Empowering Graduates: How Baltimore City Public Schools & Worthington Schools Defined a Future-Ready Vision
One district is measuring what matters and defining essential life skills for long-term success.
Baltimore City Public Schools in Maryland and Worthington Schools in Ohio partnered with the AASA District Services team to create a Portrait of a Graduate and a Portrait of a Learner, respectively.
Challenges and Solutions
- Baltimore City Public Schools had 75,000 students across 162 schools, lacking a unified vision to articulate life skills beyond academic rigor.
- Worthington Schools, serving 10,700 students, needed a PreK–12 progression that clarified outcomes across all grade levels, ensuring consistency and shared expectations for future-readiness.
Through broad community engagement, both districts established shared, unifying visions that elevate student voice, provide a framework for measuring what matters, and define essential life skills for long-term success.
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Author's summary: Districts create future-ready visions.