Avela’s Post

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

Governors play a key role in raising awareness about school choice. Each National #SchoolChoiceWeek, governors issue proclamations to honor "School Choice Week" in their respective states. This year is no different! To see a list of governors who have already proclaimed January 21 - 27, 2024 as "School Choice Week," visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eyXg_skx #schoolchoice #schoolchoiceawareness #parentsknowbest

Did you know that 4 out of 10 Southern states rank in the bottom 10 states for per-pupil expenditures? That’s why EdTrust-Tennessee created Southerners for Fair School Funding, an initiative to help Southern advocates, coalitions & policymakers increase their impact & influence to achieve improved school funding. Learn more & join the movement: https://lnkd.in/eNzX7aF6 https://edtru.st/4bFf3s5

Have you seen Arun's Reading Journey on page 5 of The EPS Supplement this month? Learn more about how Arun improved his #reading skills and confidence with #ReadingPlus and went from confusion and frustration 😕 with texts to becoming confident and excited about reading 🤩. Read his reading journey here: https://bit.ly/3ZkTCa0

Have you seen Arun's Reading Journey on page 5 of The EPS Supplement this month? Learn more about how Arun improved his #reading skills and confidence with #ReadingPlus and went from confusion and frustration 😕 with texts to becoming confident and excited about reading 🤩. Read his reading journey here: https://bit.ly/3ZkTCa0

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐨𝐧? The north-south divide is at an all time high, with the government recently listing 55 'coldspots' for education, with many of these being in the north of the country. Dudley, Middlesborough, and Oldham were among 3 of these 'coldspots' with the weakest education outcomes, meaning students were leaving with lower prospects than the rest of the country. However, the DfE recently approved plans with Eton College and Star Academies for a partnership of 3 sixth forms to be built in these towns to increase the engagement with education in these areas. Eton will fund £1 million a year per college on top of current funding levels, with the aim of helping students from deprived backgrounds in the north secure places at top universities. It's great to see Eton recognise their own privilege and the north-south divide to help children from deprived areas receive extra funding. Is this just a PR stunt for Eton or a step in the right direction?

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

"It's not our job, it's our life... we just pour our heart and soul out to what we do because we love doing it." This is what 2022 Standing Ovation winner, Principal Jessica Morales, has to say about the commitment DCPS staff has towards building community and making long-lasting change for students. This is what a #educationchampion looks like. Learn more about standing ovation at dcedfund.org #standingovation #DCPS #EducationInvestment.

Dr. Ray McNulty is committed to raising performance standards for teachers and students and building solid connections between schools and their communities. To learn more about Ray's work, listen to his episode of VFE https://bit.ly/4bYmMS2! #ChangeTheWorld

We're just getting ready for our panel on how we can level up education, at Conservative Party Conference #CPC23 It is places, and not people, which have been de-skilled. So if levelling up is a meaningful long-term project, decision makers must rethink the approach to education in areas which have been 'left behind' by decades of decline. Can a new place-focussed education strategy match skills with jobs to create a high-skilled and high-wage local economy? Panellists:  - Anne Longfield CBE, Former Children's Commissioner, currenlty chair of The Commission on Young Lives Lives (Chair)  - Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester - Dr Eric Lybeck, Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester  - Mary Robinson, MP for Cheadle and member of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee - Matt Leach, Chief Executive, Local Trust If you're not able to join us in Friends Meeting House, you can follow along as we live tweet the event over on X, formerly Twitter. https://lnkd.in/emx3SPv8