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Cassie Gaffney, Policy Associate at ACS, is one of three finalists in the running for the Excellence by an Up and Coming Advocate Award presented by Professional Women in Advocacy, a national organization that strives to connect women in the advocacy field and promote excellence in their work. The winner of this award will be […]

What is the effect on urban neighborhood schools when a critical mass of well-educated, well-off people move in? That’s a topic The Atlantic tackled last week, citing a variety of news articles around the country. Unfortunately, in many neighborhoods around the country, gentrification, it turns out, usually stops at the schoolhouse door, according to the […]

ACS Vice President Scarlett Bouder provided closing comments for the BUILD Initiative’s national conference in Cleveland, Ohio on October 9th. She provided an outline of best practices when communicating to parents, policymakers and the community about early learning issues as well as perspective on the rapid growth of the early childhood field during the past […]

Child abuse and neglect is on the rise in Arizona: in 2013, there were more than 22,000 reports of child abuse and neglect in a six-month period of time, up from 16,000 in 2009. Despite this increase, child abuse is completely preventable. As of June 30, 2015, the backlog of child welfare cases sits at 14,946 and […]

NPR recently highlighted a story out of Akron Public Schools, which is not uncommon to many districts throughout the state of Ohio, particularly Ohio’s urban districts. Akron, and other urban districts across Ohio have been seeing more and more students who have immigrated with their families as a result of U.S. foreign policy decisions supporting […]

ACS, through its work with The Ohio 8 Coalition, strives to support students from all backgrounds in an effort to level the playing field and help all students graduate high school, start a career, and make positive life choices. The Ohio 8 Coalition, with the support of ACS, works to impact K-12 policy at the […]

A recent study by Brookings found that statistically younger workers (up to age 24) experience higher unemployment rates and less job stability than more experienced workers. This was exacerbated by the Great Recession of 2007-2009, which saw job opportunities drop substantially, especially for younger workers. Why is this important? Because work experience in the younger […]

Today is International Literacy Day – and as we reflect on the importance of literacy to the careers, quality of life, and future to the individuals our clients serve, ACS continues to prioritize early childhood education and K-12 education in our work. The Center for Community Solutions published an infographic this morning showcasing the need for […]

Two recent news articles highlight new accomplishments for PRE4CLE , Cleveland’s high-quality preschool expansion initiative. ACS has worked with PRE4CLE from its’ very beginning – from facilitating the development of a roadmap to bring high-quality preschool to every child in Cleveland by 2020, to developing and managing the implementation of a two-year strategic communication and advocacy plan. Following […]

At ACS we facilitate hundreds of small, medium and large meetings each year. This list from SmartBlog on Leadership provides a check-list of 15 items to make your meetings more effective and productive. ACS offers complimentary tools to take your meetings to the next level: Facilitation checklist – ACS’s facilitation checklist provides will help a […]