Partners

Organizing Partners

Sparking a Movement

The GRAD Partnership is a collaborative effort of twelve national education organizations coming together to advance student success. Our work represents the culmination of more than a decade of research and efforts to develop and validate student success systems.

American Institutes for Research

BARR Center

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

CORE Districts

Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Education

Latinos in Action

National Center for Learning Disabilities

Network for College Success, University of Chicago

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RISE Network

Rural Schools Collaborative

Schott Foundation for Public Education

Talent Development Secondary

Intermediaries

Catalysts for Student Success

The GRAD Partnership Intermediaries serve as catalysts for the implementation of sustainable student success systems in local schools and districts. Their deep regional connections make them well-positioned to adapt student success systems to the unique needs of their communities. Learn more about becoming an Intermediary here.

Arizona Rural Schools Association (ARSA)

Center for Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) at the University of Indianapolis

Center for Reimagining Rural Education at The University of West Alabama

Center for Rural Education at Missouri State University

City Year Tulsa

Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque

North State Together

OnTrack Greenville

Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)

Rural Education Institute at East Carolina University

The Urban Assembly

United Way Northeast Florida

Communicating Partners

Helping to Spread the Word

We are grateful for the national and regional organizations who support our messaging and advocacy efforts, disseminate information across their networks, and partner with us on conferences and a range of other national and regional events. Contact us to learn more about becoming a communicating partner.

AASA The School Superintendents Association

Attendance Works

Children Now

CIVIC

Coalition on Adult Basic Education

Colorado Youth for a Change

Data Quality Campaign

Education Resource Strategies

Education Strategy Group

Florida Association of School Administrators

National Association of State Boards of Education

National Education Association

National Education Equity Lab

National Rural Education Association

United Way North Central New Mexico

Advisory Board

The GRAD Partnership has a diverse and deeply experienced Advisory board, comprising practitioners, education leaders, and researchers. The Board play a vital role in augmenting and lifting up best practices and serving as primary advocates for the GRAD Partnership.

Edward Anderson

Executive Director, OnTrack Greenville

Kaaren Andrews

National Director, Center for High School Success

Catalina Cifuentes

Executive Director, Riverside County Office of Education

Mark Dunetz

President, New Vision for Public Schools

Zakiya Smith Ellis

Principal, Education Counsel, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Carla Gay

Executive Director, Innovation and Partnership, Gresham-Barlow School District

Elizabeth Kirby

Superintendent, Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District

Risa Sackman

Director U.S. Education, FHI 360

Candace Standberry-Robertson

Director of College and Career Strategy, Orleans Parish School Board

Amy Szymanski

Secondary Transition and Workforce Development, Ohio Statewide Specialist, State Support Team #1

Daniel Velasco

CEO, Ensemble Learning