Ready By 21
Getting Children Ready for College, Work and Life
Research shows that as many as one-third of America’s high school students fail to graduate on time and that only one-third of all graduating seniors are actually ready for college, post-secondary training or employment. These failure rates are unacceptable, but they are not intractable. The comprehensive challenges facing young people can be understood and addressed.
The Forum for Youth Investment and AASA have come together in partnership to bring schools and communities together to build a common vision and improve programs and increase coordination. Read more about this National Ready by 21™ Partnership.
What's New?
Join us in Phoenix - National Conference on Education Thought Leaders Session:
Ready by 21 - Creating Catalytic Partnerships for Student Success, Thursday, Feb. 11, 10 a.m.
Join Karen Pittman, president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, and Daniel Domenech, executive director of AASA, for an engaging conversation on how school leaders can use the Ready by 21 approach to change the odds for children by changing the way we operate in partnership with other stakeholders. Only four in 10 young adults are doing well; that is, they are productive, healthy and connected to community. Improving the quality of schooling is critical. But school improvement strategies alone cannot close achievement gaps in the absence of larger efforts to address achievement-related social and economic disadvantage. Ensuring that all young people not only graduate from high school, but graduate ready for college, work and life requires the development of broad cradle-to-career partnerships that assume responsibility for bolder goals, implement bolder strategies and, most importantly, collect and use broader data to track student progress and school and community performance.
More Ready by 21 at NCE - Participate in a Ready by 21 Focus Group or Visit AASA's Exhibit Wellness to Learn More!
Please join your colleagues in a focus group discussion about partnerships and the barriers to collaboration. Your input will inform AASA’s youth-related strategies and allow us to continue to represent the perspectives, concerns, and needs of school systems leaders.
Participants will be entered into a drawing for a ticket to the Dr. Effie H. Jones luncheon on Saturday, February 13, featuring Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund and a drawing for a copy of her latest book, The Sea Is so Wide and My Boat Is so Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation. Light refreshments will be provided.
There are three opoortunities to participate - all will be held in the Sheraton Arcadia Ballroom:
Wednesday, February 10, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 11, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Superintendents and Asst. Superintendents welcome
Friday, February 12, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Superintendents and Asst. Superintendents from Regions 4 and 5 welcome
In the Exhibit Hall, visit AASA's Exhbit Wellness for more information on Ready by 21!
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AASA and Ready by 21
AASA has joined the Ready by 21 national partnership because the mission of the partnership is so closely related to AASA's work. Ready by 21 is committed to building community partnerships that support children from birth to adulthood, in-school and out-of-school. AASA's organization-wide focus is on "Educating the Total Child" which encourages the coordinated delivery of education, health and child development services. Ready by 21 and AASA share a holistic vision of supports for children that will ensure increased engagement, development and success for youth and families.
Staff Contact:
Bryan Joffe
703-875-0769
bjoffe@aasa.org