courier Earlier this week, the Wisconsin Partnership announced that StriveTogether awarded them approximately $350,000 in grant money. The partnership, which consists of Milwaukee Succeeds, Higher Expectations for Racine County, Achieve Brown County, Building Our Future and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said they plan to put the grant towards testing, learning and spreading strategies that…