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ATDLE
ATDLE

The ATDLE team provides focused and relevant professional training opportunities for new and existing programs! Our commitment to excellence in education through second and third language education is unwavering. We believe strongly in quality implementation and the full implementation of research-based practices. We lead the charge by utilizing the amazing expertise of some of the most experienced programmatic experts in TWBI/DL and know that we can be of great service to teachers, administrators and program development leads wanting to start their programs or improve their practice!

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Achievers Academy Early College Prep Charter School
Achievers Early College Prep Charter School

Achievers Early College Prep Charter School (AECP) is New Jersey’s first public charter school for students in grades 6-12 that provides them with the unique opportunity to take a two-year course of study in STEM fields following the 10th grade, enabling them to redefine the high school experience and graduate with skills, experiences, and content mastery that’s significant to them in the market place and the world beyond.

AECP wants to make it possible for students in Trenton to earn, at no or low cost:

A High school diploma
Up to 60 transferable college credits
An associate’s degree
Workplace learning, credentials and internships

This alternative to a traditional middle and high school is founded on the belief that many underserved minority students are not prepared early enough for college and competitive STEM studies. They tend to lack the emotional and financial resources to apply to, enroll in, and complete degrees of study that will be professionally and financially rewarding in the long run. Achievers Early College Prep benefits from the leadership and experience of New York and New Jersey-based charter school operators, teachers, college professors, community leaders and early college school leaders.

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Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School
Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School

At AAHS, we’re educating and inspiring the aviation and aerospace leaders of tomorrow. As a new aviation-focused public charter school, we offer a future-building, career and college-focused education that will change the lives of our students, who will then change the world. In addition to hands-on, experiential instruction, we provide clearly-defined pathways for our diverse student body to enter aviation and aerospace careers.

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American Indian Academy of Denver
American Indian Academy of Denver

American Indian Academy of Denver (AIAD) is a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) school providing rigorous learning opportunities for all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in Denver, Colorado.

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Arts and Healing Programs
Aliento

Aliento serves undocumented, DACA, and mixed immigration status families to transform trauma into hope and action. We are youth-led and directly impacted people and allies who are invested in the well-being, emotional healing, and leadership development of those impacted by the inequities of lacking an immigration status.

We offer art & healing workshops for those who have been impacted by deportation, detention, or the threat of family separation.

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Ashé Preparatory Academy
Ashé Preparatory Academy

Ashé Preparatory Academy’s mission is to cultivate the genius of a diverse population of students and prepare them to excel in high school, college, and career and to serve as leaders in and for their communities.

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Bard Early College Academy New Orleans
Bard Early College Academy

Bard Early College in New Orleans (BECNO) engages bright, intellectually curious students through a tuition-free, immersive liberal arts curriculum. By promoting authentic and supportive undergraduate opportunities, BECNO faculty and staff prepare students of all academic backgrounds for further college success.

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Be Braven
Braven

The mission of Braven is to empower promising, underrepresented young people—first-generation college students, students from low-income backgrounds, and students of color—with the skills, confidence, experiences and networks necessary to transition from college to strong first jobs, which lead to meaningful careers and lives of impact.

Beyond 12
Reach Higher Initiative

Beyond 12 is increasing the number of low-income, first-generation, and historically under-represented students who graduate from college. In partnership with high schools and colleges, our technology platform and our coaches together provide students with the academic, social, and emotional support they need to succeed in higher education and in life.

Bricolage Academy
Bricolage Academy

Bricolage Academy envisions a time when public schools serve the needs of all students—when New Orleans is the world’s premier location for public education and is widely recognized as a world-class city for its creative, cultural and economic leadership.

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Digital Pioneers Academy
Digital Pioneers Academy

As the first computer science-focused middle and high school in Washington, DC, Digital Pioneers Academy's mission is to develop the next generation of innovators. We prepare Ward 7 and 8 students to meet or exceed the highest academic standards, while cultivating the strength necessary to both graduate from four-year colleges and thrive in 21st century careers.

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Lab4Physics
Lab4U

Lab4U develops a platform that enables hands-on laboratory experiences through mobile devices.

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Liber Institute
Liber Institute

The mission of the Liber Institute is to embolden and equip students, families, and educators to transform schools and the communities that surround them. The Institute organizes its work in three interwoven strands: a culturally responsive teaching fellowship for teachers, transformational leadership coaching for school leaders, and a liberatory design lab focused on unearthing and incubating local approaches to building more equitable schools and institutions. ​

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Make Music Count
Make Music Count

Make Music Count is an award-winning, next generation, math curriculum.

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National Charter Collaborative
Charter Collaborative

The National Charter Collaborative (NCC) supports single-site charter school leaders of color whose schools reflect the hopes and dreams of their students and cultural fabric of their communities. Charter school leaders of color are a critical, yet overlooked, collective representing an estimated one-fourth of charter schools impacting over 335,000 students across the U.S.

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National Equity Project
National Equity Project

At the National Equity Project, leaders transform their systems into equitable, resilient, and liberating environments. They provide consulting and coaching to help leaders and teams make informed decisions and take more effective action, and design and facilitate professional learning experiences for educators and other leaders to reimagine and redesign their systems for equity. Their services build culture, conditions, and competencies for excellence and equity in districts,  organizations, foundations, and communities.

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Native American Community Academy (NACA Elementary): K-5 Indigenous Literacy Program
Native American Community Academy (NACA Elementary): K-5 Indigenous Literacy Program

Native American Community Academy (NACA) Elementary launched to engage urban Native American children in a rigorous education, based in Indigenous culture, language, tradition, and holistic wellness. NACA’s K-5 Indigenous Literacy Program is a culturally and linguistically revitalizing curriculum designed by Indigenous educators. The literacy program will use texts that center Indigenous peoples so that students see themselves and their communities as they develop the building blocks of literacy so that they may be empowered to pursue their own dreams, develop and share new ideas, and participate fully in society.

