Informing our future by inspecting our past NME

Informing Our Future By Inspecting Our Past

Informing Our Future By Inspecting Our Past: Deconstructing Lessons from Ed Reform to Create New Solutions By Julita Bailey-Vasco   Many believe that education can transform people’s lives – with the potential to open up doors of opportunity that had previously been shut. For those who care deeply about social, racial and economic justice in…

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We must confront the past to move forward

Posted by Gislaine Ngounou   We must confront the past to move forward   Here in school districts across Rhode Island, like many across the nation, our schools, our educators and the teaching of truth have been under attack. Tactics by politicians and organizers have been quick to label teaching about systemic racism, white supremacy…

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Welcoming Our New Community Advisors - 2021

Welcoming Our New Community Advisors - 2021 Posted by Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn.   In 2019, we launched our first Community Advisory Group — a group of individuals with deep relationships and networks in the communities they serve — to provide perspective and insight on our grantmaking strategy and implementation. Since that time, our advisors have served…

Announcing our 2021 Speakers Bureau

Announcing our 2021 Speakers Bureau

Posted by Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn.   For the past several years, Nellie Mae Education Foundation has welcomed a new cohort of education leaders into our Speakers Bureau. After a year and a half characterized by the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism, and where our schools were forced to rethink where, when, and…

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Intersectionality in Action: A Conversation with Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw

Intersectionality in Action: A Conversation with Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw By Chiara Wegener   Known for her foundational work around critical race theory and intersectionality, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw will join us to discuss her work and how she is advancing conversations about intersectionality in our communities and nation. In an intimate conversation hosted by Incoming Interim…

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In Memoriam: Dudley Williams

Posted by Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn.   Dudley Williams at the Foundation’s Lawrence W. O’Toole Awards Ceremony in 2012 Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the passing of Dudley Williams, former Board Chair of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. In his 12 years of service at the organization, Dudley was instrumental in shaping the…