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teacher with students The Learning First Alliance, which sponsors Public School Insights, is a permanent partnership of 17 leading education associations with more than 10 million members dedicated to improving student learning in America's public schools. We share examples of success, encourage collaboration at every level, and work toward the continual and long-term improvement of public education based on solid research. Members include:

 
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In 2000 the national Learning First Alliance launched an initiative to form state-level alliances similar to the national effort.  Partnerships between the Learning First Alliance and state-level Alliances seek to provide new models of how associations and organizations within a state can work together to boost student achievement.  The national Alliance currently supports a pilot network of thirteen state-level Alliances:

 

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Click here to browse dozens of Public School Insights interviews with extraordinary education advocates, including:

 

  • Actress, Mathematician and Author Danica McKellar
  • Educators from Alabama's George Hall Elementary
  • First Amendment Scholar Charles Haynes
  • Oregon Principal Beth Madison
  • Bremerton School District's Director of Special Programs Linda Sullivan-Dudzic
  • National PTA President Chuck Saylors

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  • Getting Buy-In from Everyone in the System (Maryland), 12/22/2009
  • Opening the Door for a New Generation of Students (Illinois), 12/16/2009
  • Beyond "Heroes and Sheroes": The Success of Montgomery County Schools (Maryland), 12/3/2009

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    Opening the Door for a New Generation of Students

    Built in 1898, John Spry School has served kindergarten through eighth-grade children from southwest Chicago’s Little Village community, where the majority of the population is bilingual, for many years. But historically many of Spry’s students would graduate in the 8th grade, get a job to help support their families, and never complete high school.

    In 2003, former principal of Spry, Dr. Carlos Azcoitia, approached the District CEO about adding a high school to Spry, creating a comprehensive community school from preschool through secondary school. After getting the go-ahead, Azcoitia met with community members, parents, the local school council, teachers, and students to discuss the design of a shared community building with an innovative, “no failure” high school. Today, Spry’s Community Links High School, which serves a student population that is 100% Hispanic and over 93% free or reduced price lunch, is opening new doors for the area’s children. Read more

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