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Strong School-Community Partnerships Benefit Everyone
Prior to opening Marysville Early College High School, Principal Kathy McKinniss thought about community partnerships as a one-way assist, a...
There is No One-Size-Fits-All for School Communication
Guest post by Mary Tighe How do you engage an audience around a goal? How do you convince them to...
Creating Personalized, Community-Oriented Learning Pathways
At KnowledgeWorks, we work to foster meaningful personalized learning for all young people to help them prepare for college, career,...
Afterschool Programs Help Foster Future Readiness
Discussions of college and career readiness and personalized learning often focus primarily on the learning that happens in school. While...
Topics: Community Partnerships, Education Policy, ESSA, Future of Learning
Six Ways to Maximize Your School Partnerships
Strong learning communities are made up of more than just a school, its staff and students. Rather, they pull from...
Giving Students Voice: Making sure students are part of the collective impact movement
By Marina Hopkins. StrivePartnership, a subsidiary of KnowledgeWorks, was founded on the idea that the effect of many working together...
Topics: Community Partnerships
Post-Election Ways to Stay Involved: Seven tips to help keep students in your community a priority
Guest post by Mary Tighe Just because election season is behind us doesn’t mean that there aren’t ways for you...
Real-World Learning Experiences as Preparation for Future Careers
A work study program placement with StrivePartnership is teaching DePaul Cristo Rey High School student Ryan Johnson real-world skills.
Topics: Community Partnerships
Education Takeaways from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Visit to Cincinnati
Award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke at Xavier University in Cincinnati recently. Here are some education takeaways from his...
The Power of Partnerships: Four examples of school districts successfully partnering with local community organizations and businesses
Read four examples of school districts successfully partnering with local community organizations & businesses to the benefit of both students...
Topics: Community Partnerships
The Future is Brighter for Students in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati, voters passed Issue 44, which will expand access to two years of quality preschool throughout Cincinnati Public Schools.
Topics: Community Partnerships
Planning for the Future in Pittsburgh: Localizing the Future Forecast 4.0
Remake Learning recently collaborated with KnowledgeWorks on the creation of a map exploring the future of learning in the Pittsburgh...
Exploring the Future of Learning with Students in Pittsburgh
The KnowledgeWorks team worked with The Remake Learning Council and Youth Leading Change in Pittsburgh to explore the future of...
Video: Exploring the Future of Learning with Students
We worked with The Remake Learning Council and Youth Leading Change in Pittsburgh to explore the future of learning with...
ESSA and Opportunities for Communities
At the 2016 StriveTogether National Convening, Anne Olson and Lillian Pace led a session on the role of community liaisons...
Five Steps to Reimagine Your Learning System
Virgel Hammonds, Chief Learning Officer for KnowledgeWorks, shares five step to reimagine your education system and move towards competency-based education.
Topics: Community Partnerships
A Powerful Collaboration for Cincinnati’s Children
The Preschool Promise will be a historic, transformational opportunity for children and high-quality child care in Cincinnati.
Topics: Community Partnerships
No such thing as one-size-fits-all: Personalizing learning needs to be local
Every classroom, school, district and community has unique needs that should be considered when building personalized learning environments for students.
Discussing ESSA and Personalized Learning on EduTalk Radio
Matt Williams and Lillian Pace were interviewed on Education Talk Radio, where they shared insight into the future of ESSA...
Five Ways to Engage Partners in Your Community to Help Improve Academic Success
Change is in the air. And the community. And the schools. Welcome to Marion, Ohio! The mission of Marion City...
Talking Early College, Education Transformation and Hero Teachers #ECWeek16
Matt Williams shares takeaways from the Experience Conference, which range from discussions of early college, school transformation & the hero...
Topics: Community Partnerships, Early College High School, Education Policy, ESSA
I’m a Social Innovation Portfolio Director. What’s Your Role in #FutureED?
What role could you play in #FutureEd? Katie King took our career quiz and found out she would be a...
I might be a “Pop-Up Reality Producer” in #FutureEd. What about you?
Katherine Prince took the VibrantED.org quiz to find out what role she could play in the future of learning. What...