IEL’s board of directors named Kent McGuire as its new chair last November. A longtime supporter, he joined the board in 2002 and is a 1981 alumnus of IEL’s Education Policy Fellowship Program. A recent Education Week commentary he co-authored calls for states to prioritize community schools in state education reform. The article was based on Community Schools: Transforming Struggling Schools into Thriving Schools, a recent report by SEF, Center for Popular Democracy, and IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools. READ MORE…