IEL’s Family & Community Engagement (FCE) team at IEL attended the North Dakota Study Group’s (NDSG) annual meeting February 15-18. This year’s meeting was at Tugaloo University in Jackson, Miss., with the theme Emancipation, Equity, and Excellence: Learning from and with Activists. Since 1972, NDSG members have come together to reimagine possibilities and alternatives in education in the U.S. with a focus on accountability and assessment. The members are a diverse collective of progressive educators, activists, foundation program officers, and students, Attendees discuss, debate, and develop solidarity, intentionally centering equity, social justice and activism to support the success of students.  READ MORE…