Achieve Hartford! Website
This organization works to reduce the achievement gap in Hartford. They provide data on current reform progress and school performance in Hartford, commission issue-based research on relevant reform topics to inform a variety of stakeholders, and build coalitions of community partners. One of its major community projects is a push to build public support for… Read More ›
STEM Connection: From Classroom to Workplace
This case study, part of the Schools that Work series on Edutopia, showcases MC2 STEM High School in Cleveland, Ohio. A short overview is accompanied by many supporting resources that describe how the school gets its results. Also of note are the articles on project-based learning and mastery-based assessment. Each article describes the process used… Read More ›
Parent Leadership Training Institute
This website trains parents in the greater Hartford, CT area to become change agents and advocates for their children. It includes a pdf overview of the topics covered as well as helpful tips on recruiting and interviewing parent participants and lessons learned about organizing groups of parents to become advocates. The institute also has a… Read More ›
Youth On Board
This website, a program of YouthBuild USA, facilitates/co-facilitates a number of groups to develop young leaders and give them a voice in education reform. Of note, the Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC) involves representatives from each local high school in decision-making at Boston Public Schools, addressing issues such as small school design, school safety, graduation… Read More ›
Young Voices
This website works to empower low-income urban youth to become leaders in communities across Rhode Island, advocating for policy changes. At the district and local levels students conduct research, make policy recommendations, and work with school leaders to increase graduation and attendance rates. At the state-level youth have testified at hearings on state education funding… Read More ›
College and Career Academy Support Network
This site brings together resources for career and college high school academies. The site includes links to curriculum and other content resources, support organizations, and many tools and guides, such as the Master Schedule Guide for schools using a linked learning or multiple pathways/academies approach. While the site is most relevant to California Partnership academies,… Read More ›
What Should School Be? A Student-centered Road Trip
This six minute video follows a group of Vermont high school students visiting a model school in Providence, Rhode Island to learn about personalized student-centered learning. The video focuses on the students’ experience organizing, attending, and debriefing from the trip. Source Organization: Partnership for Change
Partnership for Change
This website, established in 2012, brings together local nonprofit and education organizations, government, and businesses within the school districts of Burlington and Winooski, Vermont to improve student-centered education. They are working in partnership to implement five levers of change: strengthening youth engagement and leadership, reshaping teaching and learning, personalized and proficiency based learning, family and… Read More ›
Sanford Strong Coalition
The Sanford Strong Coalition-a network of residents, organizations, businesses and others invested in the future of Sanford-provides for the exchange of information and the leveraging of resources in an effort to identify community needs and create solutions that strengthen the health, well being, and success of Sanford’s children, youth and their families. Resources include: Strategies… Read More ›
Parent Leadership Training Institute
The Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) helps parents become leading advocates for children. It is designed by the American Leadership Forum, Leadership Greater Hartford, and the Connecticut Commission on Children. It is used as a part of the “stronger Sanford” strategies. The website includes: goals, a description of the course, and resources that include the… Read More ›
Parent Leadership Training Institute Curriculum Overview
This curriculum overview describes classes, rationale, structure, and values of the leadership training. A great resource for those communities interested in creating their own training for parents. Source Organization: Connecticut Commission on Children VISIT THE RESOURCE
Curriculum & Instruction – Sanford Public School
The Sanford Public School provides public details about their curriculum and instructional approach with resources for parents, students, and staff. Source Organization: Sanford School Department Visit the Resource