Learning Stories

ROC the Future Alliance is building strong cross-sector and data-driven civic infrastructure in Rochester, New York and advancing better cradle-to-career outcomes.

Bold Goals Education Coalition worked with Birmingham City Schools and postsecondary partners to launch a high-dosage tutoring initiative to serve all 42 schools in the district.

In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Learn to Earn Dayton’s partner school districts, the Dayton Public Schools, provided direct interventions to improve proficiency in standardized test scores in an effort to bounce back from pandemic-related learning lags.

ImPACT East Idaho, housed in the United Way of Southeastern Idaho, is advancing better outcomes in kindergarten readiness by partnering with the “ReadTalkPlay: Every Day” initiative in American Falls.

Spartanburg Academic Movement is helping schools use data to reduce barriers to postsecondary enrollment by increasing FAFSA completion rates.

In Wisconsin, Higher Expectations for Racine County is increasing postsecondary graduation rates by creating a college-going culture.

The Commit Partnership is providing data support to school districts to drive increases in early grade reading.

Baltimore’s Promise is reconnecting youth to career and postsecondary opportunities through the Grads2Careers initiative, which creates immediate opportunities for occupational skills training for Baltimore City high school graduates.

StriveTogether network member, UP Partnership, leveraged civic infrastructure to propel the community into action and secure nearly $25 million in ARPA funding for youth-serving organizations and to support youth mental health.

Graduate Tacoma is working on improving postsecondary outcomes by addressing gaps in access to funding for postsecondary options, especially among families experiencing poverty.

Mission Promise Neighborhood recognizes the expertise of Latinx families and has created spaces for them to lead.

Baltimore’s Promise is shifting power to youth and residents to drive decisions about distributing resources.

UP Partnership’s research helped support a ballot initiative in the 2020 November election that will continue to provide $38 million in Pre-K funding.

UP Partnership collaborated with the Children’s Funding Project to develop a fiscal map to identify, track and analyze all funding sources for programs and services supporting children and youth across Bexar County.

With American Rescue Plan Act funds, Bridgeport Prospers expanded their home visiting services and developmental screenings for caregivers and families across the state.

Bridgeport Prospers advocated for their community and received the only community-based COVID-19 4-CT grant, which was directly invested into a low-income public housing community.

Learn to Earn Dayton used data to improve college enrollment and graduation rates, with policy changes at three local universities.

Graduate Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash., partners with the Tacoma Housing Authority around a somewhat unexpected goal for a housing agency: postsecondary success.

Higher Expectations for Racine County created a unique cross-sector partnership between city government and education advocates.

Thanks to efforts from Cradle to Career Cincinnati, Cincinnati is building out a shared data system for eviction prevention.