Business/Education Partnership Forum Newsletter

February 2009 - v4n2

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Note from the editor
• Top articles, commentaries, and announcements from January 2009
• Upcoming events

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

The February issue of our new subscription-based newsletter, the K-12 Partnership Report, was emailed to subscribers earlier this week. If you have not yet subscribed, here’s what you missed:

• Getting the Most from Your Volunteer Program – Strategies for recruiting, retaining, and getting the most out of your volunteers
• An Interview with “Dr. Mentor” – What mentoring is, how to do it well, and what it can do for both children and adults
• Targeting The Forgotten Middle – New report from ACT suggests earlier intervention in career and college preparedness
• KPR Case Study: OperationExcellence ( Montgomery County, MD)
• Skills-Based Volunteering at Deloitte – Promoting an approach to employee volunteering that generates greater value for all
• KPR Case Study: The Florida PASS Program ( Florida)
• Engaging Business Leaders – How to improve the interaction between your business community and your students

I hope you’ll consider subscribing: if you put just one idea from KPR into action over the next year, the newsletter could very well pay for itself several times over. And with 10 issues per year, each containing advice from experts, descriptions of proven practices, and case studies of successful partnerships in action, what are the odds that you won’t find a single idea or strategy you can use in your work?

To learn more about subscribing, visit www.dehavillandassociates.com/kpr.html; if you sign up soon, we can start you with the February issue so you can receive all the articles above. If you want to see the newsletter for yourself before subscribing, we’re making the complete January 2009 issue available for a limited time - download it at www.kprnewsletter.com.

And as always, if you have any questions – or have something that may be of interest to KPR subscribers – please contact me at brett@dehavillandassociates.com or by phone at 704-940-3201.

Best,

Brett

TOP ARTICLES, COMMENTARIES, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM JANUARY 2009

Selected to highlight business thinking on education or innovative approaches to engagement

• Scientists Delve Into Public Education - Education Week (January 6, 2009)
• Best high schools send students to science semifinals - US News (January 16, 2009)
• Google gets you up close, and very personal, with art - Seattle Times (January 18, 2009)
• Vocational ed pushes kids to think about their future - Providence Journal (January 18, 2009)
• Saturday Science Academy cultivates minds for medicine - LA Times (January 18, 2009)
• Advertising mogul launches scholarship program for student entrepreneurs - EdNews.org (January 22, 2009)
• Students' Cautionary Views of Global Warming and Water Pollution Take Top Honors in Mobile Learning Institute Earth Day Challenge - Pearson Education press release (January 22, 2009)

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Global Education 20/20: Creating Partnerships to Educate the Global Workforce of the Future, March 10, New York NY
• National School Foundation Association Annual Conference, March 26-27, Dallas TX
• Florida Association of Partners in Education Annual Conference, April 15-17, Daytona Beach, FL
• Meeting the 21 st Century Education Challenge: How Business Can Promote Education, April 27-29, New Orleans LA

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