October 26, 2025
Erin Zimmerman, education initiative manager at the United Way of Larimer County, Colorado, eloquently defined “collective impact” in a column in the Business Section of Wednesday’s Fort Collins Gazette: “Collective impact begins with setting an overall community goal and working backward to achieve it,” she wrote. This realistic approach mentioned by Zimmerman is a point [...]
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October 4, 2025
Strive and the Promise Neighborhoods Institute have recently released a white paper on strategies for aligning these two education efforts in communities across the country. The paper explores the similarities and differences between these two initiatives, offers a visualization of what alignment could look like, outlines the potential benefits for both efforts, and then delves into [...]
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