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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces New Regional Directors

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In 2014, Rivera was honored by the White House as a Champion of Change for his efforts to transform urban education with his holistic approach to student success – he was one of ten recipients nationwide to receive the prestigious honor. Dr. Frank Rodriguez, Director, Region 7 Southeast.

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Who is the new U.S. Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona?

The Hechinger Report

In 2014, the task force Cardona led with Harp produced a master plan with dozens of recommendations to eliminate that gap, including the provision of full day, accredited preschool for all low-income children and an initiative to ensure that every Connecticut parent have at least a high school degree. They have a voice — right?

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The homework gap isn’t new. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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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

Decades of chronic underfunding is often at the root of the struggles in districts like Cleveland to serve high proportions of Black and Latino students from low-income backgrounds, said Allison Rose Socol, a vice president at The Education Trust, an education advocacy group. Covid put the district’s gains in jeopardy.

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Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching

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A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. Monica is the 2014 Texas Teacher of the Year. She is a 2015 Milken Unsung Hero Fellow and a 2015 NEA Foundation Global Fellow. Kelisa honorably served in the U.S.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. Department of Education. ori students. She is currently enrolled at Walden University in the doctoral program.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Related: When a hyped school model proves difficult to replicate.