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...
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...
We’re excited to announce our newest Student Advisory Council (SAC) members who will be joining the council for school year 2024–25. The goal of the...
In this meeting, Student Advisory Council members reviewed the SAC/CTSO session of the Success Network conference and then heard from the XQ Institute on its...
Register now for the Q3 convening as we discuss emerging education and career policy efforts. Education, workforce, community-based organizations, advocacy groups, and state agency stakeholders...
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...
The Trade Collective, a non-profit organization based in Evanston that connects high school students to careers in the skilled workforce, held its inaugural Skilled Trades...
In April 2025, K-12 school representatives and business partners from across the Highland Region Pathways to Success Leadership Community convened at Highland Community College to...
Freeport High School, the Greater Freeport Partnership, and the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship introduced the CEO program for Freeport High School students to the regional...
Highland Region Pathways to Success districts Freeport CUSD 145 and Oregon CUSD 220 were well represented at the Illinois State Board of Education’s Those Who...
The National Manufacturing Day Grand Finale event, held on April 25 at Sauk Valley Community College, was a great success, with six area high schools...
On May 20, 2025, the Whiteside Area Career Center (WACC) proudly hosted its Work-Based Learning Signing Day, recognizing an exceptional group of students who turned...
Stocks surged, headlines broke, and 90 high school students raced to outsmart the market. With every tick of the clock, profits were made or lost,...
In May, members of the NCI/Starved Rock Region Leadership Community team met with the new Director of the LaSalle Peru Area Career Center and the...
For over a decade, Vienna High School has had multiple students who have marched to pomp and circumstance back-to-back. Class of 2025 seniors Ethyn Bradley...
