The Regional Learning Collaborative: Supporting Successful Transitions to and through College for All Students
Transition Programs for Children and Youth with Diverse Needs
ISBN: 978-1-80117-102-1, eISBN: 978-1-80117-101-4
Publication date: 17 January 2022
Abstract
This chapter recounts the story of the Regional Learning Collaborative (www.rlcollab.com) and its powerful positive impact, beginning in one urban region and expanding gradually. It first sets forth the challenges that gave birth to its vision. It introduces the intersegmental solutions and strategies innovated to address the challenges that thousands of students faced in advancing across the education transitions. The chapter next provides significant student achievement data in evidence of the Regional Learning Collaborative's proof of concept in supporting over one hundred thousand (113,000) primarily low-income and largely first-generation students to successfully transition across their academic and career pathways. Finally and importantly, the rigorous collaborative community approach and framework that continue to generate the Collaborative's equity outcomes are introduced and discussed.
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Acknowledgments
As founding Executive Director of the Regional Learning Collaborative, it has been my distinct pleasure to lead and facilitate the committed and courageous work of the Regional Learning Collaborative Partners – leaders, staff, and students from the pipeline School District and postsecondary colleges and universities, as well as, the office of the Mayor and regional education-focused organizations. I’d like to acknowledge also the dedicated and rigorous research, facilitation, and innovation of the Core Support Team of talented graduate students and professionals from Claremont Evaluation Center and Capacity To Impact, Inc. We are, all together, grateful for the powerful support of our funders and national partners, who have embraced our pioneering intersegmental work and continue to champion our innovative strategies for student success. In unity and partnership, Dr. Nazanin Zargarpour.
Citation
Zargarpour, N. and Warren, S.R. (2022), "The Regional Learning Collaborative: Supporting Successful Transitions to and through College for All Students", Scorgie, K. and Forlin, C. (Ed.) Transition Programs for Children and Youth with Diverse Needs (International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, Vol. 18), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-363620220000018013
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2022 Nazanin Zargarpour and Susan R. Warren. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited