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The Stark Education Partnership - a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in Stark County, Ohio - is a catalyst, engaging and collaborating with education, business, civic and community stakeholders to drive sustainable improvement and innovation to provide all students with education and career success.

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Greater Stark County Students Outpace the Nation in College Persistence

Issues (December 14, 2018) One of the benefits of the National Student Clearinghouse Student Tracker is that it enables school districts and colleges to track graduates who go on to college during the first two years after...

New Report Underscores the Importance of Strengthening Stark

Issues (December 7, 2018) The decision by Amazon as to where to locate its $5 billion-dollar second headquarters (HQ2) along with an estimated 50,000 jobs was widely seen as one of the greatest economic development...

College and Career Guide Added to Oakwood Middle School

Issues (November 30, 2018) Now in its eighth year in Stark County, the Americorps Ohio College and Career Guides program has expanded to Plain Local's Oakwood Middle School. This brings a fourth recent college graduate...

Stark County's Career Technical Education: Not Your Parents' Vocational Education

Issues (November 16, 2018) The days of bringing home birdhouses from shop are over. The vocational education of the last century has morphed into something new and different in the 21st Century - high performing...