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.
Curtis Richards, the director of IEL's Center for Workforce Development was recently inducted into the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame, along with 24 other individuals and four organizations.
The terrible occurrence of violence in Charlottesville, Va. is a painful reminder that hate, racism, and xenophobia still exist.
IEL has hired José Muñoz as the new director for its Coalition for Community Schools. Most recently, Muñoz was the executive director of the ABC Community Schools Partnership in Albuquerque, N.M.
Budgets reflect values and priorities.The Administration's proposed budget cuts services that help families get ahead in the economy and participate in democracy.
