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In today’s competitive economy, the value of a diploma cannot be overstated. Yet when only seven in 10 ninth-graders complete high school on time and a child is kicked out or drops out of high school every 26 seconds, it’s clear there’s an epidemic keeping our youth from realizing their dreams. In Sundance Channel’s Dream School, […]

Building upon its work in Ohio, Arizona, and New York, ACS adds ECIC to their growing national early childhood portfolio with the State of Michigan. ACS is spearheading a communication research effort on behalf of Michigan’s early childhood state agency – Great Start. The results will lead to building a strategy and messages related to […]

Lori McClung’s presentation will provide attendees with tools they can use to successfully integrate communication into a statewide early childhood system-building effort and emphasizing that while it’s not always easy, when done right, smart communication strategies and tactics can be the difference between victory and failure! The BUILD Initiative helps states develop an early childhood system – […]

Identifying the right childcare or preschool provider can be incredibly stressful for parents. It’s a decision that helps to lay the groundwork for a child’s future success. In Arizona, ACS client First Things First (FTF) has just launched a new website, QualityFirstAZ.com, to help parents identify what quality care looks like and find a quality child […]

“High school freshmen will soon start their high school careers without knowing what test – or tests – they will have to pass to graduate. Graduation testing in Ohio is in an odd state of limbo, with the old Ohio Graduation Test about to end, and a new series of tests coming soon that multiple […]

“Just weeks before Ohio children return to school, conservative lawmakers introduced a last-minute bill yesterday to block new and more-rigorous curriculum guidelines championed by governors and education leaders. Opponents of the Common Core standards hope to throw the brakes on what they fear is a federal takeover of education.”

ACS client, Every Child Succeeds is front-page news regarding their national model to reduce infant mortality—data show that Every Child Succeeds has dropped infant mortality rate evenly across racial lines to 4.7 per 1,000 births! Read more below and click on the link to view the entire in-depth story. “What’s the best way to reduce […]

Via The Ohio 8 Coalition, ACS client, Cincinnati Public Schools’ innovative model for turning schoolhouses into Community Learning Centers has earned the district a National Community School Award for Excellence by the National Coalition for Community Schools.

ACS Client, The Ohio 8 Coalition, includes the State’s largest urban school districts — Akron, Canton, Columbus, Toledo, Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland and Youngstown. The Akron Beacon Journal article below found that students from these districts were 3.3 times more likely to be hit by a vehicle than in surrounding suburban districts because the state offers […]

Great work is only half of an organization’s success; the other half is sharing the story. That’s why the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority recently hired ACS to help boost its communications muscle. ACS will provide the Port with a new set of messages that clearly demonstrate its value to turn the surrounding community and residents […]