Meet the head who built a school for social justice
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
Pre-to-3: Coalitions in 6 states join growing ‘Early Learning Nation’
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…
Sinclair re-enrolls 400 students who previously dropped out
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
Where education systems stumble, grassroots groups step in to raise success rates
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…
StriveTogether awards Opportunity Fund grants to help communities get better results for kids
Four partnerships selected in Northfield, Salt Lake City, San Antonio and Seattle CINCINNATI, OH — StriveTogether, a national network working to bring communities together around data to make decisions and improve results for kids, today announced more awardees for its Opportunity Fund grant program. The four grantee communities are Northfield, Minn.; Salt Lake City, Utah;…
National education policy leader and Teach Plus President and CEO Roberto J. Rodríguez joins StriveTogether board of directors
CINCINNATI, OH – StriveTogether welcomes a new board member who brings extensive experience and expertise in championing education policy and innovation. Roberto J. Rodríguez, president and CEO of Teach Plus, joins the board in January. “StriveTogether has the simple belief that every child deserves every opportunity to succeed,” said Danae D. Davis, board chair and…
Berea College helps to fight disparities in rural America
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,…
Researchers, nonprofit rethink discipline in schools
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
A public-private path toward better education: A truly remarkable tale
Forbes Someone might want to write a book about Spartanburg, S.C. As an innovative city, it seems to be ahead of most other American towns. A quarter century ago, it partnered with BMW to create 11,000 new jobs at the automaker’s state-of-the-art BMW manufacturing plant, which transformed the region’s economy from textiles, tobacco and tourism…
How SCOE, Stanislaus Community Foundation are teaming to make young kids ‘Ready!’
The Modesto Bee Mini construction workers, tiny first responders and junior engineers were running around with abandon last summer at the Head Start preschool at Modesto Junior College. The preschoolers were unaware of the attention focused on them and their future careers by team members of StanReady!, a program designed to ensure that every Stanislaus…
National partnership tackles disparities in rural America
Save the Children, StriveTogether, Partners for Education at Berea College and the Annie E. Casey Foundation focus on improving outcomes for children through $1.2 million Rural Accelerator Initiative Save the Children, which works in rural communities across the United States where child poverty rates are high and resources are low, has joined forces with StriveTogether,…
Agencies aim to work better together to help rural children
U.S. News & World Report In Cocke County, Tennessee, Kathy Holt is meeting with parents, day care providers and others to spread the word about what children need to know to be ready for kindergarten. The former educator is among a group of leaders in three Appalachian communities chosen to try a new approach to…