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Remodeling Education
Youth Story Campaign for Deeper Learning in Public Education
Youth leaders are championing a change in how people talk about and support public education: from viewing diverse curricula as divisive to recognizing it as a cornerstone of a high quality education, and from defunding public schools towards truly valuing them as vital spaces at the heart of our communities.
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Spend It On Schools
Compare federal expenditures and investments with real costs of improving our public education system using this interactive tool. Choose how you’d prioritize education as a pathway for all young people to reach their full potential.
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Hinds Community College and Delta State University 2+2 Program
Teacher preparation programs can also increase recruitment efforts by partnering with community colleges to create degree-articulation agreements. For rural communities, which are often far from a four-year university, local community colleges can support the teacher pipeline through innovative programs that leverage these articulation agreements.
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Racial Equity • Remodeling Education
Amplify: Empowering Educators of Color
Dena Simmons discusses the power of bringing together educators of color to discuss their authentic experiences and be leaders in decision making in schools.
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Danielle's Story
Community schools are essential for kids facing poverty and trauma, says elementary teacher and National Education Association (NEA) member Danielle Harris.
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Schools that Work for Us
Hearing Youth Voices, a youth-led social justice organization invented the “Schools that Work for Us” framework for thinking comprehensively about school transformation and what needs to be taken down and what needs to be (re)built in order for schools to be sites of true growth, development, and freedom for Black and Brown young people.
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What are Community Schools?
This new animated explainer from the Partnership for the Future of Learning is a tool for anyone advancing Community Schools. Community schools are public schools that partner with stakeholders to create the conditions students need to thrive. (Now available in Spanish!)
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On the Rise: Cincinnati's Community Learning Centers
Community schools are the kind of public schools that families want and children need: coordinated, inclusive, comprehensive, adaptive, responsive, and above all else, equitable. Cincinnati’s Community Schools are called “Community Learning Centers” and this four-film series from MediaSutra and the Partnership for the Future of Learning takes a deep dive into how these schools are working!
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Nuestra
Nuestra is a film about the inspiration behind and birth of Nuestra Escuela, Our School – a public school in Caguas, Puerto Rico designed to support students’ mental health. The film addresses issues of death, mental health, and suicide prevention and was released during National Suicide Prevention Month. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.
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The Pushouts
For decades we’ve heard about America’s “dropout crisis.” Meet Dr. Victor Rios, a high school “dropout” and former gang member turned bestselling author and professor. Rios argues for a shift in the way we understand the problem. Filmed over more than 25 years, The Pushouts weaves Rios’s inspiring pushout-to-professor narrative with stories from YO!Watts, a youth center serving 16-24 year olds who are out of school and out of work.
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