TRIO at Anderson and West Valley High Schools
This spring, the Rural Schools Collaborative Team, along with GRAD Partnership Intermediary North State Together (NST), had the opportunity to meet members of the TRIO leadership team working to build student success and connectedness at Anderson Union School District.
Read MoreTRIO at Anderson and West Valley High SchoolsCelebrating Progress and Partnership: Reflecting on the GRAD Partnership’s Student Success System Convening in Denver
This week, as schools across the nation celebrate teachers, we reflect on our most recent gathering of leaders from more than 20 districts that took place in Denver, Colorado. The energizing event put a spotlight on the tireless efforts of our educators and highlighted the transformative strides schools are making in building student support systems nationwide.
Read MoreCelebrating Progress and Partnership: Reflecting on the GRAD Partnership’s Student Success System Convening in DenverSpotlight School: Demopolis High School
Demopolis High School was chosen as the GRAD Partnership’s fifth spotlight school for its success in fostering student-centered mindsets as part of their implementation of a student success system.
Read MoreSpotlight School: Demopolis High SchoolFostering Meaningful Data Conversations to Support Student Success
Student success systems are a way of organizing a school community to better support the academic progress, college and career transitions, and academic well-being of all students. Holistic, real-time, actionable data is one of the four core components of such systems, yet school leaders and teachers can find data access difficult, data manipulation for visualization cumbersome, and facilitating data-based conversations daunting.
Read MoreFostering Meaningful Data Conversations to Support Student SuccessIndiana’s Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) is the GRAD Partnership’s Newest Intermediary
The GRAD Partnership is proud to announce Indiana’s Center for Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) as its newest Intermediary. CELL, which was founded in 2001, is affiliated with the University of Indianapolis, and it joins a growing coalition of organizational partners engaged in advancing student success systems throughout the nation.
Read MoreIndiana’s Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) is the GRAD Partnership’s Newest IntermediaryNational Survey Explores the School Connectedness of Learning Disabled Students
In an effort to shed more light on why students with disabilities graduate at lower rates, NCLD and WestEd are conducting a national study to explore the experiences of young adults with learning disabilities who either dropped out of high school or considered dropping out but went on to graduate.
Read MoreNational Survey Explores the School Connectedness of Learning Disabled StudentsConnecting with Community to Combat Chronic Absenteeism
Manzano High School's Family Resource Night is an inspiring example of how schools can create meaningful connections with families and communities to address chronic absenteeism.
Read MoreConnecting with Community to Combat Chronic AbsenteeismThe GRAD Partnership Welcomes Two New Intermediary Partners
Missouri State University’s Center for Rural Education and the Arizona Rural School Association (ARSA) join The University of West Alabama and California’s North State Together as part of the GRAD Partnership’s rural cohort Intermediaries, an initiative led in conjunction with the Rural Schools Collaborative.
Read MoreThe GRAD Partnership Welcomes Two New Intermediary PartnersSpotlight Intermediary: North State Together
The network of Northern California cradle-to-career organizations was chosen as a GRAD Partnership Spotlight for its efforts to help schools across the region implement student success systems to better support the academic progress, college and career transitions, and well-being of all students.
Read MoreSpotlight Intermediary: North State TogetherWhich communities? Using intentional parent engagement to ensure student success
Reflecting on another Black History Month, I am reminded of the many missed opportunities we’ve had to truly align our actions with our ideals. This includes the ideal of ensuring all students have the supports they need to succeed in school and graduate prepared for the future of their dreams. Yet it is clear that, at too many schools across the country, our usual actions fall short. What might it look like to do something different?
Read MoreWhich communities? Using intentional parent engagement to ensure student success