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Dana Center

Deliverables

Integrated Campaigns

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Website

https://mathpathways.utdanacenter.org/

overview

Turning a Report Into an Invitation

The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin leads the Launch Years Initiative, a national network of states building modern math pathways from high school through college. Its State of Math Pathways report, researched by WestEd, tracks where that work stands. The Dana Center partnered with Friday to translate findings into tools supporters can use, a case that skeptics believe, and next steps each audience can take.

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Policymakers need a clear ask. Funders need a story to carry to peers. State leaders need peer examples and proof of rigor. The answers were all there, in a 30+ page report. But busy leaders rarely have time to dig, so the findings stayed buried, even for audiences eager to engage.

Many leaders believe they aren’t math people, and that system-reinforced idea quietly shapes the decisions they make today. New pathways face a similar unspoken bias: “different” reads as “lesser.” Audiences need help rethinking old assumptions before they’d open a full report.

Friday built a microsite inviting visitors to reflect on their own math story and the math behind real careers. Key stats lead, with dashboards and the full report a click away. State profiles show how peers aligned K-12 and higher ed, and every audience gets a clear next step.

overview

Turning a Report Into an Invitation

The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin leads the Launch Years Initiative, a national network of states building modern math pathways from high school through college. Its State of Math Pathways report, researched by WestEd, tracks where that work stands. The Dana Center partnered with Friday to translate findings into tools supporters can use, a case that skeptics believe, and next steps each audience can take.

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challenge

Policymakers need a clear ask. Funders need a story to carry to peers. State leaders need peer examples and proof of rigor. The answers were all there, in a 30+ page report. But busy leaders rarely have time to dig, so the findings stayed buried, even for audiences eager to engage.

insight

Many leaders believe they aren’t math people, and that system-reinforced idea quietly shapes the decisions they make today. New pathways face a similar unspoken bias: “different” reads as “lesser.” Audiences need help rethinking old assumptions before they’d open a full report.

solution

Friday built a microsite inviting visitors to reflect on their own math story and the math behind real careers. Key stats lead, with dashboards and the full report a click away. State profiles show how peers aligned K-12 and higher ed, and every audience gets a clear next step.

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