Our Role
EdSystems leads the Illinois team, working in partnership with state and local organizations and institutions to enhance statewide efforts to reduce barriers and increase accessibility to college and career pathways for every learner.
Through a two-year process (2023–2025), the team is engaging in a design thinking exercise to identify systems-level barriers to equitable access and outcomes and develop next-generation solutions for some of the most pressing challenges in college and career pathways. The process includes empathy research and data collection to gather local voices and experiences from learners and families and will conclude with the development of a pilot project that will be ready for testing and scaling within each state and eventually shared nationally.
The Illinois team is particularly focused on designing seamless solutions that support learners’ transitions from high school to postsecondary institutions, shifting the burden from students and their families to the system.
Blog Posts
Launch-ing Into Policy Innovation for Postsecondary Access and Success
Alongside state and local leaders from across Illinois, we have been engaging in a design thinking process as innovation cohort participants of the Launch initiative. Through this process, we are working to identify systems-level barriers to equitable access and outcomes and develop innovative solutions for pressing challenges in postsecondary transitions and success.
Introducing Launch: Equitable and Accelerated Pathways for All
EdSystems is excited to announce our selection as one of 11 states participating in Launch: Equitable & Accelerated Pathways for All. Launch is a national college and career pathways initiative that strives for every learner to have access to and succeed in high-quality and equitable pathways.
