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'Cradle-To-Career' Success and the 'Vaccine to Poverty'

The final Askwith Education Forum of the 2023–24 academic year at Harvard Graduate School of Education served as a powerful call for action and hope in academic reform around the United States. “Cradle-to-Career Pathways Supporting Social and Economic Mobility,” featured the leaders of organizations working to change educational systems to better provide pathways to equity, upward mobility, educational attainment, and civic engagement.
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Sonali Nijhawan

Sonali Nijhawan has committed her life’s work to developing service leaders and growing national service programs. Most recently, Sonali developed and led Stockton Service Corps (SSC) as Executive Director of a 6-year, $12M first-of-its-kind place-based service initiative launched by Mayor Michael Tubbs to address Stockton’s most critical needs by activating evidence-based national service programs. Sonali began her career in public service in her hometown of Chicago, where she served as an AmeriCorps Member with City Year Chicago. Inspired by the students, families, and the AmeriCorps
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Building Strong, Sustainable Backbone Leadership: A Field Study of Cross-Sector Collaborative Organizations

Through extensive interviews with leaders in the field about their experiences and reflections on the demands of their positions, this field study fills a gap in information about, and understanding of, what backbone leaders need in terms of competencies and skills as well as supports to effectively carry out these pivotal roles. This field study provides: An overview of the competencies that leaders considered of greatest importance for ensuring strong, sustainable backbone structures. A review of the supports that already exist for backbone leaders in developing these competencies
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Building Strong, Sustainable Backbone Leadership: A Field Study of Cross-Sector Collaborative Organizations (Executive Summary)

This is the executive summary to the full brief. Through extensive interviews with leaders in the field about their experiences and reflections on the demands of their positions, this field study fills a gap in information about, and understanding of, what backbone leaders need in terms of competencies and skills as well as supports to effectively carry out these pivotal roles. Access the executive summary here and the full report.
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Superintendent coalition aims to strengthen whole child supports

The Place-Based Education Leaders Design Fellowship, launched by the Harlem Children's Zone in partnership with EdRedesign and Chiefs for Change, recently held its first convening to learn more about strengthening neighborhood-based “cradle-to-career” services in under-resourced communities. Specifically, the group is focusing on lifting the barriers of intergenerational poverty and gaps in wraparound services. Representing a million students across 19 school districts, the inaugural cohort seeks to improve neighborhood-based “cradle-to-career” services.
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Leading Through Partnership: How MEDA Built a Community-Driven Prenatal-to-Career Model

This webinar features highlights of EdRedesign's case study, “When Families Thrive, Children Succeed”: How the Mission Economic Development Agency Created a Transformational Prenatal-to-Career Model , and a panel discussion with MEDA leaders who partnered with community residents and community-based organizations to create the Mission Promise Neighborhood. The session showcases MEDA’s innovative, community-centered approach, shares how leaders of place-based partnerships can address challenges and make difficult decisions, and offers insights into forging strong, mutually beneficial cross
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By All Means Senior Fellows Cross-Sector Leadership Series: Reimagining Cradle-to-Career Solutions through Service

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Join us for a discussion on the role of national service as a cross-cutting strategy to advance cradle-to-career place-based solutions for youth and families. We'll explore how communities can leverage innovative AmeriCorps partnerships to address critical needs and create service-to-career talent pipelines for the next generation of civic leaders. This session will be led by Sonali Nijhawan, Director of AmeriCorps State and National & EdRedesign By All Means Senior Fellow, and moderated by Rob Watson, Deputy Director of EdRedesign and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of
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