HomeWork: Lessons Learned in the Home for Success in School & Life contains many resources, references, and web links embedded in the book. The references on this page include digital downloads of the forms used in the book as well as an expanded version of the Family Reading Resource Guides. The resources and are meant to […]

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Diplomas Now is a public-private partnership that helps some of America’s toughest middle and high schools ensure that their students graduate ready for college or career. Diplomas Now combines three major nonprofits, local school districts and funders, and is the first fully integrated approach that improves a school’s curriculum and instruction as it provides the right support […]

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Improving College Readiness for Historically Underserved Students: The Role of the District Office By Martha Abele Mac Iver, Douglas J. Mac Iver, and Emily Clark December 2017 Research on the role of institutions in influencing students’ readiness for college has so far focused primarily on the school level and the state policy context, with only little attention to […]

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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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These presentations deal with the link between poverty and students’ mental health and well-being.  The first presentation delves into how poverty is linked to different types of stress and trauma in children, how it can contribute to mental health issues among children, and how these mental health issues affect schools. The second presentation looks at […]

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It is a short drive or walk from The Inn at The Colonnade Baltimore to the School of Education. From School of Education North on Charles Street to W. University Parkway (0.7 mi.) Turn left onto W. University Parkway. The Inn at The Colonnade will be on the right-hand side (0.2 mi.) To the School […]

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HomeWork: Lessons Learned in the Home for Success in School and Life is written for professionals who work with parents and caregivers as a training resource to prepare them to perform successfully as their children’s primary teachers in the home. The book can be a viable reference for helping parents and caregivers become more competent, capable, […]

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The Everyone Graduates Center and Attendance Works are pleased to partner on Portraits of Change: Aligning School and Community Resources to Reduce Chronic Absence. More than seven million students nationwide are chronically absent from school – missing so much school, for any reason, that they are academically at risk. Starting as early as preschool and kindergarten, chronic absence […]

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The Cross State High School Collaborative Website Has Moved!     Please visit and bookmark our new address: www.hsredesign.org/  

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Richard Lofton, Jr.,  PhD, an assistant professor of education at the Center for Social Organization of Schools and Johns Hopkins University School of Education, is co-principal investigator for the national evaluation of the Student Success Mentor Initiative, which is funded by the Arnold Foundation. The initiative aims to reduce chronic absenteeism, develop caring relationships within schools […]

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