Hearst Foundations’ Post

Massachusetts Educators! The deadline to apply is approaching. Educators interested in doing deep work on evidence-based literacy strategies including all-inclusive curricular materials integration are highly encouraged to apply. We will also be continuing our advocacy efforts on diversifying the workforce, Early Childhood Education amd Care, and advocating for a competency determination that will set up our students for lifelong success and a solid quality of life. #teachers #teacherleadership #studentsuccess

To thrive and succeed in college and beyond, California students need leaders and faculty that share their backgrounds and lived experiences. In spite of the advances the UC, CSU, and California Community Colleges have made in achieving equitable representation, we still have a long way to go. Learn how state and college leaders can take action for equitable representation in college leadership https://buff.ly/48ziZs9

Be a part of the change 🌱 Are your learning environments preventing your students from reaching their full potential? 🔓💭 This is a crucial question—one that could impact the lives of students everywhere. Our latest research project, The State of Learning Spaces, aims to answer it. Join the school leaders from the UK and beyond who have already shared their perspectives. 👉🏽 You can fill in the survey here https://lnkd.in/ezckUMTK

In a recent conversation with Paper, I found it truly inspiring to hear about the impactful work Superintendent Kirk Shrum and educators in Visalia Unified School District are doing to foster connections that extend beyond the classroom for students. Their dedication to ensuring each student feels a part of something larger within their community is remarkable. 📚🤝 "What research shows is that when students are connected to something beyond maybe just their academic class, they perform better, they feel better about themselves, and they have better attendance...if every student's connected to something meaningful, it's going to change their trajectory." 🔗 Watch his full interview and explore more insights from leading superintendents at leadership-voices.com.

Well deserved. People should read your new book, ‘Government Can Deliver’. You share advice with personal vignettes to emphasize your insights. A well organized how to deliver better government services book. This should be recommended reading for anyone working for or with the US Federal government.

Brian Raines thoughtfully explains the continuing challenges faced by those of us who come to the profession from atypical circumstances. He also exemplifies the life-changing power of higher education. As we continue to grapple with the many challenges facing higher ed, it is essential to stay focused on stories like Brian's. I often wonder what the world would be like had we not spent most of human history excluding people from education and limiting their potential based on accidents of birth. While we will never know what we could have created, it is clear to me that destroying a system that in a very short time has created incredible intellectual capital, improved the human condition immensely, and overall made our world a better place is foolish. Yes, higher ed needs to be made better. We need to prioritize student success and support, we need to embrace meaningful intellectual diversity, we need to be better citizens of the spaces we occupy. However, there is no scenario in which those shortcomings warrant the wholesale destruction of the best system of education the world has ever known. Many of us on the inside know this and are fighting to protect one of our country's most valuable assets. Those of you on the outside need to join us in the fight. The world's most creative and successful economy was built on the foundation created by higher education. Destroy the foundation and the structure will crumble.

A follow up to me earlier post about regional public universities. Engines of opportunity, not gatekeepers. We all should make these valuable institutions the face of higher education. Mark your calendar Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. ET. https://lnkd.in/gYYSRU-g #highereducation #learningforall #workforcedevelopment #degrees