Karen Hawley Miles

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The Effective Implementation Cohort Team recently reflected on its three-year journey with 10 TA providers and 19 school districts implementing middle-school math curricula. The team documented their reflections in the latest brief, "Reflections and Recommendations." Read the journey at: https://lnkd.in/gW99GYR5 #ImplementationScience #Implementation #Mathematics #Math #Publication #Brief

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Shape the Future of K12 Education: Discover Strategic Imperatives with DA Leadership Institute Compiled by leading experts in education policy and administration, the downloadable guide, 'Navigating Tomorrow' offers an unparalleled look into the strategic planning processes of urban and rural school districts across the United States. Download your guide ➡ https://lnkd.in/ecnagNUy

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💻 Higher education is digitizing. Learn how your institution's impact report can stay up to date. #impactreport #fundraising #digitalstorytelling

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New report alert 🚨 🚨 “Reassessing ESSA Implementation,” analyzes how well school accountability systems address equity. Explore how ESSA is impacting students and where gaps remain. Read the full report here: https://edtru.st/4esjOWe

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Most four-year institutions are built on 450+ years of precedence and steeped in governance orthodoxy. By design, they really CAN'T pivot quickly. Even the most innocuous of changes can take months - if not years. It doesn't help that accreditation oversight - regionally and nationally (and in some cases, programmatically) - frowns on experimentation beyond the boundaries of regulatory and compliance norms. (Read: Competency Based Education which has struggled to gain meaningful mainstream traction for years. Three-year degrees are another example. Ditching the Carnegie Unit - which even the Carnegie Foundation says is outdated - is another. Microcredentials are another, although ironically, some regional accreditors are exploring this option themselves.) The institutions that will survive the next 400 years will be those that can rapidly adapt to an increasingly unpredictable market and consumer.

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Ready to drive meaningful change in your institution? Check out In Trust Center for Theological Schools’ recent webinar, led by change management and leadership development expert Dr. Aaron Einfeld, PhD, and strategy and governance consultant Dr. David Rowe, PhD. These industry experts share invaluable tools for leaders, helping them identify and overcome the hidden barriers that can keep institutions stuck. A must-watch for project directors, leaders, and board members looking to unlock progress and create lasting impact. Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/g222fbCt #Leadership #ChangeManagement #InstitutionalGrowth #BoardDevelopment

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Bellwether released a principled approach to education funding reform. This guide provides states and advocates with a step-by-step process for analyzing and proposing new finance options. #EdPolicyHotlist #EdFi #EquitableFunding #Transparency #EduROI https://lnkd.in/ejGJ2QVD

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Interesting read for all educators.

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Building on results from a recent series of CLNA stakeholder assessments, several intriguing topics worthy of further examination for K12 CTE programs have emerged. The first is the establishment of Regional CTE Development Teams. Regional Dev Teams The rising demand and potential for CTE programs in both urban and rural areas requires substantial investment, a regionally-focused commitment, and creative strategies from K12, tertiary education, local economic development authorities, and industry/employer partners. A specialized K12 CTE Development Team (Dev Team) could lead a deliberate set of initiatives, including but not limited to the collection of additional ideas also derived from the same recent CLNA stakeholder assessments. Below are five ideas a Dev Team could focus on: 1 - Make CTE understandable. Enhance talking-points, descriptions, and outreach regarding CTE's mission, process, and value to make CTE more relevant and comprehensible to various audiences. 2 - The 13th year. Develop career pathway engagement opportunities for K12 students that extend into a 13th year. 3 - Optimize advisory committees. Improve the structures, aims, and activities of CTE Advisory Committees. 4 - Regional approach to CTE development. Expand engagement, development, and resources between urban areas and adjacent rural communities 5 - Fostering industry-supported WBL Opportunities. Assist industry employers in creating and providing work-based learning opportunities that link K12 students to career employment. These five initiatives are listed here to illustrate the kinds of efforts a regional Dev Team could undertake. Obviously there are many types of objectives a Dev Team could focus on. More detail is available at the Futures Research Blog: https://lnkd.in/gmz5HM_n. The development of regional Dev Teams could be informed through action research exploring questions like: - How should the Dev Team be organized, funded, and evaluated? - Who should be included in this Team, and what responsibilities should they have? Potential institutional partners to consider include local and regional higher education, economic development leaders, industry employment partners, and others. - What specific goals can and should a Regional Dev Team aim to achieve over 1, 3, and 5-year timelines? - What sources of funding are needed (and accessible) to finance the Dev Team’s activities? For instance: grants, donations, proviso funding, and co-investment from local, state, and industry partners? #cte #k12

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Scaling and Sustaining Pre-K-12 STEM Education Innovations: Systemic Challenges, Systemic Responses A new report from the National Academies examines factors at local, regional, and national levels that impact widespread implementation of Pre-K–12 STEM education innovations and recommends actions to scale up promising programs, practices, models, technologies. Read now: https://lnkd.in/e9wDyYWT

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📢 Check out the 2024 Advancement Leaders Speak Report for insights from top fundraising leaders. Discover findings across 6 key areas: ✅ Fundraising priorities and strategies ✅ Tracking donor pipelines ✅ Staffing challenges ✅ Use of AI in fundraising ✅ Messaging to broader audiences ✅ Engaging younger donors Read the full report now: https://bit.ly/4eNNEoQ #Fundraising #DonorEngagement

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Developing a fundraising strategy is key for non-profit space planning. This free webinar hosted by Raza Development Fund and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy provides helpful insights into capital campaign planning and more. Register here: https://bit.ly/3yZILJo #UnidosUS #NonProfit #Strategies

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New Report! Our latest report, K-8 Math Curriculum Quality: The State of District-Led Selection, explores year-over-year data on the core math curricula that districts are selecting - highlighting a growing trend toward high-quality instructional materials - and underscores the importance of district-led curriculum choices in driving systemic change and improving student learning. Read the full report: https: https://lnkd.in/etrshGVS! #k12 #math #curriculum #curriculummatters #quality #HQIM #highquality #districtleaders #k12districts

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A new report from the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (CLDE) Coalition, of which CCA is a lead partner, highlights the critical importance of civic learning in higher education. As CCA President Yolanda Watson Spiva, Ph.D., BCC, emphasizes: "Civic purpose should always have been included in the meanings of student success. And going forward, it will be." Learn how we can strengthen democracy through education in this article from Diverse: Issues In Higher Education about the report: https://lnkd.in/eEjzAkeq

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Higher education leaders face unprecedented challenges to the operations and future of their institutions. Explore the infographic to unlock a dynamic strategy framework that allows leaders to quickly revise priorities and reallocate resources. #HigherEd #HigherEdLeaders #Infographic

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For public schools, meeting demand for afterschool and summer learning programs remains a challenge, with funding and staffing challenges among the top barriers. See what the state of afterschool looks like for public schools in new survey results. https://lnkd.in/eKg8xRAY

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An exciting new report from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research found that Former English Learners had strong high school graduation and 2-year college persistence rates! Part of a broader set of research on English Learners’ educational outcomes, this report provides us with important data that helps us shift the narrative on English Learners and strengthens the case for investing in bilingual education. Learn how this exciting research will support our education advocacy in our VP of Education Policy and Research, Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro, PhD’s latest blog. Read her blog here: https://bit.ly/3CSrNhO

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