Adria Steinberg

Adria Steinberg is Vice President of Jobs for the Future, and leads the organization's program and policy development efforts to improve the educational prospects and options of young people who have disengaged or disconnected altogether from the educational system. Ms. Steinberg and her team work with state and federal policymakers to improve graduation rates and support creation and scale up of high quality pathways for off-track and disconnected youth, including two new pathways to help young adults get back on track to college/career success—GED-to-College and Career First. The team also provides support to YouthBuild USA and National Youth Employment Coalition as part of a Gates Foundation Initiative "On Ramps to Postsecondary Success"; partners with intermediary and school district leaders in five cities at the forefront of implementing successful "back on track" school designs for struggling and out-of-school youth; and assists seven cities in the development of blueprints for systemically addressing their dropout problem, as part of the US Department of Labor Multiple Education Pathways Initiative. Ms. Steinberg has authored many publications, including a five-year stint as primary writer/editor of The Harvard Education Letter. Recent publications include: Raising Graduation Rates in an Era of High Standards; Making Good on a Promise: What Policymakers Can Do to Support the Educational Persistence of Dropouts; and On the Road to Reform: Building a System of Equitable and Excellent High Schools.