As co-chairs of the Coalition for Community Schools’ Superintendents Leadership Council, Teresa Weatherhall Neal from Grand Rapids, Mich., and Dr. Steven Webb from Vancouver, Wash., have seen the positive impact of community schools in their districts. They spoke with Marty Blank, president of IEL and director of the Coalition, about how community schools have helped […]
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As the president of Excelencia in Education, Sarita Brown is a tireless advocate for Latino success in higher education. Brown spoke with the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP)—she was a member of the 1984 Texas cohort—and shared her thoughts on what policymakers and higher education leaders should know about Latino students and how they can
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External accountability, high-stakes testing, and a focus on international rankings dominate much of the global education reform conversations. What will it take to flip the system and empower those closest to the children and youth—our teachers—to redesign an equity-driven approach to education? IEL recently penned a piece on strategies and practices that schools use to
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IEL’s board of directors named Kent McGuire as its new chair last November. A longtime supporter, he joined the board in 2002 and is a 1981 alumnus of IEL’s Education Policy Fellowship Program. A recent Education Week commentary he co-authored calls for states to prioritize community schools in state education reform. The article was based on
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As the new Every Student Succeeds Act shifts more responsibilities back to the state and local levels, the roles of school boards continues to be paramount. In 1986, IEL authored the report School Boards: Strengthening Grass Roots Leadership, which identified indicators of effective school boards. A few of these board indicators include investment in board development,
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One might say that superintendents make the best demographers because they are the first to see demographic changes in their communities as students arrive to school each year.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon approved a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Oregon, and private plaintiffs to resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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The IEL-led National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth recently released “By Youth, For Youth: Employment,” a youth-driven, youth-friendly employment guide
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The IEL-led National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth recently released an Info Brief entitled “Supporting Families of Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education.”
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IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools recently released A Framework for More and Better Learning through Community Schools Partnerships. The framework begins with a discussion of community school learning principles and the conditions essential for better learning. Next, it articulates a learning framework for community schools that relies on results-based school and community partnerships to create health
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