We know that when public school educators, their unions, school districts and communities collaborate and focus on learning conditions, student performance will improve.
The NEA Foundation Closing the Achievement Gaps Initiative is an effort to accelerate the achievement rate for under-achieving low income and minority students via targeted philanthropy. Sites define their own plans to increase achievement in their communities and we provide up to $250,000 in funding annually over a five year period.
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The NEA Foundation Institute for Innovation in Teaching and Learning supports local unions and school district leaders’ collaborative efforts to improve education by focusing on a single issue and providing a dedicated coach, connecting leaders to a larger community of practice, and sharing online curriculum on issues of labor-management, and how to lead change and reform. The Institute is comprised of labor-management teams from across the country. Each has identified issues most critical to their students and has made a commitment to work together toward a common goal: to improve the quality of education for their students.
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The NEA Foundation’s free online courses were developed to support district and union leadership – and the field as a whole. Our goal is to increase the education community’s ability to design and implement reform projects collaboratively. We believe that these online courses can help to achieve this goal by building skill and capacity in labor-management relations, change management, and leadership. The NEA Foundation will be developing a total of 19 courses.
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We know that we can’t do this work alone and are dedicated to sharing our learning as broadly as possible. Find publications, research, and online courses that can support unions and districts working together to improve student performance.
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