|
|
 |
|
Recent Press
Press Releases
RECENT PRESS
- PartnersSI
CEO, Derek Mitchell, featured with John Fensterwald on The Educated
Guess blog sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
and the Silicon Valley Education Foundation
January 26, 2010
- Morning
Edition: Program Taps Retired Execs To Help Nonprofits
NPR, October 7, 2009
- Focus:
From Career to Community Work
Financial Times, May 27, 2009
- Law
Opens Up "Encore" Careers
The Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2009
- Editorial:
Make the Most of Teach For America
The Mercury News, March 12, 2009
- San
Francisco Schools Plan for Mass Exit of Principals
San Francisco Chronicle, December 8, 2006
- Students
Read, Tide Turns: Miner Elementary Boosts Scores with Focus
on Each Kid's Needs
The Mercury News, October 14, 2006
- Gardner
Academy: Success story for downtown schools
The Mercury News, September 24, 2006
- Wells
Fargo Community Leadership Spotlight
San Francisco Magazine, August 2006
Back to top »
PRESS RELEASES
Partners
in School Innovation Announces New South Bay Partnership
Partners in School Innovation is excited to announce its
new partnership with Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
and the Applied Materials Foundation. Building on the 7-year
relationship between PartnersSI and the Applied Materials
Foundation, this new partnership will enable PartnersSI to
deliver cutting-edge assessment and leadership training methodologies
to enhance the quality of leadership and coaching in Alum
Rock Union Elementary School District. The work will ultimately
serve to accelerate student academic achievement.
January 11, 2010.
Partners in School Innovation
Announces New Chief Executive Officer
The Board of Directors of Partners in School Innovation is
pleased to announce that Dr. Derek Mitchell has been appointed
Chief Executive Officer of the Bay Area school reform organization
effective June 2009. Dr. Mitchell has in-depth district reform
experience in a range of urban school districts and has worked
with some of the most respected former superintendents in the
country including Rudy Crew, John Deasy and John Simpson.
May 13, 2009
Partners in School Innovation
Expands School Improvement Fellowship Program
Bay Area school reform organization expands their School
Improvement Fellowship program, a two-year fellowship connecting
individuals with outstanding teaching and leadership skills
and a commitment to education reform and equity, with direct
experience supporting teacher professional development in low-income
public elementary schools.
January 23, 2006
Partners in School Innovation
Transitions Out of AmeriCorps Program
Bay Area school reform organization will continue to implement
its signature Continuous School Improvement System—a
set of integrated services aligned to improve the quality
of teaching and school leadership in low-income, low-performing
public elementary schools—but will no longer be employing
AmeriCorps Members to serve these schools.
January 17, 2006
Back to top »
| |
|
|
