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Skills for Secondary School Success Discovery Session
On December 10, 2025 the Everyone Graduates Center hosted a discovery session on how Skills for Secondary School Success can help students thrive—in school, at work, and in life. This engaging virtual session explored the free, evidence-based program.
2nd Virtual Innovations in School Redesign Seminar
Keeping Student Voices at the Center of School Redesign On December 9, 2025 the Everyone Graduates Center hosted the second virtual Innovations in School Redesign seminar, sponsored in collaboration with the GRAD Partnership. The seminar featured practitioners sharing groundbreaking work around one of the essential drivers of successful school redesign as identified by Cross States […]
EGC Hosts 3rd Career Focus Task Group
Members of the Everyone Graduates Center Career Focus Task Force had their third virtual meeting on December 2, 2025. Guiding questions were asked and discussed around: Measuring and Evaluating Student Outcomes in Career Readiness Programs. The discussions were guided by three questions: Download the Event Presentation (PDF) All4Ed Preparing High School Students for Careers Advance […]
NEW Report from EGC
Crisis and Opportunity: The Role of Place and Policy in the Pandemic’s Impact on Students with Disabilities Graduation Rates Over the past four decades, significant legislative strides such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) have aimed to guarantee students with disabilities (SWD) access to free and appropriate public education (FAPE). In the 2022-2023 […]
OpEd: Tutors/Mentors Supporting Students
Robert Balfanz wrote an OpEd piece for The74 that New Survey Shows 440,000 More Tutors, Mentors Supporting Students – But It’s Not Enough From tutoring to mental health to wraparound services, more schools are supporting students but still can’t meet all the needs. Five years after the height of the pandemic, students are still experiencing […]
OTCS: Highlights from New Mexico
On November 13, 2025 educators and students from New Mexico shared how they are bringing the On Track to Career Success (OTCS) framework to life. In partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, schools across New Mexico have participated in the OTCS project, customizing and implementing the framework, which is designed to guide high school […]
New Report from Everyone Graduates Center
The Everyone Graduates Center and the Partnership for Student Success (PSS) are excited to announce the publication of a new report, Are K-12 Students Getting the Evidence-Based Supports They Need? Progress and Challenges Four Years After the Pandemic. The report, authored by Dr. Robert Balfanz and Vaughan Byrnes of the Everyone Graduates Center at the Johns Hopkins University […]
EGC Hosts 2nd Career Focus Task Group
On October 28, 2025 the Everyone Graduates Center hosted the second virtual gathering of national educators to examine nonprofit, business, and community engagement. The discussions were guided by three questions: Presenters Download the Event Presentation (PDF) Download Lighthouse Community Public Schools Presentation (PDF) Community Engaging Families Around CTE https://careertech.org/what-we-do/case-making-communications/engage-families-learners/ Community Schools https://communityschools.futureforlearning.org/ Employer Engagement https://careertech.org/resource-center/topics/employer-engagement/ […]
Introducing Skills for Secondary School Success
Skills for Secondary School Success is a free, evidence-based, classroom-ready program designed to help young people strengthen the skills they need to meet academic and social challenges in school and beyond. Developed by Johns Hopkins University education researchers with federal support and years of input from classroom teachers, Skills for Secondary School Success helps students build […]
OTCS Participation Feedback Results
On Track to Career Success has prepared The On Track to Career Success Participation Feedback Results. It reports the key insights on how the OTCS partnership impacted students in New Mexico. The objective is to understand the experiences and the impact of participation, providing insights that will guide the evolution of the framework and its […]
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Skills for Secondary School Success Discovery Session
On December 10, 2025...
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2nd Virtual Innovations in School Redesign Seminar
Keeping Student Voices at the Center of School...
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EGC Hosts 3rd Career Focus Task Group
Members of the Everyone...
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NEW Report from EGC
Crisis and Opportunity: The Role of Place...
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OpEd: Tutors/Mentors Supporting Students
Robert Balfanz wrote an...
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