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IEL and the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) announced the 2019 Meade Fellows: Danila Crespin Zidovsky and Stefan Lallinger. The Fellowship gives HGSE students the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. to connect with education policy leaders.
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IEL announced the appointment of three new members to its board of directors: Zakiyah Ansari, Rachel Fried, and Mark Watson. They join a strong, diverse, and inclusive board that guides IEL’s work and ensures the organization’s fealty to its mission.
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According to a recent report by the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation and the Aspen Institute’s Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century program, manufacturing is still the greatest wealth-creating tool in the United States.
Manufacturing Matters in Appalachia Read More »
In partnership with Communities In Schools and StriveTogether, IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools announced four communities that will receive a combined $3.75 million to implement student-centered blueprints for learning through the joint initiative, Together for Students.
$3.75M Investment to Expand Student-Centered Learning Read More »
A president’s budget request is typically the first step in a long process of determining how we should prioritize our resources. The president had a real opportunity to do right by our children. He chose a wall instead.
Response to President’s Budget Request: Pathways, Not Walls Read More »
On January 5, IEL’s first female board chair, Dr. Bernice “Bunny” Sandler, the “Godmother of Title IX,” died peacefully. She was 90.
Remembering the “Godmother of Title IX,” IEL’s 1st Female Board Chair Read More »
Superintendent Talisa L. Dixon recounts what one of her students told her: “I didn’t know I could take AP courses.” Because his school’s AP courses were majority-white and he didn’t see students who looked like him, he didn’t think he was eligible.
Rise up for Equity: The Story of One Transformational Leader Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a rule change that would change the threshold for becoming what the government defines as “public charge” and make it more difficult for immigrants using certain public services to obtain citizenship or change visa status.
IEL Submits Public Comments on Proposed Immigration Rule Change Read More »
IEL is asking our networks, partners, advocates, and those new to IEL’s work to #RiseUpforEquity on the global day of giving, #GivingTuesday, November 27th. On the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, you’ll have the chance to join people around the world to support IEL initiatives that close access and achievement gaps in education and workforce development through innovation
Rise Up for Equity on #GivingTuesday with IEL Read More »
In October we celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month to highlight that people with disabilities CAN and WANT to work. This year’s theme is “America’s Workforce: Empowering All.”
National Disability Employment Awareness Month Read More »
While everyone wants a great first day, what if we told you that you could have a successful school YEAR, starting with just one conversation? IEL has had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Gina Martinez-Keddy from Parent Teacher Home Visits, and D’Lisa Crain and Alicia Thomas from the Washoe County School District to learn
Parent Teacher Home Visits: An Overview Read More »
IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools is excited to share a new resource, the Community Schools Policy Playbook! Geared toward advocates and elected officials at the state and local levels, this playbook offers a number of resources, including sample state and local policies and funding that promote community schools, messaging on community schools, implementation resources, and
Community School Policy Playbook Read More »
Leadership matters when it comes to community schools. Leaders for community schools put the development of students’ physical, social, emotional, moral, civic competencies, and academic achievement, high on their agenda. Join IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools every week from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST for our After the School Bell webinar series focusing on
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Mary Kingston Roche, director of public policy for IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools, wrote a blog that examines the staggering inequalities in poverty rates between white children and children of color. She asks, “Where is our moral outrage, our collective commitment to do something to address this?” She indicates that we should examine the causes
Rise Up To End Child Poverty For All Read More »
IEl’s National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) invites youth, professionals, and families to participate in a National Disability Employment Awareness Month Twitter chat on October 24 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EDT. This discussion with youth leaders will focus on ways to support youth with disabilities as they make decisions about, prepare for,
National Disability Employment Awareness Month Twitter Chat – Oct. 24 Read More »
IEL launched the third wave of its Right Turn Career-Focused Transition Initiative, partnering with community based organizations in five communities around the country, including Houston, Tex., Lansing, Mich., Los Angeles, Calif., Nashville, Tenn., and Phoenix, Ariz. Right Turn provides a career development process to young adults ages 18 to 24 who have been involved with
IEL’s Young Offender Work Focuses on Apprenticeship Read More »
IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools hosted its second annual Coordinators Appreciation Week from September 24-28. Seventy-seven local, state, and national partners participated in the social media campaign on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Check out the highlights from the week by visiting Coordinators Appreciation Week results and catch up on the Twitter responses on #CoordinatorsRock Twitter
Community School Coordinator Appreciation Week Read More »
IEL’s newest grant to support its Right Turn Career-Focused Transition Initiative just started working in five communities, with a particular focus on apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships for youth involved in the juvenile or criminal justice systems.
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In 2018, we live in a country where across 32 states, our African-American and Hispanic children are living in poverty at a rate at least twice as high as their white peers.
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In 2018, we live in a country where across 32 states, our African-American and Hispanic children are living in poverty at a rate at least twice as high as their white peers. In some states, this rate increases to four or five times as high. This kind of inequality is so hard to process that
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The Blue Ridge Campus of the University of North Georgia in Appalachia uses community engagement to drive one of its flagship initiatives, the Blue Ridge Scholars.
Higher Education: Engaging Community and Addressing Critical Issues in Appalachia Read More »
The 2018 Meade Fellow Lance Huffman shares his thoughts on the future of teacher unions following the recent Supreme court decision in the labor law case, Janus v. America Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.
Can Teacher Unions Reinvent Themselves Post-Janus? Read More »
In June, IEL delivered a four-day training on case management and career development of youth with disabilities in Canada. This effort is part of a pilot program designed to test a new cross-system approach to the work. Training participants were case workers and lead staff from three Ontario communities: Sarnia Lambton, Sault Ste. Marie and
Supporting Career Development for Ontario Youth with Disabilities Read More »
In June, IEL delivered a four-day training in Toronto for case workers in a cross-system pilot providing career development to youth with disabilities. Ontario’s Ministry of Community and Social Services is piloting intensive case management with case workers from two agencies—Ontario’s Disability Support Program and Ontario Works—collaborating to support the employment goals and aspirations of
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