#DREXEL COLLECTIVE PROFESSIONAL#

Before taking the helm at PCCY, Cooper was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress where she focused on early childhood education, public infrastructure and poverty research.

#DREXEL COLLECTIVE PROFESSIONAL#

The series provides professional development that augments understanding of factors in preparing educators and that transforms learning outcomes for urban students.ĭonna Cooper is the executive director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth, the region’s leading child advocacy organization. It seeks to create a space for dialogue related to a range of education topics in an urban context for a mixed audience. The School of Education’s Critical Conversations in Urban Education series, which began in April 2012, is a vehicle for discussion within the Drexel and Philadelphia communities. The event, entitled “Collective Impact: Acting on a Shared Vision for Urban Education,” will take place in the Creese Student Center’s George D. Songer, PhD, dean of the School of Education, will introduce the guests. Holland, executive director for The Lenfest Foundation. The discussion will be led by special guests Donna Cooper, executive director for Ciudadanos públicos para niños y jóvenes and Stacy E. Those attending the interactive event will learn about the principles and practices of collective impact, discover how collective impact is being successfully used in education and have the opportunity to network with individuals and organizations currently using the strategy to make real change in Philadelphia. The discussion is part of the Schools’ Critical Conversations in Urban Education Series. This strategy is being used in multiple sectors and has shown great promise in education.ĭrexel University’s School of Education will host an interactive event to explore this strategy for change in urban education on Thursday, May 7, from 5 – 7:30 p.m. Aristotle once said that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” and we are learning this concept holds true in education.Īn emerging strategy, known as “collective impact,” provides an opportunity for individuals and organizations that would otherwise work in isolation to come together to achieve common goals.

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