Striving together : early lessons in achieving collective impact in education / Jeff Edmondson and Nancy L. Zimpher ; foreword by Ben Hecht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edmondson, Jeff, 1966- author.

Zimpher, Nancy L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Origins and Organizational Development

A Cincinnati Story

Paving the Way for Quality Replication

Striving for Quality and Commitment

Cradle-to-Career Case Studies

Portland

Bridging Richmond

Seattle/South King County

Houston

Creating a Community of Practice

Lessons from Winning Big and Failing Forward

Striving Together

Funding to Support the Backbone Entity in Collective Impact Efforts

Published Reports That Discuss the StrivePartnership and StriveTogether

Additional Resources

StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network Members

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438456065

1438456069