United Way of Southeastern Idaho receives $150,000 grant
Local News 8 The United Way of Southeastern Idaho received a $150,000 grant from StriveTogether, which will be put to use on the organization’s cradle-to-career program. Read more
StriveTogether awards up to $7 million in grants for communities to improve results at major milestones in kids’ lives
21 cradle-to-career partnerships will advance equity and spread bold strategies to help children and families access opportunity and move up the economic ladder CINCINNATI, OH — StriveTogether, a national nonprofit working to bring communities together around data to make decisions and improve results for kids, today announced the second set of awardees for its Cradle to…
James Bell and Tony Pipa join StriveTogether board of directors
CINCINNATI, OH — StriveTogether welcomes two new board members who bring extensive experience and expertise in championing social justice and advancing inclusive economic development. James Bell, founding president of the W. Haywood Burns Institute, and Tony Pipa, a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution, join the board in…
Elevating community authority in collective impact
Stanford Social Innovation Review To achieve greater equity, we must yield to the decision-making authority of the communities we seek to help. StrivePartnership and other partnerships in the StriveTogether national network are enhancing collective impact to integrate and elevate the expertise and authority of those closest to the problems we’re trying to solve. Read more
Graduate School of Education forum panel talks improving childhood education outcomes
The Harvard Crimson The Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Askwith Forum hosted a public panel, “Improving Outcomes for Children Through Collaborative Action,” about applying strategies to accelerate positive and equitable outcomes for youth education on Thursday evening. Read more
Billionaires vs. poverty: Behind a push to use data to boost economic opportunity in cities
Inside Philanthropy The philanthropies of several of the country’s wealthiest people are teaming up to push cities to take a data-driven approach to bringing economic opportunity to struggling residents. Read more
Philanthropist turned governor: What can J.B. Pritzker do to expand opportunity in Illinois?
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,…
Learn to Earn Dayton rolls out ‘Equity Fellows’ program in local schools
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
District 7′s Booker appointed to national StriveTogether board
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
Longtime education leader in Spartanburg County announced as board member for national nonprofit StriveTogether
Spartanburg School District 7 Superintendent Dr. Russell Booker joins organization’s board CINCINNATI, OH — StriveTogether, a national nonprofit working to bring communities together around data to make decisions and improve results for kids, today announced Dr. Russell Booker has been elected to serve on its board of directors. Booker, superintendent of Spartanburg School District 7…
A really good thing happening in America
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…
Sustaining collaborative action
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