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Convening the EP Network for Virtual Agents of Change

By Thalia Tirado, April 5, 2021

We’re gearing up for EP’s first-ever national Agents of Change event on Wednesday, April 7. Typically a local in-person event planned by regional Alumni Boards, Agents of Change is an opportunity to celebrate and learn from community leaders and fellow Alumni who are advancing transformation and systemic change on behalf of students and families. While the COVID-19 pandemic introduced many traumas and challenges this year, including restrictions on community gatherings, its onset also provided a chance to re-imagine the usual Agents of Change structure. A group of dedicated Alumni from a...

Stop Asian Hate

March 22, 2021

Last week was a traumatic one for the Asian and Asian American/Pacific Islander community. The senseless murder of eight people in Atlanta, including six women of Asian descent, compounded the pain of rising anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination during the pandemic. EP stands in solidarity with our AAPI community -- those individuals on our staff, in our network of Alumni and Fellows, and in the communities and classrooms we serve. Exclusion and marginalization of the AAPI experience is not new, even if we have little practice naming and integrating it into the dialogue about racism and...
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Applications Now Open for the 2021 Impact Fellowship

By Melissa Wu, February 18, 2021

Twelve months ago, when the COVID-19 virus was just emerging, none of us could imagine where we would be today: school systems still navigating how to re-open and stay open, communities still struggling to ensure residents have basic necessities. Where will we be twelve months from now? With growing vaccine availability and promise of recovery funding, there are real reasons to hope we can get back to normal life. But returning to normal shouldn’t be our aspiration. “Normal” K-12 education wasn’t working for millions of Black and Latinx students, and other children from low-income communities...
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Announcing Our COVID Response Fellowship Cohort

By Jennifer Chin, December 9, 2020

Nine months into the pandemic, schools continue to face unprecedented challenges in equitably serving students and families. Recent analysis from the NWEA shows that student achievement in math has dropped 5 to 10 percentage points , with even larger declines for students of color. With half of students missing year-over-year testing, researchers fear that results may be even worse. Nationwide, more than 3 million vulnerable children are estimated to be displaced from school. In response to this ongoing educational crisis, EP is proud to announce our COVID Response Fellowship cohort -- a...

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