Sharing lessons from P-16
As a leader in promoting a P-16 approach that connects the education experience throughout life, KnowledgeWorks Foundation has been committed to gathering and sharing information about how communities can come together in a P-16 effort and how such efforts are evolving.
P-16 in action
Convergence as Strategy and as Model by Dennis McGrath, Ph.D.
This report identifies an emerging P-16 model of “convergence” that integrates educational reform and economic development. This trend, developing in communities throughout Ohio, is a strategic approach that forms networks of organizations linked by bonds of collaboration and interdependent action towards:
- pursuing a comprehensive vision of local and regional development
- maximizing resources by aligning and coordinating programs
- using data to set priorities
- bringing promising initiatives to scale
- A lead institution acts as a champion in forming and guiding comprehensive and coordinated efforts.
- Education reform efforts are connected with local economic development.
- Efforts involve partners from K-12 and higher education, business, government, nonprofits, faith, and community organizations.
- The sites leverage local resources to maximize their impact, and bolster these networks by taking a collaborative approach to new funding.
- Convergence incubates innovative programs and brings them to scale.
- Data is used strategically as a stimulus to action, to benchmark progress, for goal setting, for evaluation and assessment, and to establish credibility.
The trend toward convergence can be seen in four P-16 efforts in Ohio. Distinctive aspects common across the four initiatives include:
Launching Comprehensive Education Reform for the New Century Workforce by Hal A. Lawson & Dawn Anderson-Butcher
This report profiles five P-16 councils in Ohio, examining each site’s start-up and launching phase. It documents what it takes to move a local/regional P-16 council from the drawing board into the world of local practice.