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  Developing and Supporting Leaders

  In education and related fields to grow and refine their capacity to work together across institutional boundaries, increase their professional and policy knowledge base, and expand their networks of support.

  IEL and the Stennis Institute of Government, home of the Mississippi Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP), are gearing up for the EPFP Civil Rights Bus Tour on November 18-20, 2013. Participants will visit places important to the Civil Rights Movement and hear people share experiences from the era. The Tour coincides with the 50th anniversary of EPFP and the 1964 Freedom Summer.

  To attend, complete the application by November 15.

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  Strengthening School-Family-Community Connections

  To help schools and other key stakeholders build deep, intentional partnerships that achieve better results for every youngster, from early childhood to young adulthood.

  Join the Coalition for Community Schools for the 2014 National Forum: Community Schools – The Engine of Change. Community schools, with their deep and sustained partnerships, are the “engine” that will prepare our young people to succeed. The Forum is preceded by the District Leadership Network on Family & Community Engagement's National Family Engagement Conference - Engaging Families & Expanding Opportunities: Partnership. Leadership. Inclusion.

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  Improving Policies and Systems for Children and Youth

  By conducting, synthesizing, and sharing relevant research; providing tools and technical assistance; and working to develop a comprehensive continuum of services for young people.

  IEL announced the selection of five sites across the country for the Right Turn Career-Focused Transition Initiative (Right Turn). The project will provide individualized education, exposure to career opportunities, career preparation, and work-based learning experiences for youth ages 14 and up who are involved in the juvenile corrections system and returning to or currently residing in high-poverty, high-crime communities. Read the press release.

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