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IEL Supports Self-Advocates at Florida Advocacy Summit

Building Pathways to Adulthood, Events, IEL Initiatives & Partnerships, Policy/Legislation, Preparing Leaders / Mia Perry

IEL staff joined the Family Café to facilitate the first Florida Advocacy Summit (funded through the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council), which included self-advocates with disabilities, family members, and allies. Together, the attendees created advocacy action plans to address barriers to affordable, accessible housing and transportation for people with disabilities in Florida. The IEL team designed […]

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August 2022 IEL Federal Policy Update

Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities, Federal Government, Leading Across Boundaries, Local/State Government, Policy/Legislation, Preparing Leaders, Resources / Mia Perry

Policy by the People Agenda Summary of federal policy action this past month and a look-ahead to the next few weeks/month Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act (H.R.8450): On July 20th, the House Committee on Education and Labor released the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act, the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill, to address the issue of child

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Partners for Community College Student Success and Economic Growth in Appalachia

Events, IEL Initiatives & Partnerships, Local/State Government, Preparing Leaders, Resources / IEL Admin

The Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) hosted a 3-day virtual convening, Partners for Community College Student Success and Economic Growth in Appalachia, designed to bring together experts and learners from across Appalachia to lift up partnerships that grow enrollment, increase student success, and provide a workforce that promotes economic development and regional prosperity. Participants heard

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conference attendees dance at the CSxFE Block party

IEL’s 2022 National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference Reflects, Transforms, and Soars with 3,500 Educators and Practitioners in L.A.

Building Pathways to Adulthood, Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities, Events, IEL Initiatives & Partnerships, Preparing Leaders / IEL Admin

By Eddie Koen Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of joining over 3,500 people at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where we came together to share, learn, and inspire one another in the work we do to build leadership around educational equity. For many, it was the first time in almost three years we

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Deputy Secretary of Education Dr. Cindy Marten on a Community School site visit during CSxFE22

June 2022 IEL Federal Policy Update

Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities, Federal Government, Local/State Government, Policy/Legislation, Preparing Leaders / IEL Admin

Policy by the People Agenda Summary of legislative action this past month and a look-ahead to the next few weeks/month ED’s New Efforts and Resources for Supporting Mental Health and Students With Disabilities: On May 23rd the Department of Education hosted the virtual summit From Recovery to Thriving: Supporting Mental Health and Students with Disabilities.

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IEL Calls on Leaders to Take an Active Stand for LGBTQIA+ Youth During Pride Month and Beyond

Building Pathways to Adulthood, Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities, Policy/Legislation, Preparing Leaders / IEL Admin

IEL works collaboratively to increase access to education and workforce opportunities, so all children and families can create the lives they want to live. By partnering with community leaders across different ages, experience levels, and sectors, IEL’s fulfills its mission to ensure that all voices—including those of youth, communities of color, and people with disabilities—are

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IEL’s Education Policy Fellowship Program Graduates its 58th Cohort

IEL Initiatives & Partnerships, Local/State Government, Policy/Legislation, Preparing Leaders / IEL Admin

Fellowship program supports education leaders to promote equitable education policy (Washington DC, May 31, 2022) The Institute for Educational Leadership’s Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP™) is graduating its 58th cohort of Fellows this spring. EPFP is a nationally recognized fellowship program that engages a diverse and collaborative community of strategic leaders to promote equitable education

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The Institute for Educational Leadership’s 2022 National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference in L.A. to Bring Together over 3,000 Educators and Practitioners

Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities, Events, Leading Across Boundaries, Preparing Leaders / Mia Perry

Press Release May 18, 2022 Practitioners from Across Education Ecosystem Coming Together to Advance Effective Strategies for Student Outcomes (Los Angeles, June 1 – 3rd) – The 2022 National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference is happening June 1st – 3rd at the Los Angeles Convention Center, hosted by the Institute for Educational Leadership, and

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IEL says “See you later – not goodbye” to Tauheedah Jackson, Director of Place-Based Strategy and Community School Initiatives, as she transitions to New Role

Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities, Leading Across Boundaries, Preparing Leaders / Mia Perry

The IEL team congratulates Tauheedah Jackson, our Director of Place-Based Strategy and Community School Initiatives, as she begins her transition to a new role at Harvard’s EdRedesign Lab as the Inaugural Director of its Institute for Success Planning. We are forever grateful for all Tauheedah has done for our organization during her time at IEL,

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IEL Statement on Latest Slaughter of School Children in Texas Shooting

Connecting Families, Schools, & Communities, Policy/Legislation, Preparing Leaders, Resources / Mia Perry

Massacre is the deadliest elementary school shooting since Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012 May 24th, 2022 Today we all mourn the devastating loss of 19 children and two adults that were killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Our work at the The Institute for Educational Leadership centers on children and the

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