CISL's February E-Newsletter Released

The Center for the Improvement of Student Learning has released its February e-newsletter, and it's chock full of new stories, research, promising practices and plenty of resources. Go to CISL's Website to see all the stories.

Many of this month's key stories and updates can be found below as well.


Regaining Her Life: Meisha Nash struggled with drugs and alcohol and had all but fallen through the cracks. But her desire to achieve coupled with a caring school staff have her on the path to success.

After-School Help: The Vietnamese Friendship Association, through its after-school program, is helping at-risk Vietnamese youth get through life and school.

Class of 2008 Graduation Checklist, Q&A Now Translated: Confused about what students in the class of 2008 need to graduate? Downloadthe graduation Q&A and checklist in English, Spanish and Russian.

SAVE THE DATE: Partnering for Student Success Conference: A groundbreaking partnership of school districts, education agencies, community groups and the Governor’s Office are planning a conference in October 2008 in Yakima focused on families, schools and communities working together to increase learning and success for all students.

Online Toolkit: CISL is developing an online toolkit to assist schools in the engagement of families and communities. The toolkit's creation is in response to requests by districts and schools for more partnership resources. This PDF form is the first part of the toolkit.

CISL Conversation (Audio): Joyce Epstein, Director of the National Network of Partnership Schools, discusses her years of research on family, school and community partnerships.


... and there's plenty more read at yourlearningcenter.org, so be sure to go to our Website.