Close

Not a member yet? Register now and get started.

lock and key

Sign in to your account.

Account Login

Forgot your password?

Joanna H. Fox

Joanna Hornig Fox was the Deputy Director, Everyone Graduates Center (EGC), School of Education, Johns Hopkins University.  Her interests included research, policy and practice at the state, district, school and community levels, and network and capacity-building.  She co-directed EGC’s Bill & Melinda Gates’ Foundation-funded Pathways to Adult Success initiative, which with educators from 27 states developed a system of strategies from late elementary advancing more students’ preparation, access, enrollment and persistence in postsecondary.  Previously she was field director for an Institute of Education Sciences funded effort involving 20 of Alabama’s lowest performing schools.  Students in the critical ninth grade year were supported with a system of promotion coaches and teams focused on data and interventions.  Fox also was southern regional director for Johns’ Hopkins Talent Development Secondary initiative, building capacity among district leaders, principals, and school leadership teams to effectively implement that school reform model. This followed efforts as director of the Urban Network, Southern Regional Education Board, with 80 high schools, and similar work in the District of Columbia.

Fox was also experienced in design and development of large-scale business/university/district/school partnerships; building and leading a statewide math and science summer internship program for teachers through Georgia Institute of Technology and organizing other STEM professional development.  Early on, she spent 10 years as a community activist focused on transportation, zoning and land use as Atlanta grew from a sleepy southern town to a magnet city.  Fox co‐authored Grad Nation: Progress and Challenges for six years, as well as Graduating America; Grad Nation: A Guidebook, and was lead co‐author for On Track for Success. She presented at national and regional conferences, and held a B.A. cum laude in biology from Harvard‐Radcliffe Colleges, Harvard University.

Early Intervention Drives Graduation Success

Early Intervention Drives Graduation Success

The path to dropout starts early. So the earlier a struggling student is identified, ideally ...

More Information...
Grad Nation Community Guidebook provides roadmap for communities and states

Grad Nation Community Guidebook provides roadmap for communities and states

America’s Promise Alliance (America’s Promise) has updated the Grad Nation Community Guidebook, a research-based toolkit ...

More Information...
2013 Building a Grad Nation Report

2013 Building a Grad Nation Report

This fourth annual update on America’s high school dropout crisis shows that for the first ...

More Information...
2012 Building a Grad Nation Report

2012 Building a Grad Nation Report

Although some states and school districts show that the dropout crisis can be solved, other ...

More Information...
On Track for Success: The Use of Early Warning Indicator and Intervention Systems to Build a Grad Nation

On Track for Success: The Use of Early Warning Indicator and Intervention Systems to Build a Grad Nation

Early Warning Indicator and Intervention Systems (EWS) are an evolving strategic response to one of ...

More Information...
2011 Building a Grad Nation Report

2011 Building a Grad Nation Report

We are now able to report that from 2008 to 2009 (the most current data ...

More Information...
2010 Building a Grad Nation Report: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic

2010 Building a Grad Nation Report: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic

The central message of this report is that some states and school districts are raising ...

More Information...
The Promise of New Mexico’s Youth

The Promise of New Mexico’s Youth

Lieutenant Governor’s Statewide Graduation Summit | September 10, 2009 Las Cruces, New Mexico What’s unique about New ...

More Information...
Graduating America: Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools

Graduating America: Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools

This report is  a collaboration between the Everyone Graduates Center and Jobs for the Future. [ribbon]Summary[/ribbon] While ...

More Information...