- Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law (offers $10,000 first-year grant to City Year alumni)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
- William and Mary Law School
Welcome. This is a newsletter created by the Alumni Board for City Year Greater Philadelphia. We like this to be a place to share stories, ideas, and spotlights on amazing alumni. We will be providing information for events that are both related and unrelated to City Year. If you have something to share (an event for our calendar, a job opportunity, or volunteer opportunity) email us as cygpalumni@gmail.com. Thank you for stopping by.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Applying to Law School?
The Alumni Department strives to keep corps members and alumni aware of opportunities to help reduce the cost of higher education. Here is a list of law schools that waive the application fee for AmeriCorps alumni and/or schools that offer scholarships to City Year graduates.
New "give a year" Partnerships
Through give a year Partnerships, colleges and universities highlight their commitment to service by providing financial scholarships and recognition to students who give a year or more of service to their communities through City Year.
Visit the give a year Partnership website to see the growing list of new partners for alumni.
give a year Partners
- Provide scholarships – at least 25% of tuition - to qualified students who have served at least one year as a corps member
- Waive the application fee for City Year corps members, alumni and current/former staff
- Recognize participants as National Service Scholars in university publications and/or special events such as graduation
Helpful Websites for Educators
Leadership Tips for the New Year
From Edutopia:
Ten ideas to take into 2012 from Lori Cullen, an elementary school principal.
Top 100 sites of 2011
From Tech & Learning Top Stories:
How do people find the time to try all these programs? Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Design Thinking: Lessons for the Classroom:
From Edutopia:
“Much has been written about changing role of the teacher from ‘sage on the stage’ to ‘guide on the side.’ Design thinking, which is a dynamic, creative and collaborative approach to problem solving, presents a unique model for educators who wish to facilitate from within the class, rather than impart knowledge to it.”
10 Takeaway Tips for Project-Based Learning
From Edutopia:
“At King Middle School and Casco Bay High School, in Portland, Maine, every student works in a widely hailed project-learning method called expeditionary learning. Discover what your school can learn.”
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Via The Atlantic: What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success
"The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence...
Excerpt from the article: Everyone agrees the United States needs to improve its education system dramatically, but how? One of the hottest trends in education reform lately is looking at the stunning success of the West's reigning education superpower, Finland. Trouble is, when it comes to the lessons that Finnish schools have to offer, most of the discussion seems to be missing the point.
The small Nordic country of Finland used to be known -- if it was known for anything at all -- as the home of Nokia, the mobile phone giant. But lately Finland has been attracting attention on global surveys of quality of life -- Newsweek ranked it number one last year -- and Finland's national education system has been receiving particular praise, because in recent years Finnish students have been turning in some of the highest test scores in the world.
Finland's schools owe their newfound fame primarily to one study: the PISA survey, conducted every three years by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The survey compares 15-year-olds in different countries in reading, math, and science. Finland has ranked at or near the top in all three competencies on every survey since 2000, neck and neck with superachievers such as South Korea and Singapore. In the most recent survey in 2009 Finland slipped slightly, with students in Shanghai, China, taking the best scores, but the Finns are still near the very top. Throughout the same period, the PISA performance of the United States has been middling, at best.
To read the full article, check out What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success through The Atlantic.
Excerpt from the article: Everyone agrees the United States needs to improve its education system dramatically, but how? One of the hottest trends in education reform lately is looking at the stunning success of the West's reigning education superpower, Finland. Trouble is, when it comes to the lessons that Finnish schools have to offer, most of the discussion seems to be missing the point.
The small Nordic country of Finland used to be known -- if it was known for anything at all -- as the home of Nokia, the mobile phone giant. But lately Finland has been attracting attention on global surveys of quality of life -- Newsweek ranked it number one last year -- and Finland's national education system has been receiving particular praise, because in recent years Finnish students have been turning in some of the highest test scores in the world.
Finland's schools owe their newfound fame primarily to one study: the PISA survey, conducted every three years by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The survey compares 15-year-olds in different countries in reading, math, and science. Finland has ranked at or near the top in all three competencies on every survey since 2000, neck and neck with superachievers such as South Korea and Singapore. In the most recent survey in 2009 Finland slipped slightly, with students in Shanghai, China, taking the best scores, but the Finns are still near the very top. Throughout the same period, the PISA performance of the United States has been middling, at best.
To read the full article, check out What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success through The Atlantic.
"May 2012 be a year of courage for philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. We face an extraordinary assault on programs serving the most vulnerable in our society, voting rights we long took for granted, and harsh anti-immigrant policies that undermine our values. Now is the time for our sector to find its voice and support advocacy, organizing, and civic engagement."
— Deepak Bhargava, executive director, Center for Community Change
Read more comments about 2012 Resolutions for the Nonprofit World fromThe Chronicle of Philathrophy.
"One of the most powerful ways for younger managers to understand and experience the type of leadership needed for the C-Suite is to do volunteer work early in their careers. This is because the type of leadership at the top is akin to being a leader of volunteers, it is not about carrots and sticks but about persuasion and getting people to grasp and follow your vision."
- Richard Pound.
Read the full story: Volunteering - A Great Way To Learn Real Executive Leadership
- Richard Pound.
Read the full story: Volunteering - A Great Way To Learn Real Executive Leadership
Thursday, December 22, 2011
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