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🌟 KIPP middle & high school graduates are more likely to enroll & graduate from a four year college 🎓. I am proud of our students, teachers, staff, families, and communities for making this happen! There's still a lot of work to do, but it is important to recognize & celebrate the positive impact 🎉-- then get back to planning for a better future with no limits. Article linked in comments 📝

GOT PRESIDENCY? Now you do, and now you don't. It's important for both Boards and Presidents to contractually plan for eventual changes in leadership. While one can argue about the reasons and or circumstances, preparedness for immediate or eventual succession is ultimately one of the most important roles of the Board. Robert (Skip) Myers, PhD, Director of Board Effectiveness here at Casagrande Consulting can help. https://lnkd.in/e_CZzrSE

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James Baldwin — 'You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.' Why are so few Black men teachers in New York City? By Amaya McDonald, NYCity News Service Mar 8, 2023, 5:13pm EDT This story is part of Hard Lessons, the NYCity News Service’s look at what city schools have learned from the pandemic. Black students make up around a quarter of the city’s more than one million public-school pupils. However, Black instructors are disproportionately underrepresented among the faculty who teach them. Only 19% of educators in New York City’s public schools are Black—and only 4% of the city’s educators are Black men.  The scarcity of Black men is glaring for a system in which Black male students are more likely to be chronically absent and are among those least likely to graduate from high school in four years.  https://lnkd.in/gQF5e5d6 The last Sunday of my Birthday Month and #NationalPrincipalsMonth 2023 The two pictures include 8 teachers (Victor John, Cordel Blair, Rachel Hill, Nick Falzone (Rest In Peace), Harold I., Brian Lewis, Will Ehrenfeld, and Duane Williamson) who I mentored through school building leadership programs. I was fortunate enough to be able to hire them in assistant principal positions after mentoring them through school building leadership programs. Two of the 8 are principals during this 2023 National Principals Month, 1 Education Administrator and 4 Interim Acting Assistant Principals. October 29, 2023, is the 3rd anniversary of TheMister Falzone Nicholas Peter Falzone's death. Mr. Falzone worked with all 4 Interim Acting Assistant Principals. https://lnkd.in/e_fgvCDu P-TECH has produced college graduates in the 7 states #Colorado #Connecticut #Illinois #Maryland #newyork #rhodesisland and #texas. The state of Texas had 235 P-TECHs in school year 2021-2022. Dallas, Texas has a P-TECH in each high school in Dallas Independent School District. #skillsbuild #skillsfirst #skills2030 #weareptech www.ptech.org

At All Means All, we are dedicated to transforming outcomes for students with disabilities and other intersectional identities that have been historically marginalized. We start by partnering with school leaders to thoroughly analyze and disaggregate historical data and then build inclusive and ambitious goals to address disparities. Leaders develop plans through our multiple learning cycles that draw on adult leadership skills and practical tools to target specific areas of disproportionality such as reading, math, post-secondary success, or social-emotional growth. This creates a proof point, demonstrating what is possible and generating momentum to continue eliminating disparities beyond the program. Join us for our fourth cohort as we work toward more inclusive, supportive learning environments where all students can thrive academically and socially. 🌟 Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/gQhAz_25 🌟 📈 Check Out Our Results: https://lnkd.in/gSZQGq3R 📊

A year of collective impact is the only way to describe our 2022-2023 fiscal year. Month after month, we worked together with our Bigs, local organizations, community leaders, the NFL, elected officials, and our families to defend the potential of young people in Middle Tennessee. Together we've Served 804 youth Added 9 corporate partners to our Big For A Day Program Graduated 99 seniors & so much more! Watch for a full 2022-2023 year in review. #BBBSMT #BigImpact #mentorsMatter #Mentorship

Exploring the Best HBCU Business Schools - A Guide to Building Your Future Discover the Best HBCU Business Schools for Your Future Endeavors! From expert faculty to cutting-edge programs, join us in exploring these institutions that can pave the way to your dream career. Your journey to success begins here! #HBCUs #BusinessSchools #HigherEducation #FutureLeaders"

"If you build it/create it, they will come." This is an understatement for us as we have seen more and more students visiting and asking questions about how they can get involved in fraternities and sororities. We are excited for tomorrow as we celebrate the beginning of a new era at Florida International University with the ribbon cutting for the Center for Fraternity & Sorority Enrichment. FIU's Center of Fraternity & Sorority Enrichment intentionally concentrates our efforts utilizing learning outcomes to enrich the student learning and development. Our staff strive to navigate how our co-curricular experiences prepare students in the areas of leadership development, social responsibility, community impact, through service, philanthropy, and economic impact, and career preparedness/readiness. It’s why we aren’t the Center for Fraternity & Sorority Life because our work should enrich chapters, members, campus, and the greater community. The main goals of the center as well as where FSL is headed in general for the future: (1) Provide co-curricular experiences in the areas of leadership development, social responsibility, community impact, and career preparedness/readiness; (2) Create structures to provide focused support for leadership coaching and chapter/council support; (3) Grow the fraternity and sorority community to at least 10% of the campus population; and (4) Develop a national benchmark for effective resources and staffing for fraternity and sorority communities. If you would like to attend, RSVP to go.fiu.edu/fslopenhouse. If you cannot attend, please consider giving a gift to go.fiu.edu/greekfund.

NCAA D1 - Football teams in Texas 🇺🇸🏈🤠 "In the American football culture, there’s nothing that can replace college football. Yes, the US has the NFL and the NBA, and even Major League Baseball. These have a global presence. However, if we stop to consider the audience for college football leagues and the level of excitement these matches bring, well, college football is unmatched. College football is part of American culture. It’s played a big role in the history of civil rights in the country. In the 1960s, the football teams in colleges were the first institutions to integrate white and black players. In the past, there were all-white or all-black teams. Sports have the power to unite people, and college football is proof of that." More at: https://lnkd.in/gQFRawJv

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