March 23-24, 2012 - AISR takes part in national education organizing event The conference, which takes place March 23rd and 24th, 2012, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will bring community organizers, education researchers, youth, educators, funders and other stakeholders together to discuss the contributions of community organizing to school improvement and equitable education policy.
December 2, 2011 - CRIS Webinar: Linking High School Data and Post-Secondary Outcomes in NYC How do you determine what factors have the most impact on college readiness and success? A unique opportunity to explore that question arose in 2010 when the New York City Department of Education and City University of New York, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, collaborated to merge student-level data from the largest urban U.S. school system with data from the nation’s largest urban public university system.
October 20, 2011 - RI Foundation First Forum: Building a 21st Century Education System in RI Presentation by Robert Balfanz, "Building a Grad Nation: Rhode Island 2011-2020." Panelists included Colleen Callahan, director of Professional Issues at the RI Federation of Teachers & Health Professionals; Victor Capellan, deputy superintendent for Transformation at CFHS; Julie Nora, director of the International Charter School in Pawtucket; and Nkoli Onye, executive director of Providence high schools.
July 14, 2011 - Webinar: Tackling the Challenges of Rural Community Engagement The goal of this webinar was to think through the challenges and possibilities unique to rural community engagement and offer some possible strategies that will allow for rural communities to adopt a more meaningful role in school reform.