Collaborative Communications Group is a strategic consulting firm devoted to developing collaborative solutions to education, workforce and community challenges. We help leading individuals and organizations at national, state and community levels achieve their goals through planning and design, facilitation and convenings, strategic consulting and positioning, policy development and advocacy, research and outreach, and community engagement.

•) Collaborative supported The Commission on No Child Left Behind to explore how to reform the No Child Left Behind Act to produce better results for students and communities. The result of this work, Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling the Promise to Our Nation’s Children, was recognized with the 2008 APEX Award for Publication Excellence in the category of One-of-a-kind Custom-Published Publications. More…

•) Collaborative worked with Public Education Network (PEN) to produce a Civic Index for Quality Public Education to measure community support for public schools. PEN released this first-of-its-kind tool at the National Press Club, along with results from its national poll on how well the nation is supporting our public schools. More...

•) The Collaborative-designed National Art Education Association publication, The Impact of Early Art Experiences on Literacy Development, has won a Washington Book Publishers 2008 Book Design & Effectiveness Award. This award acknowledges the careful consideration given to how the content drives the design of the book, resulting in a more effective publication. More...

•) The Council of Chief State School Officers and Collaborative worked together to produce a Web portal to inform state government leaders about what works in secondary school redesign. The Web portal was recognized by Summit International Awards for creativity and excellence in Web site design. More...

•) Collaborative partnered with the Council of Chief State School Officers and the U.S. Department of Education for the 2008 Meeting of the State Education Agencies (SEAs). The convening brought together representatives from SEAs to help them understand the key components of 21st Century Community Learning Centers and Supplemental Educational Services, and to consider how administrators of these programs might coordinate and collaborate across federal and state programs. More...

•) Updated and Expanded Standards for Principals 
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) has released newly updated and expanded standards for principals as part of its Leading Learning Community series. The revised standards—which Collaborative worked with NAESP to develop—will help principals navigate increasingly rapid changes in education and society, and embrace the challenging and complex role of "lead instructor" in helping all students achieve. Education Week published an article about these new standards for leadership and NAESP’s vision for the field. More...

•) Vision 2021: Transformations in Leading, Learning and Community
Profound transformations—in society, culture, education and technology—are changing the ways schools operate. This new National Association of Elementary School Principals publication, written by Collaborative and released in April 2008, previews these changes. The publication examines nine provocative forecasts for the future, and the implications of these forecasts for principals, schools and communities over the next decade and beyond. More...