This year’s Summit featured a presentation highlighting the work of two GRAD Partnership intermediary organizations implementing student success systems in rural contexts.
At Globe High School in Arizona, a new GRAD Partnership school, history is still alive and being created every day. Cross-posted from Rural Schools Collaborative April 17, 2025 Located about two hours east of Phoenix lies the scenic town of…
Ten schools in the Ozarks received a grant for GRAD Partnership from the Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC) to implement student-success systems and participate in the rural portion of a national project.
A big round of congratulations are in order for the GRAD Partnership’s first spotlight school – Southeast Lauderdale High School – who have recently seen their efforts to support student success systems pay off in a big way.
The GRAD Partnership recently checked in with Noel Crum to learn about what led to his school’s decision to work with BARR, and what impact that the work has had on its students.
Recently, the Rural Schools Collaborative Team, along with GRAD Partnership Intermediary North State Together (NST) had the opportunity to meet members of the leadership team working to improve student success and connectedness at Tulelake Basin High School in Tulelake, CA. Their efforts were led by Tara Wright-Baley, the school counselor and a former graduate of Tulelake herself.
This spring, the Rural Schools Collaborative Team, along with GRAD Partnership Intermediary North State Together (NST), had the opportunity to meet members of the TRIO leadership team working to build student success and connectedness at Anderson Union School District.
Demopolis High School was chosen as the GRAD Partnership’s fifth spotlight school for its success in fostering student-centered mindsets as part of their implementation of a student success system.
Missouri State University’s Center for Rural Education and the Arizona Rural School Association (ARSA) join The University of West Alabama and California’s North State Together as part of the GRAD Partnership’s rural cohort Intermediaries, an initiative led in conjunction with the Rural Schools Collaborative.
The network of Northern California cradle-to-career organizations was chosen as a GRAD Partnership Spotlight for its efforts to help schools across the region implement student success systems to better support the academic progress, college and career transitions, and well-being of all students.