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A group of IEL's Education Policy Fellowship Program fellows pose for a photo during a site visit to the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Washington Policy Seminar.

EPFP Fellows Learn About Navigating Education Policy Change

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The annual Washington Policy Seminar, a capstone event of IEL’s 53-year-old Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP), focused this year on Navigating Education Policy Change. EPFP Fellows, a diverse cohort of professionals in education and related fields, spent four days learning about federal policy, sharing knowledge across roles and institutions and visiting Capitol Hill. EPFP Fellows […]

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Headshot: Larry Leverett

Cross-Boundary Leader: Larry Leverett

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Recently, IEL interviewed Dr. Larry Leverett, the newly retired executive director of the Panasonic Foundation, a corporate foundation with a mission to help public school systems with high percentages of children in poverty to improve learning for all students. Dr. Leverett reflected on his Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) experience. He maintains his multi-sector network

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Community members sign up for groups at a Denver Public Schools family and community engagement event.

FCE Network Spotlight: Denver Public Schools

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District Leader Landon Mascareñaz discusses his Family Empowerment Team in the Office of Family and Community Engagement in Denver Public Schools (DPS). He shares their mission of developing engaged and empowered parents who are academic partners at three levels, including the home, school, and district, and how they carry out their mission at each level.

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Community Schools Awards for Excellence winners pose with IEL staff.

Community Schools Superstars Recognized at Awards for Excellence

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IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools (CCS) highlighted evidence and inspiring stories of opportunity and support at its bi-annual Community Schools Awards for Excellence Symposium on June 5, 2017 at the National Press Club. This year’s community school initiative winners are Community Achieves (Nashville, Tenn.), and NYC Community Schools Initiative (New York). For the first time

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Right Turn youth participant Ricardo Mixon.

Right Turn Youth Impact Video: Ricardo Mixin

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The Right Turn Career-Focused Transition Initiative (Right Turn) provides a career development process for youth who are involved with or at-risk of becoming involved with the juvenile justice system. IEL celebrates youth, such as Ricardo Mixon, who exemplify the powerful impact of Right Turn program sites across the country. Right Turn has served over 1500

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The Rising Price of Objectivity by Michael Feuer

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AERA/IEL Education Policy Forum Luncheon May 19, 2017 Michael FeuerDean and Professor of Education Policy,Graduate School of Education and Human Developmentat the George Washington University&President of the National Academy of Education The Rising Price of Objectivity From the earliest days of the new American republic, the scientific community has been engaged with public policy, and

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IEL President Johan and other panelists speak at SXSWedu.

SXSWedu Panel: Reaching & Engaging Adult Learners with Mobile Tech

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IEL President Johan E. Uvin attended SXSWedu in March. He reflects on the event, which fosters innovation in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders across a variety of backgrounds in education: “One of my main takeaways was that the place-based strategies underlying IEL’s work align well with the policy and investment

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