For students, the first day of school is rarely just another day. It’s the culmination of a summer filled with emotions — anticipation, uncertainty, hope. Students walk through school doors wondering: “Will I succeed here — not just academically, but socially, emotionally, and in preparing for my future?” The post New Year, Fresh Start appeared first on The GRAD Partnership.| The GRAD Partnership
Student engagement is one of the most powerful predictors of academic success. When students are engaged, they show up, think critically, and feel connected to their learning environment. But engagement isn’t just about paying attention in class—it’s a multidimensional concept that includes how students behave, think, and feel.| The GRAD Partnership
I’m understanding what transformation of the education system looks like and see a future where children like my grandsons can thrive in school. Listening to these teachers, I believe transformation happens when it's led by educators who refuse to accept that disengagement is inevitable.| The GRAD Partnership
Creating the conditions for student support systems to flourish requires intentionality not just at individual schools or local school districts but at the state policy level as well. The post State Leaders Can Be Powerful Advocates for Student Success appeared first on The GRAD Partnership.| The GRAD Partnership
Students with disabilities are twice as likely to drop out of high school compared to their non-disabled peers, but it doesn’t have to be this way. This is why the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) proudly represents the disability voice as one of the twelve organizing partners in the GRAD Partnership’s mission to improve high school graduation rates and postsecondary pathways across the nation.| The GRAD Partnership
Spotlights are national examples of how to implement and sustain one or more of the components of student success systems. By participating in ongoing awareness and outreach efforts, spotlights play a vital role in advancing the mission of the GRAD Partnership to bring student success systems to all schools and districts.| The GRAD Partnership
Intermediaries play an important role in scaling student success systems. Different kinds of organizations can serve as Intermediaries, including nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups, higher education centers, and school districts.| The GRAD Partnership
Partnering with communities to use high-quality student success systems so that schools are empowered to graduate all students ready for the future.| The GRAD Partnership
When we signed on as an Intermediary partner with the GRAD Partnership - an initiative housed in Johns Hopkins University’s Everyone Graduates Center - my professional excitement was matched only by my personal investment in this work. As President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, I've spent years witnessing the power of collective impact to transform systems. As the grandmother and guardian of two teenage boys navigating high school in a post-pandemic world, I've e...| The GRAD Partnership
CORE Districts' top three recommendations for displaying data to empower action at various levels of the education system.| The GRAD Partnership
In our fast-paced world of education, it's easy to rush from task to task without pausing to ask ourselves a critical question: What are we learning from our experiences? In our April community of practice session, we explored how intentional reflection can be a powerful driver of growth for ourselves, our teams, and ultimately our students. The post Slowing Down to Move Forward: The Power of Reflection in Our Work appeared first on The GRAD Partnership.| The GRAD Partnership
This year’s National on Improvement in Education Summit featured a presentation highlighting the work of two GRAD Partnership Intermediary organizations implementing student success systems in rural contexts.| The GRAD Partnership
Rural Schools Collaborative and GRAD Partnership Intermediary Arizona Rural Schools Association visited Globe High School (GHS) in early 2025 to it's launch as one of 50 rural schools across the country joining the GRAD Partnership for Student Success.| The GRAD Partnership
Last month, over 100 educators came together to learn, collaborate and inspire each other during the GRAD Partnership’s National Student Support Systems Convening. Over the course of two days, participants shared lessons, strategies and goals with the collective aim of building high-quality student success systems across the nation.| The GRAD Partnership
Southeast Lauderdale High School, one of ten GRAD Partnership schools in the UWA Intermediary cohort, recently saw its growth awarded with an ‘A’ rating.| The GRAD Partnership
Student success systems are a way of organizing a school community to better support the academic progress, career and college transitions, and well-being of all students.| The GRAD Partnership
A shift must occur within the education system to ensure all students with disabilities receive adequate academic, behavioral, and emotional support on their path to graduation and beyond. The first step in this process is ensuring a supportive framework is in place to track student progress, use data and student assets to target gaps, and individualize support as needed. A comprehensive supportive framework ensures all students can access quality high-school course content in an enviro...| The GRAD Partnership
Assistant Superintendent Noel Crum shares what led to Johnson Central High School's decision to work with BARR to implement a student success system, and what impact that the work has had on its students.| The GRAD Partnership
