Building with Our Core Network

Through our core network, we partner with nine public high schools across eight school districts in Connecticut.

RISE high schools serve over 13,000 students and represent over 1,200 educators. Together, RISE partners work together across schools and districts to pinpoint needs, pursue new innovations, and scale promising practices. When we first launched RISE, each partner school experimented with different researchbased and data-informed programs and practices, which helped us learn more about what worked under specific conditions. This led RISE partners to formally adopt five network-wide focus areas in 2017 — the RISE by 5 framework — to increase on-track achievement and postsecondary readiness. RISE by 5 was informed by national research, local data, student voice, and educator expertise.

Over time, the RISE by 5 strategies have evolved. For example, our initial set of strategies focused heavily on freshman success and Grade 9 interventions. As RISE has grown, our work together as a network has taken on a schoolwide approach with increasing emphasis around college and career readiness, access, and success. We launched the network five years ago, and as we look ahead to the next five years, we are excited to update the RISE by 5 framework to better reflect what we do, what we’re learning, and where we’re headed.

Collaborating for Statewide Impact

Our core network partners include:

- Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk Public Schools

- East Hartford High School, East Hartford Public Schools

- Francis T. Maloney High School, Meriden Public Schools

- Hartford Public High School, Hartford Public Schools

- Manchester High School, Manchester Public Schools

- Middletown High School, Middletown Public Schools

- Naugatuck High School, Naugatuck Public Schools

- Orville H. Platt High School, Meriden Public Schools

- Westhill High School, Stamford Public Schools