World's Best Workforce Plan (SPPS Achieves)
During the 2024 session, the Minnesota Legislature renamed World's Best Workforce (WBWF) to Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness (CACR). This new name emphasizes dual roles for the goals set forth in district plans—supporting students with academic achievement within their pre-K through 12 experience as well as preparing them to be active members of their community after graduation.
The Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness (CACR) is Saint Paul's SPPS Achieves Strategic Plan. SPPS Achieves was designed to be a five year plan implemented over three years. It was to have concluded in SY2022-23 with summative data collected in SY2023-24. In the midst of the implementation of that plan, SPPS faced many challenges as a result of the COVID pandemic such as a disrupted school year in the spring of 2020, a move to distance learning in school year 2020-2021 and now finally in school year 2021-2022, recovery efforts still being challenged by other strains of the virus. Regardless of the challenges presented by the pandemic we as a district continue commit to the strategic direction set by SPPS Achieves and thus have re-established this commitment through a revised timeline and an investment of additional resources from the American Rescue Plan.