“Across the country, cities and regions have used cross-sector collaboration by business, higher-education, P-12, and community leaders to improve education. Although regional leaders take different approaches to this challenge, the most successful communities engage all sectors and align their efforts around common goals. … To better understand what makes these collaborations successful [this case study examines] one established effort — the Long Beach Seamless Education Partnership. Launched in 1994 by local civic leaders to ensure that all students would progress smoothly through the education systems and into the  workforce, the Long Beach Seamless Education Partnership (the Partnership) has become a defining feature of the community and a model for the nation.”