Blog: Mind the Gaps

This summer we took my daughter, Ayanna, to a pre-college program at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City to continue her career exploration journey. While she’s engaged in broader career exploration programming before, this was an...

You get a policy! And you get a policy! Everyone gets a policy! Please tell me you got this reference to Oprah’s iconic “Everyone gets a car!” moment. I’m sorry to tell you that I have zero cars for you,...

Over the past few months, ESG has tested out a new approach to user-centered design: putting the process of creating tools and resources in the hands of those who will use them.  From the start of the Accelerate ED initiative...

2025 marked a year of profound change to the national education system. The redistribution of key Department of Education functions to different federal agencies has been described as an effort to give greater agency and more resources back to states....

This is the third post in our “Building Gateways Through Admissions Redesign” series. Please make sure to also check out our recent spotlights on Washington and Tennessee.

From Policy to Possibility: Building Pathways That Work Welcome to the Pathways to Purpose series, where we explore the unique pathways that have brought our talented team members to Education Strategy Group. Each post will delve into the experiences, challenges,...

Interviewing Heather Justice, Leslie Sale and Caroline Turner

From Policy to Possibility: Building Pathways That Work Welcome to the Pathways to Purpose series, where we explore the unique pathways that have brought our talented team members to Education Strategy Group. Each post will delve into the experiences, challenges,...

From Curiosity to Change: Leading through Learning  Welcome to the Pathways to Purpose series, where we explore the unique pathways that have brought our talented team members to Education Strategy Group. Each post will delve into the experiences, challenges, and...

Co-author: Dany Rossman   There is a growing demand for career-connected learning in high school; students and their families want authentic experiences that will help them to determine which courses and offerings, when combined together, offer the best path to...

Earlier this month we hosted the first of a series of conversations to showcase how states and systems across the country are grappling with some serious issues plaguing higher education in the U.S., specifically: The demographic cliff that is forcing...

Co-authored by Adam Lowe Over 200 local, state, and national leaders in the Accelerate ED community gathered in Denver in March to showcase and advance innovative high school-to-college pathways programs. Practitioners from three dozen school districts, community colleges, intermediary organizations...