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IEL Seeks Applicants for The Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP™): Deadline August 2009

IEL’s flagship leadership program is EPFP, a 10-month in-service professional development program celebrating its 46th year with the Class of 2009-10. With over 6500 alumni spread across the nation, it is designed to prepare mid-level leaders in public and private organizations to exercise greater responsibility in creating and implementing sound public policy in education and related fields. EPFP™ participants hold full-time positions in diverse organizations at the local, state, and national levels. The program currently operates through sites in Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, DC. For more information on the program and applying, please visit the EPFP™ website or contact the program associate at wilcoxs@iel.org.

Louis Fabrizio (EPFP 79-80) Appointed to National Education Task Force

Dr. Louis Fabrizio (EPFP 79-80), director of Accountability Policy and Communications at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), has been appointed to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Reauthorization Task Force.  Fabrizio will join about a dozen federal government liaisons, state education officials and state education agency staff from across the country in a new effort to review, update and provide recommendations to Congress regarding the ESEA, which was reauthorized in 2001 by President Bush as the No Child Left Behind Act.  

For more information read the full press release . (Also available as a Word document .)

American Educator Spotlights Community Schools

Get your copy now of American Educator's most recent issue, Surrounded by Support, spotlighting Community Schools! Community school leaders: Richard Rothstein, Ira Harkavy, Jane Quinn, Joy Dryfoos, Marty Blank, and more, assert that coordinated partnerships between communities and schools is key to offering services to youth, families, and communities.

Email this issue to policymakers, school administrators, colleagues, and your networks!

IEL Names Martin Blank President

The Board of Directors of the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) has named Martin Blank (Marty) as its new President.  Blank has served as the Director of the Coalition for Community Schools at IEL for the past decade where he has skillfully crafted a vibrant national movement for deeper relationships between schools and communities.  That vision is shared by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Marty will continue that focus as part of his leadership of IEL.

For more information read the full press release . (Also available as a Word document .)

Rebecca Cokley with President Obama

In honor of Women’s History Month and the key role women play in our economy, IEL Project Coordinator, Rebecca Cokley received a special invitation to the White House Wednesday, March 11th where President Obama signed an Executive Order to create the White House Council on Women and Girls. EPFP Fellow and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was also in attendance.

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NCWD/Youth Releases Guide on the Needs of Youth involved, or at risk of being involved in the Juvenile Corrections System

Making the Right Turn: A Guide About Improving Transition Outcomes for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Corrections System
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Youth with emotional disturbances comprise over 47.4 percent of students with disabilities in secure care, while within public schools they account for only about eight percent of students with disabilities. Students with Learning Disabilities are also overrepresented in the juvenile justice system and account for 38.6 percent of students with disabilities in these settings. This Guide provides professionals with well-researched and documented facts, offers evidence-based research, highlights promising practices, and provides the Guideposts for Success for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Corrections System, in addition to pointing out areas requiring further attention by policymakers and identifying promising practices.

This Guide adds to the overall work that can be found on NCWD/Youth’s website which includes the National Association of State Directors of Special Education’s publication Tools for Promoting Educational Success and Reducing Delinquency and the National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk toolkit Meeting the Educational Needs of Youth Exposed to the Juvenile Justice System.

The Community Agenda for America’s Public Schools

On September 24, 2008, the Coalition for Community Schools (CCS) announced The Community Agenda for America’s Public Schools at the National Press Club.  (The CCS is staffed by and housed at IEL.)  The Agenda already has garnered support from 120+ organizations and individuals from a variety of sectors.  Panelists at the briefing (see listed below) emphasized the importance of coordination and collaboration of support services and schools—and argued that schools need to once again become the “hubs of their communities.”  Panelists included:  Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers; Warren Simmons, Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform; Anne Bryant, Executive Director, National School Boards Association; Linda Juszczak, Interim Executive Director, National Assembly on School Based Health Care; Jodi Grant, Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance; Ira Harkavy, Director, Netter Center for Community Partnership at the University of Pennsylvania; Martin Blank, Director, Coalition for Community Schools.  For more information visit The Community Agenda for America's Public Schools at: www.thecommunityagenda.org.

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