Schools Implementing Student Success Systems Outperform the Nation in Reducing Chronic Absenteeism During 2022–23, the GRAD Partnership began working with schools across the country to implement student success systems in order to meet persistent challenges like record high chronic absenteeism and widening disconnections between families and schools. Student success systems were developed in partnership with over 300 […]
Chronic Absenteeism Rates Interactive Map Chronic absence, defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, is a proven early warning sign of academic risk for students from preschool through high school. A school’s chronic absence rate is the percentage of students who have missed that much school. Chronic absence data should […]
This Playbook is designed primarily for secondary schools and their community organizations, higher education peers, and workforce partners. Our hope is that the Playbook serves as a practical and applicable resource for most types of school settings, including those that serve students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. The Playbook is the result of engaging students and […]
“People First, Students Second”: Considerations for Building Trusting Relationships Between Educational Professionals and Adolescents in Schools by Tarsha I. Herelle, Martha Abele MacIver, and Mariko Yoshisato Cavey Students’ relationships with adults in educational environments require careful consideration from researchers and practitioners as we seek to improve educational outcomes, particularly for those who have been historically […]
Ready to transform your approach to improvement work in your school? The GRAD Partnership announces their 2025 Community of Practice Learning Series. This four-part interactive learning series is designed to help you harness the power of data, elevate student voices, and implement meaningful, student-centered strategies to improve student success in your school. This isn’t just […]
This paper highlights: • The three elements of the OTCS framework that have guided collaborations with school partners: This paper will be of value to educators, funders interested in systemic educational reform, workforce providers, researchers, higher education leaders, and other community-based partners. The OTCS project involves systems change work that usually starts with policy makers, […]
This report released in November 2024 authored by Marcia H. Davis, Juan B. Cortes, Rachel E. Durham, and Francesca Gamber, overviews trends in ninth grade success and graduation for first-time high school students in Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS). Our focus on ninth grade derives from the abundance of research which indicates that the ninth […]
On October 10, 2024 Dr. Robert Balfanz was at the White House with National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) to share key findings of the 2023-2024 NPSS student support survey of school principals, fielded by the RAND corporation and to share an update about the progress towards the President’s goal of 250,000 additional adults in […]
We are inviting student-educator design teams from middle and high schools to participate in the 2nd Annual National School Redesign Showcase. Join us in a national movement to reimagine schools as spaces where everyone wants to be and lead to a bright future for all students. Places where each individual is able to enjoy agency, […]
A 20-year campaign to address America’s high school dropout crisis produced unprecedented gains in graduation rates nationwide. Can lessons from this campaign help the nation cross this elusive threshold and inspire action on other social issues? This article written by Robert Balfanz and John Bridgeland for the Fall 2024 Stanford Social Innovation Review details the […]
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