{"id":11614,"date":"2020-02-17T10:16:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=11614"},"modified":"2020-02-17T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T19:49:04","slug":"greater-new-orleans-foundation-hosts-panel-discussion-on-new-orleans-school-partnership-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/greater-new-orleans-foundation-hosts-panel-discussion-on-new-orleans-school-partnership-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater New Orleans Foundation Hosts Panel Discussion on New Orleans School Partnership Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The panel discussed how GNOF\u2019s recently released report,<\/span> New Orleans School Partnership Study: What Our Students Need and How We Can Help<\/span><\/i><\/a>, identified some of our students\u2019 most urgent needs and provided a roadmap for how schools and community partners can increase resources, coordination, partnership, and investments to improve student support and performance. The panel discussion came on the heels of GNOF President and CEO, Andy Kopplin, <\/span>presenting the study<\/span><\/a> to the NOLA Public School Board on Tuesday, February 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The night brought together many of the facets that make up the Greater New Orleans education community. It began with a welcome and overview of the study by Andy Kopplin, President & CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation and was closed out with remarks by Dina Haciotes, Chief of Staff of NOLA Public Schools who discussed the current efforts that are underway to address some of the findings. The panel was moderated by Carmen James Randolph, Vice President of Programs at the Greater New Orleans Foundation and featured panelists Jawan Brown-Alexander, Chief of Schools at New Schools for New Orleans, Christy Ross, Senior Vice President, Grants at Baptist Community Ministries, and Jennifer Peal, First Grade Teacher and Instruction Coach at Foundation Preparatory Charter School.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The panel\u2019s robust discussion focused on the findings of the report as well as how philanthropic organizations, community partners, and schools can work together to have the greatest impact on students. <\/span><\/p>\n

Through Christy Ross, the audience was able to learn more about the role philanthropic organizations play to increase their impact, noting <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven outside of providing resources, we can use our position as a bully pulpit and as a convener.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

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From the nonprofit point of view, Dr. Jawan Brown Alexander offered great insight into how her organizations and others like it, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cprovide key curriculum to schools for ELL students and those with disabilities.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Speaking on the importance of trauma-informed teaching practices, Jennifer Peal discussed how impactful it was on her and her students. She said, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t even think about trauma being an issue in the classroom until the training I received from a local community partner. It really changed how I approached teaching in the classroom.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u201cThis study speaks to the role philanthropy and community partners want to play in partnering with NOLA-PS to foster <\/span>educational equity <\/b>and improve the education of our young people by better understanding the needs, capacity, coordination, and opportunities for investment. We seek to meet students\u2019 needs through the lens of paying down an education debt, stemming from that history of racial inequity in our community, while also addressing the current educational deficit.\u201d <\/span><\/h2>\n

\u2013 Andy Kopplin, President & CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n

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From the recommendations in this report, a number of next steps became evident.<\/b><\/p>\n