Welcome to the first edition of the Education Newsletter from the Cleveland Foundation
Thank you for joining us at the Cleveland Foundation Annual Meeting Presented by KeyBank and "COVID-19: An Opportunity to Reshape Education" on Sept. 1. We're pleased to share with you more information around education efforts in Greater Cleveland in this inaugural issue of our new quarterly Education E-newsletter.
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Watch "COVID-19: An Opportunity to Reshape Education"
Want to catch the conversation again? The Cleveland Foundation Annual Meeting panel discussion among Helen Williams, Program Director for Education at the Cleveland Foundation; Eric Gordon, CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District; Shari Obrenski, President of the Cleveland Teachers Union; and Kevin Payton, President of the Cleveland Council of Administrators and Supervisors, is available on our YouTube channel.
Interested in learning more? Visit our YouTube channel to watch all 10 live breakout sessions from the Cleveland Foundation Annual Meeting Presented by KeyBank. |
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Academic learning pods help Cleveland students learn remotely
As students across our community begin their school year, the circumstances are anything but normal. Schools, educators, partner organizations and parents are working hard to ensure students have what they need to succeed, even in the midst of a pandemic. We recently joined partners including United Way of Greater Cleveland and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) to announce an initiative to safely connect students in-need with small group, in-person support for virtual learning and tutoring. Through Academic Learning Pods, more than 800 CMSD students who are academically vulnerable, homeless, without internet or have guardians who are essential workers will gain in-person educational support and on-site enrichment, including reliable internet and lunch, when they are not in school classrooms.
Contact Cleveland Foundation Program Officer for Youth & Human Services Darlene Toney for more information.
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon delivers State of the Schools address
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has seen dramatic improvements in graduation rates over the past decade, a testament to the district’s success implementing the Cleveland Plan for Transforming Schools. The Class of 2019 graduated 80% of its students—an increase of some 27 percentage points from 10 years ago. Learn more about the district’s progress, as well as current trends and challenges in the COVID-19 era and beyond, by watching CMSD CEO Eric Gordon’s Sept. 22 State of the Schools address here.
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Say Yes to Education
Now in its second year of implementation, Say Yes to Education Cleveland is expanding and delivering promising results. Say Yes provides wraparound support services to Pre-K – 12th grade students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and partnering charter schools, as well as tuition-gap-closing scholarships and mentoring support to help eligible students pursue college and career training programs after graduation. After an initial rollout of support services to 16 CMSD schools in 2019, a total of 42 schools in the CMSD as well as several Breakthrough Schools have implemented support services virtually this year.
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Join us Oct. 8 for "CMSD Levy: A Community Conversation Regarding Issue 68"
The Cleveland Foundation invites you to attend a community conversation about Issue 68, a levy campaign on the November ballot for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). With the local and national spotlight on the presidential election, there is a risk of voters ignoring the rest of the ballot, which would have profound consequences for Cleveland's public schools. We hope you can join us for a town hall conversation to learn more about what is at stake for our city and children’s future and how you can keep Cleveland kids moving ahead.
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Recent Education grants
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District ($989,700) – To support the start-up and phase-in of nine new innovative high schools, including Campus International High School (Year 4); Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School (Year 4); Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation (Year 1); Garrett Morgan School of Leadership and Innovation (Year 1); John Adams College and Career Academy (Year 4); Lincoln-West School of Global Studies (Year 5); Lincoln-West School of Science and Health (Year 5); Rhodes College and Career Academy (Year 3); and Rhodes School of Environmental Studies (Year 3).
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College Now Greater Cleveland ($950,000) – To address postsecondary enrollment, persistence, and completion in Cleveland via the organization’s Say Yes advising program within Cleveland Metropolitan School District, as well as programs, services and scholarships for the more than 424,000 adults (aged 25+) in Cuyahoga County who are eligible to start or continue their postsecondary education; additional funding will support the Say Yes Scholars Program that provides coaching, comprehensive services and financial assistance for Say Yes-eligible Cleveland Metropolitan School District graduates who enroll as full-time students at Tri-C.
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Friends of Breakthrough Schools ($500,000) – To enable the continued phase-in of grade levels at Citizens Leadership Academy Southeast in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood, as well as the expansion of the E Prep & Village Prep Woodland Hills campus in Union Miles by 50 additional seats.
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