Description: The Institute for Educational Leadership's (IEL) mission is to improve education, and the lives of children and their families, through positive and visionary change. Every day, we face that challenge by bringing together diverse constituencies and empowering leaders with knowledge and applicable ideas. This is why foundations, corporations and generous individuals support our work, and why our teams often include the most innovative federal, state and local government agencies and many of the nation's lead
This FREE Symposium elevated leadership issues and generated dialogue about how our nation develops leaders who prepare our children for college, career, and citizenship. The symposium featured three panels: 1) Preparing Leaders for Public Education, 2) Family Engagement for Education, and 3) Pathways to Success. Learn more!
Community schools foster learning environments that extend far beyond the classroom. Students learn and problem solve in their communities. Our vision for community schools is that through investing in youth and community development, students will engage in learning, achieve to the best of their ability, and become productive citizens and participants in our democracy.
Read a recent Education Week article on connecting youth to communities to enhance development and learning. Read our Community Schools report, Community-Based Learning: Engaging Students for Success and Citizenship .