The Consortium for Public Education  
INSIGHTS Just In ...
January 2014
In this issue...
Keynote announced
TFIM leaders debrief
After-school programs host holiday events
College Knowledge
Consortium on Twitter
In brief






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Kathleen Cushman

 

Cushman to keynote Consortium's June Leadership Retreat 

 

Kathleen Cushman, a journalist who chronicled Ted Sizer's Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) and has authored some 16 books about education, including the widely lauded Fires in the Mind, will focus on student motivation in a keynote address at The Consortium's annual Leadership Retreat. To learn more, click here.

TFIM December 2013
TFIM team leaders

 

TFIM teams discuss career learning and community service

 

Student leaders and advisors from 30 high schools participating in The Consortium's career exploration program, The Future Is Mine (TFIM) came together in December to debrief on projects, plan their 2014 Student Leadership Conference and hear from guest speakers. To learn more, click here.
Holiday party at The CASTLE


After-school holiday events

Holiday parties with presents from
Toys for Tots capped 2013 after-school activities at Wilkinsburg Middle School and The CASTLE (Clairton's After-School Teaching & Learning Experience.) To learn more, click here.
Tour at Cal U





 

Students to share College Knowledge

 
Students and teachers who participated in our College Knowledge event have been submitting plans to The Consortium   about ways to disseminate information garnered at the daylong program to others in their high schools. Once plans are reviewed, they'll share their learning in the months to come. For some highlights of the event, click here. 
 

Like us? Try "following" us!

 

If you "liked" us on Facebook, you can now also "follow" on Twitter. We rang out 2013 offering "tweets" just as we marked it with a Facebook page.  The expansion into social media is designed to complement our website and our e-newsletter by providing information that you might need immediately as well as brief, timely updates on our programs and partners. As you're making resolutions for 2014, make one to "follow" us under our new Twitter ID, @tcfpe at  https://twitter.com/. And if you haven't already "liked" us, now's a great time to do so with a simple click at https://www.facebook.com/tcfpe. What's not to like about that?


In brief...

If you haven't visited The Consortium's website or Facebook page lately, you might have missed reading:
  • A Facebook post about a Clairton City School District 5th grader's insights about what prepared her for earning a perfect score on the Science section of the PSSAs;
  • Web and Facebook posts about career exploration opportunities  participants in The Future Is Mine (TFIM) found at Pittsburgh Marriott City Center;  
  • Web and Facebook posts about an Allegheny County honor bestowed on Steel Valley High School's TFIM team

Be sure to visit www.tcfpe.org and https://www.facebook.com/tcfpe.