By Julie McClure -2/5/19 7:48 PM The Republic   The Columbus-based Community Education Coalition will receive nearly $1 million through a Strada Education Network grant to support programming in the coalition’s Economic Opportunities through Education Network. The Innovative Solutions in Education to Employment grant was announced Wednesday by Strada, a national nonprofit dedicated to improving lives by creating more direct and promising pathways between education and employment. It is a three-year grant totaling $997,000 over the next three years. The coalition was [...]

By Daryl Graham Senior Vice President, Philanthropy, Strada Education Network In our mission to improve the pathway between education and employment, Strada Education Network is dedicated to leveraging the most up-to-date research to inform our philanthropic decisions, based on what’s working, what deserves a chance to prove itself, and what has the greatest potential to scale and make real progress. That’s why I’m so pleased to announce today our latest grants to seven innovative projects. These three-year awards, totaling more [...]

On January 31 John Burnett, Community Education Coalition's President & CEO, was awarded the Indiana University President's Medal for Excellence by President McRobbie for his part in the collaborative efforts to establish the Indiana University J Irwin Miller Architecture Program in Columbus, Indiana. The award was presented as part of a dedication ceremony for The Republic Building in Columbus as the home of the IU J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program, launched in the fall of 2018. This award is presented to individuals for outstanding [...]