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In addition to our current partnerships, ConnectED has seen a dramatic increase in virtual users. There are several regions around the country where there is high traffic visitation to our website. Over the last year we saw a 100 percent increase in website traffic. More than 800,000 people viewed a video in our Day at Work series. During COVID, we also were able to continue one of our signature services, experiential site visits, hosting with Porterville Unified School District a virtual two-day visit attended by more than 300 participants.
We are more committed than ever to our partners and the thousands of young people they serve. Together we are seeing dramatic improvements in a range of student outcomes including high school credits earned, on-time grade-to-grade transition, dual enrollment college credits completed, and high school graduation. As we look ahead, ConnectED is eager to expand our reach, engage new partners, and increase the numbers of young people who participate in college and career pathways. We hope that you will join us and support our efforts to ensure every young person is on an exciting educational path to thrive in college, career, and life.
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Giving Tuesday: November 22
Over the last year we saw a 100 percent increase in website traffic. More than 800,000 people viewed a video in our Day at Work series…
ConnectED Annual Report
ConnectED is thrilled to release our Annual Report 2021. During the past fifteen years, ConnectED has worked in 12 states serving more than 40 school districts, over 300 high schools, more than 1,000 pathways, and over 85,000 students. Our Annual Report spotlights three of those communities: Porterville, North Kansas City, and Gallup. As in all […]
Grateful For Our Teachers
Colleagues, A week ago, my wife was sitting quietly on the back porch of her daughter’s duplex. There is a high school just down the street. She could hear the celebratory sounds of graduation, and she began to cry. In a normal year, these would have been tears of joy, but this night she could […]
Interdisciplinary Education: Literature Review and Landscape Analysis
Ideas around interdisciplinary education have been in play for longer than some of us might realize. If you are interested in learning more about what the literature has to say about interdisciplinary education, and curious about the landscape of this work, give this report a read! Related to project-based learning, interdisciplinary education can create more […]
Virtual Den for Deeper Learning 2022
Based on the work that ConnectED and Envision Learning Partners are doing to support mathematics initiatives in several districts we were invited to host a Virtual Den talk for Deeper Learning 2022. We gathered a group of passionate and knowledgeable educators with diverse perspectives and experience to tackle some big ideas in the field of […]
Notes from the Field – Challenger Middle School
At ConnectED we recognize that there is a well-documented and persistent relationship between success in 9thgrade mathematics, Algebra I or equivalent, and success accessing and persisting in post-secondary learning. Meaning also that those students who struggle in Algebra I are less likely to graduate high school, less likely to enter post-secondary learning, and less likely […]
ConnectED Revises Key Resources for Undertaking Systemic Change
Implementing a cross-district system of high-quality college and career pathways requires across-the-board participation and support. ConnectED’s approach to pathway implementation recognizes and facilitates the interdependent connections between the levels of the education ecosystem: Community, District, Site, Pathway, and Classroom. The Graduate Profile provides a through line helping to align and clarify the outcomes across all […]
JD Hoye Joins ConnectED’s Board
We are thrilled to announce that JD Hoye has joined ConnectED’s Board. JD is the former Chief Executive Officer of NAF and a current member of the NAF Board of Directors. With a deep commitment to preparing students for college and meaningful careers, JD has worked at both the grassroots and the highest levels of […]
Story Telling Through Animation
Recently a former ConnectED Board member introduced us to Ron Diamond, CEO of The Animation Show of Shows, Inc. Through this non-profit, Ron curates and releases some of the best animated short films created by students and professionals around the world. The films appear in his annual programs at universities and colleges from Harvard […]
ConnectED Receives Grants from Gates Foundation to Launch Illustrative Math Initiatives
ConnectED has been awarded two major grants from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to use the Illustrative Math curriculum to help teachers raise the proficiency in mathematics of both middle school and high school students. One of these grants, in partnership with Oakland Unified School District, focuses on Algebra 1, which is one of […]