Early Warning Indicator and Intervention Systems (EWS) are an evolving strategic response to one of our nation’s most pressing challenges: enabling all students to stay on track to graduate from high school ready for college and career. In an era of data-driven education reform, EWS are at the cutting edge. Their rapid development is a […]

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Insights from a Pandemic: Reflections from the On Track to Career Success Project After extensive planning and work building multiple partnerships, the On Track to Career Success (OTCS) project was launched in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and New Orleans, Louisiana in early 2020. The OTCS project works with partner schools and communities to create a framework […]

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To increase the percentage of students who graduate, educators need to know the “warning signs” that will alert them to students who are falling off the pathway to graduation.  Interventions can be tailored to address the particular problem that is keeping students from staying on-track. The idea behind early indicators analytics work is simple but […]

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Season three of Designing Education Podcast series, hosted by Robert Balfanz, will focus on exploring student success systems, the next generation of early warning, on-track, and multi-tiered system of supports, which aim to integrate and increase the impact of existing student support efforts. In the first episode of our third season, Dr. Saashya Rodrigo, Principal […]

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An all-in effort to help students recover from the impacts of the pandemic and thrive Baltimore, MD (July 5, 2022) – A diverse group of public and non-profit organizations are announcing their support for the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS), a coordinated, research-based, locally-driven, all-in effort to help all students recover from the impacts […]

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3 strategies to boost graduation and postsecondary success by Robert Balfanz

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Connecting Social-Emotional Development, Academic Achievement, and On-Track Outcomes: A Multi-District Study of Grades 3 to 10 Students Supported by City Year AmeriCorps Members May 20, 2020By Robert Balfanz and Vaughan Byrnes There is a growing understanding that an integrated approach to social, emotional, and academic development provides the best path toward ensuring all students graduate […]

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Report tracking Boston Public Schools students finds high GPA, MassCore curriculum and attendance are predictors of success after graduation. The latest report, College, Career and Life Readiness: A Look at High School Indicators of Post-Secondary Outcomes in Boston, by Robert Blafanz and Vaughan Byrnes in partnership with the Boston Opportunity Agenda and Boston Public Schools, […]

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Education released new data to reflect the latest high school graduation rates.  The national rate has reached 84.1 percent for 2016, up from 83.2 percent in 2015. The four organizations leading the GradNation campaign to raise the high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020 – the Alliance for Excellent Education, America’s Promise […]

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  PRINCIPALS CALLS April 13, 2017 11:00am or 5:30pm EST RSVP HERE May 11, 2017 11:00am or 5:30pm EST RSVP HERE June 8, 2017 11:00am or 5:30pm EST RSVP HERE ALL DISTRICT CAPTAINS CALLS May 4, 2017 5:30pm EST RSVP HERE June 1, 2017 5:30pm EST RSVP HERE COHORT 2 DISTRICT CAPTAIN CALLS April 18, […]

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