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Education reform activist on the decision that changed his life | Roadtrip Nation: Beating the Odds
At 65, all of education reform activist Geoffrey Canada’s friends are dead. So how did he escape the same fate and go from growing up in the toughest part of the Bronx all the way to Harvard and leading the Harlem Children’s Zone? It all comes down to a gun in his pocket, and the choice he made next.
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When everything is stacked against you, college may seem out of reach. But if a degree is your goal, nothing can hold you back.
On paper, Esther, Ikie, and Estephanie aren’t supposed to have made it to college. From unstable foster homes to financial insecurities, the obstacles they’ve encountered have, at times, seemed insurmountable. But even with everything stacked against them, they saw that college could be their way out—so they fought for it, tooth and nail. Now, as the three cross the country to hear how others beat the odds to make it through graduation and beyond, they’ll see that by pursuing their college degrees, they’re not just shaking free of what’s weighing them down—they’re joining a rising tide with the power to lift up all of the communities they love.
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Julian Vasquez Heilig – Community Based Education Reform
Julian Vasquez Heilig leads nearly 3,000 students, staff and faculty as the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. He is also a tenured professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. While at UK, the College of Education has achieved its highest ever U.S. News national rankings (top 30 among public colleges of education and top 15 overall in the nation online).
He has held six academic leadership roles in higher education institutions (Big 12 Research I, SEC Research I and in the nation’s largest state system of higher education) and has led in a community-engaged, innovative, equity-minded and transformative approach. See major accomplishments at bit.ly/ProfJVHcv
Dean Vasquez Heilig’s multimodal, interdisciplinary education policy and leadership research is primarily focused on K-12 and higher education policy and leadership that impacts diversity and inclusion. The sum of his scholarship is more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, law reviews, and reports.
He has been honored with more than 30 teaching, research and service recognitions including Harvard’s Education Next top ten K-12 education policy voices in social media, Diversity in Education Magazine’s Multicultural Champion for 2015, and the passage of California Assembly Resolution 1459— which commended his state and national impact in the field of K-12 education. He was selected for the 2021 AASCU Millennium Leadership Initiative Presidential Protégé and 2020 Rutgers University Aspiring Executive Leader programs.
Dean Vasquez Heilig has served on multiple governing boards and conveyed invited testimony and input for local, state and national legislative bodies. He has also served as a volunteer education policy advisor and provided educational policy input for the Obama and Biden presidential and the Newsom gubernatorial campaigns. He has also served on the Executive Committee and as Education Chair for the NAACP state conferences of Kentucky and California.
His research has been cited by the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, USAToday, Education Week, Huffington Post and other print and electronic media outlets. He has also appeared on local and national radio and TV including CBS, PBS, NBC, NPR, Univision, and MSNBC.
Dean Vasquez Heilig received his Ph.D. in Educational Policy Analysis and Administration and a Master’s degree in Sociology from Stanford University. He also earned a Master’s in Higher Education—with a year in the Ford School of Public Policy— and a B.A. in History and Psychology from the University of Michigan.
State Rep. Landgraf hosts town hall on education reform in Odessa
State Rep. Brooks Landgraf hosted an education-focused town hall Saturday at Nimitz Junior High in Odessa.
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Communication and Educational Reform
April 13, 2012 – Yahya Bensliman discusses the troubling lack of communication between teachers and students and Morocco and how he thinks an improvement in this area would improve the country’s society.
The talk was part of the first annual AMENDS Summit at Stanford University. The summit featured workshops, short presentations from youth leaders and group discussions. AMENDS is a student initiative at Stanford University that seeks to promote change by working with promising youth.
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Kwesi Rollins on Partnerships and Education Reform
Kwesi Rollins is Director of Leadership Programs at the Institute For Educational Leadership. In this capacity, he works across each of IEL’s three programs of work: Developing and Supporting Leaders; Strengthening School-Family-Community Connections; and Connecting and Improving Policies and Systems that serve Children and Youth.