Inside Philanthropy Since retiring as CEO of Microsoft a few years ago, Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, started engaging in large-scale philanthropy, including a youth-focused donor group called Blue Meridian, a grant to the Children’s Bureau of Southern California and an investment to the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network. Read more
Tulsa World While educational achievement gaps between socioeconomic and racial groups continue to persist, Tulsa-area students are showing progress, particularly in reading proficiency and post-secondary opportunities, according to a report released Thursday. The ImpactTulsa 2016 Community Impact Report shows recent trends in kindergarten reading readiness, third-grade reading proficiency, middle school mathematics, high school graduation and…
Urban Milwaukee For the second year in a row, community organizations and programs including Milwaukee Succeeds received a historic level of funding from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. Milwaukee Succeeds also has been selected for StriveTogether’s Accelerator Fund initiative. Read more
StriveTogether chooses second set of partnerships for Cradle to Career Accelerator Fund Cincinnati, Ohio — Five communities across the country will expedite their progress toward better educational outcomes for all kids by joining a learning network run by national education-focused network StriveTogether. The communities belong to the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network and were selected…
StriveTogether, Tableau Foundation team up again to help partnerships close achievement gaps Cincinnati, Ohio — StriveTogether has selected 17 communities from its Cradle to Career Network for the second year of its data analytics fellowship program with Tableau Foundation. The fellowship will help these communities more effectively view, analyze and share local education data to…
StriveTogether Network members’ efforts ensure every child in region gets strong start Cincinnati, Ohio — Families in two Ohio cities will have more access to high-quality early childhood education, thanks in great part to StrivePartnership in Cincinnati and Learn to Earn Dayton. Issue 44 in Cincinnati and Issue 9 in Dayton are ballot initiatives whose…
Cradle to Career Champion Award recognizes dedication to student success Cincinnati, Ohio — Because of their constant commitment to make Red Wing, Minn., a better place for kids, Scott and Anne Jones are this year’s Cradle to Career Champions. At its annual Cradle to Career Network Convening in Memphis, StriveTogether today announced the Joneses as…
StriveTogether designates StrivePartnership in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky the first cradle-to-career partnership to demonstrably improve outcomes and change systems Cincinnati, Ohio — Ten years of community-wide collaboration have paid off for students in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. After a decade of bringing together cross-sector partners to improve academic outcomes from cradle to career, nearly 80…
Collective impact partnerships from across the country gather in Memphis for StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network Convening this week Cincinnati, Ohio — This year, 246 more San Antonio, Texas, students completed their FAFSA than in 2015, thanks to help from P16Plus Council of Greater Bexar County. In Tulsa, Okla., college-going seniors accessed $740,000 in additional…
StriveTogether chooses participants for eight-month Tableau Software training cohort Cincinnati, Ohio — School districts, non-profit education organizations and collective impact partnerships rely on data to uncover achievement gaps and identify effective programs that improve student outcomes. But making sense of thousands of data points and sharing them in a way that encourages people to take…
Cradle to Career Champion Award recognizes dedication to student success Cincinnati, Ohio — As a constant advocate for change, StrivePartnership Executive Director Greg Landsman is this year’s Cradle to Career Champion. At its annual convening in Minneapolis, StriveTogether today announced Landsman as the 2015 Bill Henningsgaard Cradle to Career Champion Award recipient. In Cincinnati and…
Cradle-to-career partnerships from across nation gather in Minneapolis for StriveTogether Network convening this week Cincinnati, Ohio — Leaders throughout Memphis, Tenn., are helping students complete their FAFSA forms to increase the total number of college attendees in the region. School officials and community leaders in Austin, Texas, are using community and family engagement to boost…