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PostSecondary Pathways online training and curriculum for educators
Contigo Ed

Contigo Ed's mission is to equip and empower educators with the necessary knowledge, skills, and resources allowing them to best counsel and support their students to understand and navigate their postsecondary opportunities.

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Profound Gentlemen
Profound Gentlemen

Building communities of male educators of color around the country to impact the education of boys of color across the country

Project Destined
Project Destined

Project Destined is launching a nation-wide paid, Virtual Internship Program in Real Estate for diverse, high school and undergraduate students. Project Destined is proud to partner with leading Commercial Real Estate Firms to provide an 8-week internship program and create a pathway for new leaders and owners in the sector.


Rainier Valley Leadership Academy
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy

Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is a public, tuition-free, charter school, providing an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education, while providing access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle.

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Restorative Justice as a health Equity resource
The Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality

The Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality works with policymakers, researchers, advocates, and youth to develop effective policies and practices that alleviate poverty and inequality in the United States. We author and widely disseminate in-depth reports, conduct research, host conferences, and lead national youth-centered coalitions and working groups. Our work analyzes challenges and proposes solutions to help youth thrive, reaching a national audience through a broad dissemination strategy resourced at the law school.

Safe & Welcoming School Plan For Undocumented Students & Families
ImmSchools

This is an internal assessment tool used by ImmSchools team for districts and schools to assess their safe and welcoming practices within their school community as it pertains to the undocumented and mixed status students and families1. This tool has been developed through an adaptation of research found in the appendix and in partnership with immigrant students, parents, educators and advisory board members inImmSchools’ network.

School-Based College Access for BIPOC Students
One Goal

Students from low- and high-income communities aspire to complete their postsecondary education at similar rates.  But those from low-income communities, the majority of whom are students of color, face enormous systemic barriers to earn their degrees, an injustice made worse by COVID-19. As a result, hundreds of thousands of young people transition to adulthood without the skills, experiences, and credentials needed to build careers and lives of their choosing.

Standards and Promising Practices for Schools Educating Boys of Color
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

Boys of color and their sisters, will soon comprise the majority of students in American schools, and those who educate them must become more accustomed to their social, emotional, cultural and academic needs. The Common Core spells out expectations to measure both what students know and what they can do. COSEBOC believes that another set of considerations is crucial to bridge the gap in achievement between males of color and all other groups and to create a pathway for vulnerable students toward opportunity in education, career, and personal achievement.

Supporting Undocumented Youth
US Department of Education

A resource from the US Department of Education on supporting undocumented youth: a guide for success in secondary and postsecondary settings.

The Minnesota Executive function scale
Reflection sciences

For children to successfully participate in the school experience as engaged and competent learners, Executive Function skills need to be developed from infancy through adolescence along with social-emotional learning. Since children are not born with these skills, they must be fostered, assessed, measured and understood so that each child can meet their full potential. Reflection Sciences has developed cutting-edge technology to easily measure Executive Function in children as young as two years old.

The National Education Equity Lab
National Education Equity Lab

By enabling high school students from historically underserved communities to take actual college courses from college professors, students can build the skills — and confidence — needed to apply to and thrive in college. Participating students earn widely-transferable college credits, at no cost to them — and have access to mentorship and hands-on support.

The Native American Community Academy (NACA)
NACA

The Native American Community Academy (NACA) is a tuition-free public charter school serving students in elementary, middle and high school (grades K-12th), NACA is a small school that focuses on identity through culture & language, holistic wellness, community & family, and academic preparation. Our philosophy is grounded in both the Indigenous thought and a rigorous approach to career-preparatory education.   We require excellence from our students, dedication from our teachers, and commitment from our parents.

The Propel America Fellowship
Propel America

Propel America helps young adults move from high school into a career and higher education. We connect high schools, job-training organizations, and higher ed institutions, employers and experienced mentors to build a clear path forward for students.

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Transforming Lives Through Education
Immigrants Rising

Back in 2006, undocumented students had little information, resources, and support to help them pursue higher education. As teachers and mentors, Carrie Evans and Katharine Gin found out that undocumented students were excluded from most opportunities available to their native-born classmates, such as government financial aid, loans, and most private scholarships. Carrie and Kathy started Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC) to support undocumented students, at the same time as undocumented students were advocating for opportunities to learn and improve their own lives. In 2018, we changed our name to Immigrants Rising to better reflect who we are, what we represent, and where we are headed. Our collective power is helping our nation edge closer to fulfilling its ideal as a land of opportunity and access for all.

UnifiED School Launch Program
Diverse Charter Schools Coalition

The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition connects members with each other and with outside resources to help improve their practice. We amplify the stories of success that prove that school integration is possible and worth trying. We advocate that government and philanthropic support incentivizes demographic diversity in public schools.

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We Drive It
EducationNC

EducationNC’s new short documentary, We Drive It, highlights the work of a team of passionate educators and scholars in rural North Carolina. In the high-poverty area of Edgecombe County called the Northside, schools have historically lagged behind on test scores and other metrics. That’s why change makers there decided it was time for something radically different. It was time to build a new school from the ground up, a school specifically designed with students in mind.

We PLAY Center
Training Grounds

Family and community engagement: A non-profit organization that assists families and professionals throughout the greater New Orleans area with creating rich learning experiences for children and positive adult-child interactions. Founders Melanie Richardson and Christine Neely provide learning experience workshops for parents, professional development training for early childhood educators, and a We PLAY Center where parents and children (3 and under) can grow and learn together by enjoying age appropriate toys and activities while developing social-emotional skills in a safe play space!

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