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.
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The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) are pleased to announce that Santos Amaya Guevara has been named this year’s Halperin Youth Award winner. Santos will be recognized for her commitment to public service during the annual Halperin Lecture and Youth Award event on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. She
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Last year, 45 education leaders visited historic sites from the civil rights movement throughout Mississippi and Alabama and learned lessons from past and current leaders.
Civil Rights Bus Tour Brings History’s Lessons to the Present Read More »
The California site of IEL’s Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP), a professional development initiative for leaders in education policy, selected its inaugural Fellows for 2016-17.
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IEL hosted its 52nd Education Policy Fellowship Program Washington Policy Seminar, convening 300 EPFP Fellows from 17 sites across the country—the highest WPS attendance ever.
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Esteem Journal recently interviewed IEL’s Helen Janc Malone as part of a yearlong series on the public scholarship of women in educational leadership.
IEL Staff Interviewed for Series on Women in Education Leadershp Read More »
In June, over one thousand educators, parents, community-based partners, and fellow stakeholders in education convened at the second annual National Family and Community Engagement Conference in Chicago to discuss the role of family engagement in K-12 education. Participation in this year’s conference doubled that of last year’s, reflecting the dramatic growth of a movement to
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Five of the 16 Education Week Leaders to Learn From are connected to the IEL network. According to Education Week, these leaders “are tackling some of the most pressing challenges in K-12 education.”
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On December 19, the American Educational Research Association and IEL are hosting an educational policy luncheon on “Doing the Right Thing for Children: Eight Qualities of Leadership.”
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