On the third Monday in January, we pause to recognize and honor the life and dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.It is a day Americans can use to reflect on the struggles over discrimination, equal rights and segregation that helped make the world a better place for all of us today.Dr. Marvin McMickle recently said that we are remembering the suffering and sacrifices of another generation. Adding,

I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with young people over the span of my early career and more recently to translate some of these experiences into working with adults. The bulk of these efforts have been focused on developing meaningful opportunities for young people to engage in their own lives and in meaningful community change with the support of adult allies and adult-led systems.

Recently, a team of educators from the Greendale School District including teachers, the curriculum director, a building principal and I led a presentation on teacher leadership at a Learn and Serve Grant Program sponsored by Teri Dary of the Wisconsin Department of Public Education in Madison, Wisconsin. Underlying this work is the core belief that leadership is a learned skill. Understanding the

Recently my colleague Anderson Williams and I conducted a set of professional development workshops in Port of Spain, Trinidad sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Municipalities and Ministry of Sport focused on student engagement and leadership.We worked with a great cadre of teachers and school leaders assisting them to enhance their student engagement and leadership knowledge and

America’s Promise Alliance is tackling the national dropout dilemma by going directly to communities where the needs and opportunities are greatest. Building on momentum generated by the Dropout Prevention Initiative, America’s Promise is building new, scalable frameworks for intensive, collaborative action that changes lives of children at risk by bringing the following five promises into