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So proud of my team and their work! Check out this awesome article detailing how KIPP New Orleans works to fulfill its promise. ❤️ https://lnkd.in/gHnShxV5

"Educated kids make educated decisions." That’s why we partner with schools and our community of caring neighbors like you to help kids to succeed in school and in life.    Watch as Rene Gellerman, our President & CEO, shares with Johnny Marx the thinking behind our United for Schools initiative – to unite community resources and volunteers to help kids early on, to help them unlock brighter futures for themselves.   And, the results speak for themselves. Dive deeper here: https://lnkd.in/gXpwEqV3

Most often #schools and #trustees go ahead and have this idea of what works in #education. They spend hours working with #educationdesign architects who might not be #teachers or #educators designing schools. The benchmark might be a distant school they saw and were impressed by in another state or country! They begin to design and create a school that looks good, architecturally different and perhaps just bigger! They know that #parents go and fall for the #optics such as land and building, swimming pools and granite! While this is very important ( environment) and I do not want to take away from any of it especially for those who have it... I would also want to encourage more schools across the country #boisar #palghar #dahanu to come to parents and get them to help inform #schooldesign This holds true! #circleofinfluence The Circle India helps schools owners see the power of community participation in school design! After all the school is a community of learners for the community! Its OWNED by the students who are its inhabitants! Judging a school solely by its buildings is like buying a car model solely for its paint. If this is the yardstick most parents are going to follow then it will be automatically inform school management to optimise for the hard optics that might effect parent decision rather than core educational gain! Using the SMC and the General parent community in the area of redesign and re-imagination will reap benefits that are truly appreciated and necessary and contextual for the community its intended to serve If you are around then register at bit.ly/boisarparent and show up for our children! #boisar #dahanu #palghar Lt. Col A Sekhar Jonathan Mendonca Francis Joseph Amanda Bickerstaff Devika Nadig Harpreet Singh Grover Jennifer Stivers Sumersingh K Rajpurohit ↗️ Lakshmi Kumar Pramath Raj Sinha

Here's a great short video about the Beyond School Walls program created by Big Brothers Big Sisters. It represents an easy way for companies and organizations to mentor youths at their workplace, requiring very little time and money. Watch to learn more about it! https://lnkd.in/g-uHgfXx

Check out this FREE (for ACA members) webinar about camp-school partnerships!

Where challenge, audience, and purpose of student learning intersect, you find informed action. 🔍 At the end of each of our K-5 inquiry-based social studies units, there's the opportunity for informed action that creates meaning AND deeper learning for students. 👏 Read more about how a 2nd-grade classroom in Ohio impacted their community through their informed action project – planting a garden. 🌱 ➡️ https://bit.ly/45fR6or

It's Walk, Bike and Roll to School Day! Did you know that in 2002 the Minnesota Youth Council partnered with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to create the Minnesota Safe Routes to School Youth Partnership Resources & Action Plan? This toolkit provides guidance for youth and adult co-development of safe routes for students to get to and from school. "Many youth are well-aware of the challenges to walking and biking to school and understand the types of solutions needed!" Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gc6cFf_3

We all intuitively know this, yet so very little is done in parent education... We know how damaging childhood trauma can be and parents can learn this technique to prevent the trauma to build up and affect their child later in life. It takes very little effort and it can be much more valuable than any inheritance you can leave as a parent! #earlychildhood #hidlhoodtrauma #parenteducation #mentalhealth

As back-to-school costs continue to rise, Operation Backpack is providing the essential school supplies that kids need to succeed -- in Ohio, Indiana, and dozens of other states. Learn more today: https://lnkd.in/eZjzYN8B #HealthyCommunities4All

Us: Why do you like TVM? Scholars: Because there’s no boringness! In TVM, Mahea Gaskins has all the scholars say “We are allergic to boring!” Our method of family #engagement attracts parents to be involved in their child’s learning experience. This creates the bridge to then engage families in the #school and #community. That’s the goal! Research has proven that when parents are more active and engaged with their child’s academic journey…the behavior, attendance and grades improve as well. This is just one of the differences that partnering with a full-service community building organization provides.