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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness. Department of Education in 2011.

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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

3] Engaged families report trusting teachers more and understand more clearly the role school plays in their child’s life.[2] Topics should include relationship building, advocacy, and culturally relevant strategies. 2011, March). 2011, June). Sources: Hong, S. Educational. Sheridan, S.M., Knoche, L.L., Kupzyk, K.A.,

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OPINION: We need more problem solvers and critical thinkers for an increasingly complex world

The Hechinger Report

Following full-scale implementation of a proficiency-based system in 2011, postsecondary enrollment increased to 71 percent by 2018, up from an average rate of 59 percent over the 10 years prior to the district’s shift to personalized, competency-based learning. Related: OPINION: Post pandemic, it’s time for a bold overhaul of U.S.

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Why are wealthier students getting lower prices than their low-income peers?

The Hechinger Report

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. Pre-pandemic, we saw a lot more interest in one-off pilot programs.

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report Gordon is getting a lot of that: plaques, thank-yous, T-shirts, goodbye hugs from parents, teachers and current and former students. The graduation rate in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District rose from 56 to 81 percent between 2011 and 2020.

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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

In rural Alabama, Piedmont City School District helped provide students with internet access by installing a town wireless network in 2011 using a federal E-rate grant. The district collects data through a School Climate Survey, a Getting to Know You Survey, and an MPS Cares self-reporting tool.