To give states the information they need to sustain hard-fought education reform policy changes effectively, Achieve, funded by the GE Foundation, conducted research on state education reforms that have been sustained successfully for over a decade...
This is the video of a plenary session that took place at the 2009 American Diploma Project Network Leadership Team Meeting on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. "Holding the Line: Maintaining College- and Career-Ready Graduation Requirements in the Face of...
This is the video of the morning plenary session at the 2009 American Diploma Project Network Leadership Team Meeting that took place on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. "Delivering the ADP Agenda: How to Ensure More Students Graduate College- and Career-...
Each year, on the anniversary of the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve releases a 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers. Closing the Expectations Gap, 2010 is...
This plenary session took place at the ADP Leadership Team Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia on Sept. 1, 2010. Juliet García, Chancellor, University of Texas at Brownsville William Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland Jamie Merisotis,...
This plenary session took place at the ADP Leadership Team Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia on Sept. 2, 2010. It featured: Michael Casserly, Executive Director, The Council of Great City Schools Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust Carmel...
This document seeks to lay out the key steps states should take as they develop or refine their own communications and outreach strategies, with a specific focus on strategies aligned to support the policies of the college- and career-ready agenda.
Communicating clearly, frequently and with consistency is key to sustaining a successful college- and career-ready agenda in your state. Regardless of what your state has done so far to communicate about the college- and career-ready agenda, it is...
A strategic communications plan should always include an assessment that identifies your key audiences and gauges their awareness of and support for your reform efforts. This piece is essential for your college- and career-ready communications and...
This communications and outreach plan template aims to lay out the major issues for consideration in the planning of a communications strategy. You may find all of it useful – or only certain elements – and it was designed to be used flexibly, so...
