Partnership Priorities

 

MNP20 is focused on a variety of key initiatives to meet its mission. In 2025, these priorities include:

Committees
Major priorities of the partnership are managed by committees, made up of MNP20 members and additional invested parties. Committees are focused on issues of policy and/or pratice, and generally their work takes place over the course of a year or more. 

Current committees of the partnership are Data Use and Capacity and Financial Aid and Literacy.

Strategic Planning
In 2025, the partnership will launch a strategic planning process to set our priorities for the coming three to four years. The planning process will be broadly inclusive, and will be build upon the mission, vision, and commitments that were developed by the partnership in 2024. The strategic plan will identify specific strategies and activities that we will focus on over the next several years. 

Ongoing Efforts
The partnership continues our engagement across a variety of standing projects which include:

• Developing a statewide vision for dual enrollment as part of the College in High School Alliance's "Next Phase of Dual Enrollment Policy Cohort"
• Engagement in efforts to grow and sustain our state's educator workforce, in partnership with the Governor's Workforce Development Board
• Gathering input on our draft credentials of value framework and identifying opportunities for potential implementation
• Supporting work related to career pathways for learners of all ages
• Continuing to foster connections, collaborations, and convenings across the educational ecosystem
• Supporting capacity-building for the incubation, acceleration, and amplification of innovative ideas and initiatives

Equity Principles

In addition to these priorities, since 2020 MNP20 has employed a set of equity principles that also provide critical context for our work:

• We commit to approaching our work from an equity, anti-racism, and unity lens.
• We recognize that we cannot achieve our goals without directly addressing systemic racism, oppression, and economic and educational inequities within our spheres of influence and impact, and we are committed to doing so.
• We will strive for educational equity (not equality), which means that we will meet learners and communities where they are and provide what they need to succeed and meet their goals.
• We commit to actively engaging with data and those whom it represents, and to safeguarding that data to ensure its ethical use.
• We commit to bringing the resources of our organizations to this work, leveraging resources across sectors and organizations.