OUR STORY
Metro Atlanta Regional Education Partnership
Learn4Life (L4L), the Metro Atlanta Regional Education Partnership, is made up of school districts, communities, businesses, and nonprofits. Driven by our shared belief that all children deserve the opportunity to reach their potential, we use data to identify best practices at key milestones in a student’s education. We then work with our partners to scale these solutions, addressing academic achievement and workforce readiness for 600,000 students in metro Atlanta.
Understanding the
Metro Atlanta Region
L4L’s five county, eight school district region has over 600,000 students, most of whom are low-income students and students of color. L4L is laser focused on identifying and scaling solutions (Bright Spots) to tackle educational inequity and improve outcomes for metro Atlanta’s large and diverse student population.
The Power of
Collaboration
By convening cross-sector partners with common goals and shared benchmarks, L4L leverages the power of collaboration to improve education outcomes for metro Atlanta students from cradle to career.
CHANGE ACTION NETWORKS
L4L’s Change Action Networks review the research factors that are most predictive of student success in each indicator.
Selected factors must meet two criteria: strong evidence of improving student outcomes, and something the network can influence. Each of L4L’s networks has conducted factor analyses as detailed below. These factors then allow us to identify Bright Spots that are working to support students in each area.
Early Literacy
35% of demand for quality-rated early learning programs could be addressed by current supply.
Eighth Grade Math
31% of children are proficient in math by the end of the 8th grade.
Postsecondary Success
29% of the 2019 graduating class had earned a postsecondary degree or credential by 2018.
Blog
Supporting Postsecondary Access Is More Important Than Ever
Last week, my team and I attended high school graduations for our OneGoal students across Metro Atlanta. Students proudly donned their OneGoal stoles and Achieve Atlanta cords, gleefully throwing their caps in the air as their families cheered them on.
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STE(A)M Truck Engages Students in Deep Learning
The sky was clear, the sun was shining—gifting us the most perfect weather to re-launch in person STE(A)M Truck programming for the first time since March 2020.
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Last night, PAACT, in partnership with @jlatlanta and the @AtlSpeechSchool, co-hosted A Spotlight on Literacy. Five members of the Atlanta Board of Education spoke passionately about our city’s literacy crisis, detailing how a curriculum based on the Science of Reading can help.
The Literacy & Justice for All partnership: With its partners, Wellstar is working to transform how healthcare and education intersect #sponsored @L4LMetroAtlanta
PAACT Director, Shawnell Johnson, recently joined a panel of remarkable champions for early literacy at @jlatlanta’s Fall General Membership Meeting. Together, they highlighted why early literacy matters and how it's a citywide effort in which we all play a role.