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The following blog post is written by Anthony Shoecraft, Community Engagement Manager with the Community Center for Education Results. The first Road Map Region Parent Forum was held on April 20 at Foster High School in Tukwila.  The inaugural theme … Continue reading

I just returned from the gathering in Washington, D.C., of all 16 national Race to the Top – District grantees. It was a very exciting convening, especially when U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke with us about how important our … Continue reading

On Dec. 13, we issued the 2012 Road Map Project Results Report. For the Community Center for Education Results team, this is our first attempt to report on how things are going relative to the Road Map Project Indicators of … Continue reading

I applaud the U.S. Department of Education for allowing local districts and consortiums of districts to join to compete for the new,  local version of Race to the Top. Here locally, we have already been working very hard as a … Continue reading

Hello, Road Map community! We proudly welcome you to the new Road Map Project website. We worked hard on this because you told us a better site would help us all more easily achieve collective impact. We hope you like … Continue reading

The Brookings Institution released an excellent piece of research Wednesday which shows the geography of the nation’s H1B visa activity. (Click here to read the report.) Not surprising to see that the Seattle metro area ranks very high. As we … Continue reading

School districts get a lot of criticism—some warranted and some not. However, I saw some things the other night that made me want to shout out with hope. It was a beautiful spring night, “The Mountain” was out, the rain … Continue reading

Too often organizations–big and small–don’t take the time to get crystal clear on their desired outcomes. They live with vague statements of aspiration and content themselves with carrying out their annual cycle of activities. They may or may not measure … Continue reading

History has been made today, great history that will benefit the children of our state–for generations. The Washington State Supreme court hit a home run of an opinion today when they essentially affirmed the strong lower court ruling by Judge … Continue reading

On December 13, 2011, we released the Road Map Project Baseline Report. Thank you to all who helped make this happen!! The Report presents the state of education in South King County and South Seattle. The data shows big challenges … Continue reading