Mia Perry, Author at Institute for Educational Leadership

@IELconnects - Connecting: Community school coordinators pose for a group picture during Coordinators Appreciation Week.

Community School Coordinator Appreciation Week

Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities / Mia Perry

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 […]

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A Right Turn participant works at a computer at PVJobs in Los Angeles, California.

IEL’s Young Offender Work Focuses on Apprenticeship

IEL Initiatives & Partnerships / Mia Perry

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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Latino and African American elementary students huddle together outdoors.

Rise Up to End Child Poverty for All

IEL Initiatives & Partnerships / Mia Perry

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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Rise Up to End Child Poverty for All

Uncategorized / Mia Perry

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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Higher Education: Engaging Community and Addressing Critical Issues in Appalachia

IEL Initiatives & Partnerships / Mia Perry

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.

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Can Teacher Unions Reinvent Themselves Post-Janus?

IEL Initiatives & Partnerships, IEL Leaders, Policy/Legislation / Mia Perry

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.

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A diverse group of Ontario youth service professionals pose with their training certificates.

Supporting Career Development for Ontario Youth with Disabilities

IEL Initiatives & Partnerships / Mia Perry

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

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IEL Leads Cross-System Training in Canada

Building Pathways to Adulthood / Mia Perry

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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A diverse group of older youth interact outdoors on an education campus.

New Research Briefs on Youth Involved with the Justice System

Building Pathways to Adulthood / Mia Perry

IEL’s National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth released two new research briefs: Making the Right Turn: A Research Update on Improving Transition Outcomes Among Youth Involved in the Juvenile Corrections System and Making the Right Turn: A Research Update on Prevention and Diversion for Justice Involved Youth. These two briefs synthesize the latest

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A diverse group of elementary school students stand together.

IEL & Partners Award $1.5M to Expand Student-Centered Learning

Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities / Mia Perry

The Together for Students Initiative recognized 10 communities for plans bringing key community members together to support the needs of local students. Three national education-focused organizations created this opportunity: IEL (through its Coalition for Community Schools), Communities In Schools, and StriveTogether. Each of the 10 selected communities will receive approximately $150,000 to support the activities

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