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A diverse group of summer learning institute participants pause for an outdoor photo on a beautiful summer day.

Breathing Joy & Justice into School & Community Leadership

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Working in partnership with the East Carolina University (ECU) College of Education and the UCEA Center for Educational Leadership and Social Justice at Duquesne University, IEL successfully launched our first summer institute on July 20-24, 2015 at ECU in Greenville, NC. Unlike a major conference, the four-day summer learning exchange “Breathing Joy and Justice into […]

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Headshot: Dr. Michael Kirst

Leadership Profile: Dr. Michael Kirst

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California State Board of Education President Michael Kirst spoke with IEL before his July AERA/IEL Educational Policy Forum. He shared experiences from his career, leadership lessons, and thoughts on the changing California policy landscape. Kirst emphasized the importance of building coalitions to lead across boundaries. “I hope to get education leaders and policymakers in a

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A group of young students in Ghana smile during class, seated in their new chairs from IEL.

One Person’s Trash: IEL’s Chairs a Boon to School in Ghana

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During spring cleaning earlier this year, IEL got new chairs for the office’s conference rooms, but didn’t want the old ones to go into the trash. Instead, Maame Appiah, Director of Operations & Network Development for IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools, sent them to Ghana. Maame’s family members run Mother’s Love Kids Foundation Centre, a

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Report Cover: "Together We Can: A Guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and Human Services" and an infographic from the report depicting "a vision of communities where learning can happen."

From the Archives: Together We Can

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In 1991, Martin J. Blank—who became IEL’s president in 2009—led a task force commissioned by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, a major step forward for interagency collaboration. The group brought together leaders from across the country to think together about communicating the importance of school-community partnerships. The work of this

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