IEL's work focuses on three pillars required for young people and their communities to succeed.
Connecting Families, Schools, and Communities
IEL strives to involve the broader community with public education to support the learning and development of young people. This means helping bring families, schools, and community resources together as partners for the common good.
IEL's work focuses on three pillars required for young people and their communities to succeed.
Building Pathways to Adulthood
IEL improves the capacity of policymakers, program administrators, and youth service professionals in the education and workforce development systems to provide comprehensive, coordinated services to all youth and create high-quality, individualized pathways to adulthood.
IEL's work focuses on three pillars required for young people and their communities to succeed.
Preparing Leaders
IEL prepares generations of youth, community, and professional leaders to work across institutional boundaries to improve policy, practice, and partnerships at the local, state, and national levels.
Five of the 16 Education Week Leaders to Learn From are connected to the IEL network. According to Education Week, these leaders “are tackling some of the most pressing challenges in K-12 education."
On March 17, IEL's Coalition for Community Schools is hosting a four-part series of webinars, entitled "
On March13, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and IEL are hosting an educational policy luncheon featuring Christopher Cross, author of the acclaimed book
In a recent guidance letter, the U.S. Department of Laborlaid out its vision for a revitalizing and transforming the nation's workforce system as part of the implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
