The Power of Partnerships

Some problems are simply too complex to solve with any single approach. Consider the fact that in the United States, a million students drop out of high school each year. To begin to turn back that trend, we need to work on several fronts — assist vulnerable families when children are infants, improve classrooms from preschool through high school, provide after-school supports and college access assistance, tackle the issue of summer-learning loss and get much smarter about addressing students’ social and emotional needs at every stage. In the words of Clay Shirky: "Nothing will work, but everything might."

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The answer: By getting the right people together.

By DAVID BORNSTEIN

Full Story: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/the-power-of-partnerships/

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(Many thanks to Geoff Badenoch for passing this along.)