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National Partnership for Student Success Celebration and RAND Release Event
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 […]
2nd Annual National School Redesign Showcase
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, […]
Grad Nation Stanford Social Innovation Review Fall 2024 Article
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 […]
Designing Education S3, E5 Empowering and Learning from Rural Schools: Innovative Solutions for Student Success
In this episode of Designing Education, we welcome Taylor McCabe-Juhnke, Executive Director of the Rural Schools Collaborative, to discuss the work they are doing to bring student success systems to rural schools across the nation. With one in four of our nation’s students attending rural schools, it’s crucial that these often-overlooked communities are included in […]
Designing Education S3, E3 Diving Deep into the Four Components of a Student Success System
In the third episode of season three, Tara Madden, Chief Program Officer of Talent Development Secondary, joins Dr. Robert Balfanz to discuss the four essential components of a student success system: a focus on building relationships; holistic data and predictive indicators; a response system informed by students, teachers, and families; and a shared set of […]
Designing Education Podcast: Season 3, Episode 2 Providing Students the Support They Need in Postpandemic Times
The GRAD Partnership and Student Success Systems In the second episode of season three, Patricia Balana, Managing Director of the GRAD Partnership, joins Dr. Robert Balfanz to discuss how and why nine organizations came together to form the GRAD Partnership. The coalition is a national initiative that partners with communities to implement high-quality student success systems […]
National School Redesign Showcase Coming on May 9, 2024
Now more than ever, it’s clear that our current educational system was not designed to provide pathways to life success for ALL of our young people. School redesign affords educators the opportunity to co-create a space where all want to be – adults and students alike – elevating the insights of teachers, students, and families […]
Designing Education Season 3, Episode 1 Building Success Systems for Students with Learning Disabilities
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 […]
Designing Education Podcast, S2, Ep 8: A Place Where Everyone Wants to Be
In Season 2, Episode 8, Sofia Russo, Principal of High School for Media and Communications located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City joins Robert Balfanz for a conversation about what is possible when school leaders, teachers, students, families and community members are given opportunities to engage in school redesign. With just a little support […]
U.S. Department of Education issues a new call to action
We are excited to share that the U.S. Department of Education has published a Dear Colleague Letter calling upon Institutions of Higher Education to increase the number of their students involved in supporting local P-12 students and communities in an effort to further aid pandemic educational recovery.
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