At ESG, we believe in the power of education to lift both individuals và communities to lớn greater opportunity, economic mobility, and prosperity. Education leaders và advocates have a responsibility khổng lồ ensure that education creates the conditions for a more just and equitable society. We are doubling down on our commitment lớn drive sầu quality education and training opportunities to lớn those who have been traditionally underserved.
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Diversity is our strength. As a team, we embrace a svào commitment to lớn diversity, equity, inclusion, và ongoing learning. We will not relent in our pursuit of social justice và a level playing field for students who have been underserved due lớn their race, ethnithành phố, gender, or socioeconomic background.
Impacting Equity Through Our Work
The issue areas at the core of ESG’s mission have a direct impact on educational và economic equity. We focus our activities, technical assistance, và thought leadership on addressing these major challenges facing students of color and from low socioeconomic backgrounds.
1. Attainment: Recognizing that postsecondary credentials are increasingly essential for success in today’s economy, most states have set ambitious higher education attainment goals. These goals cannot be met—nor will a state’s economy be successful in the long term— without intentional efforts to cthảm bại longstanding gaps in postsecondary attainment that harm people of color & from low socioeconomic backgrounds. We work with state and institutional leaders to develop and implement strategies that increase rates of attainment for these students.
2. Access to Quality Pathways: While possessing a postsecondary degree or credential is crucial for long-term economic mobility, it’s even more important khổng lồ possess a credential that holds value in the labor market. Too often, people of color, women, and those from low-income backgrounds are disproportionately placed in pathways that lead khổng lồ low-value credentials, leaving them saddled with debt và diminished employment opportunities. We support systems and states in their efforts to lớn build more robust pathways that enable students to earn in-demvà credentials and successfully transition inlớn the workforce.
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3. Transition points: The road to lớn economic mobility begins long before college graduation. Currently, too many students of color and from low socioeconomic backgrounds are left behind at key transition points in their K-12 education. At more than 7,000 high schools across the U.S., these individuals have less than a 50 percent chance of enrolling in higher education directly after high school graduation. Our work is focused on developing & scaling strategies khổng lồ tư vấn students through key transition points from middle and high school khổng lồ and through postsecondary education, including targeted efforts to lớn help students of color & from low-income families succeed.
4. Data transparency: Educators, policymakers, và other leaders need good data lớn inform effective decisionmaking and to direct energy và resources where they’re needed most. Without timely, accurate, disaggregated data, we cannot hope to lớn underst& the equity problems we face — let alone solve them. We tư vấn states, districts, and partners in developing data capacity và implementing best data practices in their efforts to cthua trận gaps & better tư vấn underserved students.
5. Diverse leadership: Closing equity gaps requires sustained leadership and input from diverse communities. Representative voices—particularly in leadership roles—matter for progress. We are committed to building the capađô thị of education và workforce leaders and lifting up new leaders that bring diverse perspectives khổng lồ the field.
In 2019, Education Strategy Group completed robust assessments of the career preparation systems within both Baltimore City Schools và Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) with a strong focus on analyzing the unique of their career pathway offerings. Recognizing that a shifting labor market means that all students need some amount of postsecondary education or training khổng lồ achieve economic success, both school systems were admirably committed lớn ensuring that students had access khổng lồ a variety of high-unique pathways that set them on the road khổng lồ postsecondary opportunities &, ultimately, lớn good jobs. The results of ESG’s analyses were illuminating, & at times, alarming — particularly in terms of equitable access and outcomes.