As a panelist in a session focused on equity, Ed Trust - West Executive Director Ryan Smith acknowledged important progress that has happened with LCFF, while simultaneously urging California's education community to increase transparency at all levels, build capacity
for meaningful stakeholder engagement, and use LCFF dollars to improve — not just increase — supports for students.
The timelines of several different initiatives all converged this summer to create a unique opportunity
for meaningful stakeholder engagement at the US Department of Education.
Not exact matches
We believe that
stakeholder engagement requires collaboration and should be
meaningful: it should be inclusive, clear, effective, and ongoing in order to support educational equity and excellence, especially
for our most vulnerable students and schools.
Moreover, in many sections of the new law, there are requirements
for meaningful community and
stakeholder engagement, which then requires state policy makers to reconsider the ways in which education policy has previously been developed and imposed on teachers, students and even parents.
Principals should engage the community to bring resources on campus, provide
meaningful engagement opportunities
for parents, and encourage partnerships with key
stakeholders.
States are deeply involved in the implementation of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which call
for meaningful engagement of all
stakeholder groups, including principals.
A new report from Partners
for Each and Every Child shares promising practices education leaders can use to develop high - quality,
meaningful stakeholder engagement processes that help advance equity and excellence in our schools.
Despite best intentions, however, the concept of «
stakeholder engagement» can often feel like a rote exercise or an invitation
for inevitable conflict, instead of a
meaningful and collaborative process meant to support students, families, and schools.
It sets in place a framework
for meaningful engagement with key
stakeholders in decisions about housing and other services
for Indigenous communities.