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Spotlight 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.

Fostering 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.

Indiana’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.

National 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.

Connecting 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.

The 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.

Spotlight 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.

Which 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?

Building Trust: A Critical Element of Student Success Teams – Experiences of Three High School Principals in Chicago

A recent CoP session focused on the importance of trust building as teams use data to collaborate and improve experiences and outcomes for students. The event featured a trio of successful Chicago public high school principals, who were each asked, “What recommendations do you have for other principals on how to foster trust within student success teams?”

Student Success Systems Will Be Integral to New White House Student Achievement Agenda

In great news for students and schools, the Biden-Harris Administration recently announced its Improving Student Achievement Agenda for 2024. The four core components of student success systems offer a robust roadmap for the initiative’s goal of increasing attendance.