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Impact Report: 2020-2021 Impact Fellowship

By Jennifer Chin, September 20, 2021

In Fall 2020, EP welcomed an eager and diverse group of 23 rising problem solvers, data analysts, and strategic thinkers inspired to help K-12 organizations implement strategic priorities during an unprecedented year. Today, we're proud to celebrate the impact of our 2020-2021 EP Impact Fellows , our first virtual 10-month cohort in one of our signature programs . Read on for a summary of their accomplishments and learning. #WeAreEP

EP Updates From the Field: Summer 2021

August 5, 2021

The final bells have rung on the unprecedented 2020-2021 school year, and many across K-12 are already getting geared up for what comes next: another year balancing community safety with student learning and engagement. This summer, Education Pioneers is pleased to share highlights from our Fellowships and broader network -- part of a new series of periodic updates and reflections from the field. NETWORK IN ACTION Education Pioneers leaders stepped up to tackle urgent priorities within school systems and other organizations during 2020-2021. In total, they reached 12.6 million students and...

COVID Response Roundtable: Front-Line Insights on K-12 Pandemic Response

By Jennifer Chin, August 2, 2021

When the history books look back on the 2020-2021 school year, they’ll paint a picture of an education sector in crisis: triaging remote learning with efforts to re-open schools and classrooms safely, battling widening opportunity gaps for students of color, and navigating the emergence of a vaccine that is still not approved for youth. Throughout this unprecedented year, EP’s exclusive cohort of 24 COVID Response Fellows have been on the front lines of 23 school systems’ responses. Primarily funded through philanthropy to benefit school systems at no additional cost, these senior-level...

Sharing Our Humanity: Reflections During Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month

By Melissa Wu, May 28, 2021

May is Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month. Passed by Congress in 1990, this month is traditionally a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. And despite traditions and practices over the past 20 years, this May feels different. The change is challenging, but positive. We are deepening and expanding the dialogue about navigating race in America while identifying as AAPI, both within the AAPI community and beyond. For generations, exclusion and erasure have marked the AAPI experience of race in America, including during recent reckonings with racism and white supremacy...

Better Than It Was Before

By Terrence Kneisel, May 21, 2021

The end of the school year is quickly approaching, and focus is quickly turning towards summer learning and the work ahead to accelerating student learning next school year. It's clear that schools, systems, networks, and education organizations want to maximize the opportunity and unprecedented funding available to reimagine student learning. A year of disrupted learning -- where data show students of color trailing white peers in terms of access to and attendance at in-person instruction -- leaves concern about widening opportunity and achievement gaps. Meanwhile, the Elementary and...

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