- December 3, 2025
Join the Policy Committee's quarterly meeting on December 3, 2025, 9:30–11 a.m....
Save the date for our 13th annual conference on Thursday, February 26, 2026. Our one-day event will return to Moraine Valley Community College in Palos...
ACCELERATING EQUITABLE SUCCESS Celebrating our tenth anniversary to advance equitable postsecondary attainment across Illinois. The 2023 conference of the Illinois Education and Career Success Network...
Since the Network’s inception, a core tenet has been to focus on opportunities for learning and sharing across communities, which includes our annual conference. “The...
The 2019 conference featured many dynamic speakers from Illinois and across the country. Our engaging keynote speakers, Vela Institute, provided an interactive session on how...
Equity, innovation and scaling impact emphasized at 5th Annual Conference Jocelyn Sharif has been interested in cooking since she was a young child watching the...
Thank you to the presenters, attendees, sponsors, and staff! Conference Materials 60 by 25 – The State We’re InGinger Ostro, Executive Director, Advance Illinois Opportunity...
Thank you to the presenters, attendees, sponsors, and staff! Conference Materials Education is Everyone’s Business: Engaging Business to Build a Community Learning SystemJack Hess, Institute...
Since the formation of the Workforce Education Committee, Vermilion County has taken bold steps to enhance Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and expand work-based...
Driven by input from local educators and businesses, the Regional Career Connections calendar was created to better link Southern Illinois students with local career opportunities....
All Rockford Public Schools (RPS) high school students benefit from small learning communities called Academies. Within the Academies, students choose from career pathways that allow...
Prospect High School students Molly Beyna, Lexi Kuzak and Neve Pomis recently pitched their product, Shimmer Shield, to a panel of investor judges. The panel...
Whiteside Area Career Center (WACC) is off to its strongest start yet with 727 students enrolled this year. Several programs—including Welding & Manufacturing, Allied Health,...
Approximately two dozen paraprofessionals from school districts throughout Northwest Illinois will soon enroll in Northern Illinois University’s LEAP (Licensed Educator Accelerated Pathway) program, which will...
Sauk Valley Community College is excited to announce that dual credit enrollment has increased by 14.8% in headcount this fall, and all of its public...
Lake County Tech Campus expanded its commitment to high-quality work-based learning in the 2025 school year through its Give Me TEN + TECH50 initiative, and the results...
This summer, Grayslake Community High School District 127 brought the future of manufacturing to life for students across Lake County with three dynamic camps that...
In mid-September 2025, the Greater Freeport Partnership and Highland Community College Career Services co-hosted an HR Roundtable for local employers to discuss Gen Z in...
The Student Advisory Council convened for the first meeting of the 2025–26 school year to explore the ISAC student portal and the Success Network Dashboard.
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This spring and summer, representatives from our Leadership Communities gathered to discuss how they use data to inform their work, engage with recent data to...
In this meeting, Student Advisory Council members discussed their experiences at the 2025 Success Network conference and heard from SAC alumni on college readiness and...
The Success Network Organizers are thrilled to welcome Chicago Southland Collaborative for Education as our newest Leadership Community. The regional team, led by Prairie State...
The Success Network Organizers are thrilled to welcome Highland Region Pathways to Success as our newest Leadership Community. The regional team, led by Highland Community...
At our first convening of the 2024–25 school year, the Student Advisory Council (SAC) members participated in small group workshops focused on college and career...
