Striving together : early lessons in achieving collective impact in education /
Jeff Edmondson and Nancy L. Zimpher ; foreword by Ben Hecht.
- Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Origins and Organizational Development""; ""Chapter 1. A Cincinnati Story""; ""A New Kind of Collaboration""; ""Michael Graham echoed this sentiment:""; ""A New Way of Doing Business""; ""Articulating a Shared Cradle-to-Career Vision""; ""The Way Forward: Launching the StrivePartnership""; ""Building a Cradle-to-Career Civic Infrastructure""; ""Chapter 2. Paving the Way for Quality Replication: A Framework for Cradle-to-Career Civic Infrastructure""; ""Pillar I: Shared Community Vision"" ""Pillar II: Evidence-Based Decision Making""""Pillar III: Collaborative Action""; ""Pillar IV: Investment and Sustainability""; ""Cross-Sector Engagement and Accountability""; ""Cradle-to-Career Vision and Scope""; ""Strategic Communications""; ""Community-Level Outcomes""; ""The community report card""; ""Data Collection and Sharing""; ""Capacity to Analyze Data""; ""Selecting Priority Outcomes""; ""Collaborative Action Networks""; ""Continuous Improvement Process""; ""Mobilizing Resources for Impact""; ""Anchor Entity and Staffing""; ""Policy and Advocacy Alignment"" ""Taking the Cradle-to-Career Framework to Scale""""Chapter 3. Striving for Quality and Commitment: A Theory of Action""; ""Forming a National Intermediary""; ""A New Group of Champions""; ""Steps toward a Theory of Action""; ""Developing the Theory of Change""; ""A Step Closer: The Progress Assessment Tool""; ""Putting a Stake in the Ground: The Theory of Action""; ""The four underlying principles of the Theory of Action""; ""The Gateways of the Theory of Action""; ""Part II. Cradle-to-Career Case Studies""; ""Chapter 4. Portland: All Hands Raised""; ""The Lay of the Land"" ""A Higher Ed Partner""""Gaining Focus, Getting Started""; ""The Work Begins""; ""The Data Tell the Story""; ""The Learning Laboratory: Ninth Grade Counts""; ""Funding and Financial Support""; ""All Hands Raised Partnership Today""; ""Chapter 5. Bridging Richmond""; ""A Region in Transition""; ""Economics Meet Education""; ""Getting Started""; ""A High-Profile, Fragile Start""; ""Leadership and Organizing Framework for Bridging Richmond""; ""Action Teams Structure""; ""Bridging Richmond�s Aspirational Goals"" ""Goal 1: Every child will be prepared for school through high-quality early childhood education.""""Goal 2: Every child will be supported inside and outside of school.""; ""Goal 3: Every child will succeed academically.""; ""Goal 4: Every young person will complete some form of postsecondary education.""; ""The Promise Neighborhood as a Community of Practice""; ""Support for Bridging Richmond""; ""A Fresh Start""; ""Chapter 6. Seattle/South King County: The Road Map Project""; ""The Backbone Organization and Project Champion""; ""A Collective Effort Takes Shape""
In 2006, Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky had been suffering from many of the same challenges facing metro regions across the country. Despite significant investments in education from the public and private sectors, outcomes were alarming: Kindergarten readiness was below fifty percent, and nearly half of the students in the Cincinnati Public Schools were dropping out before high school graduation. Fortunately, a diverse group of community leaders across sectors was exploring a transformative approach to improving education as a system. This gathering of leaders was the genesis of the StrivePartnership, which served as the inspiration for the theory of collective impact. Together, these partners are building a cradle-to-career civic infrastructure based on the idea that everyone in a community has a stake in the success of every child. This book chronicles the early stages of this ongoing journey from the perspective of the founding chair and director of this work, drawing upon lessons from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky and four other pioneering local partnerships. The experiences captured in these five regions helped lay the foundation for the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, a national community of practice on the cutting edge of social change.
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Community and school--United States--Case studies. School improvement programs--United States--Case studies. Educational accountability--United States--Case studies.