IEL uses three strategies to prepare leaders to eliminate systemic barriers for success in education and workforce development.
Preparing & Supporting Leaders
We prepare and support leaders of all ages, stages, and contexts who can work effectively across sectors. IEL leaders are champions of equity in their communities, states, and the nation.
IEL uses three strategies to prepare leaders to eliminate systemic barriers for success in education and workforce development.
Mobilizing Leaders
Wherever systems are not working to advance equity, IEL stands ready to disrupt the status quo by boldly identifying and mobilizing leaders for impact on equity and injustice issues that perpetuate discrimination.
IEL uses three strategies to prepare leaders to eliminate systemic barriers for success in education and workforce development.
Innovating
We model and simulate policy and program ideas that promise to increase access and outcomes in education, youth development, and workforce development before implementing and scaling them.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global issue that we did not expect or anticipate. One key lesson we are learning is that the pandemic is exacerbating existing inequities.
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the inequalities in our country, and this is especially true for people with disabilities.
Betty Hale, Senior Fellow, IEL and Sarah McCann, IEL Consultant
The 2019 Youth Transition Report: Outcomes for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities, published by IEL, presents data that underscore the gap between youth with disabilities and those without.
