National Summit on Improvement in Education 2025: Full Schedule

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9:00am PDT

1I-Leading to Improve: Using Community Action to Address Chronic Absenteeism Full

Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

High Tech High International Room 205

This session will guide participants through a community-driven approach to addressing chronic absenteeism, drawing on lessons learned from ImpactTulsa’s successful Community Action Forums. Participants will engage in hands-on activities, leveraging data to identify key barriers to attendance—such as safety, mental and physical health, transportation, and housing—and co-design interventions to combat these challenges. Through collaborative discussions and case examples, attendees will learn how to mobilize community partnerships, lead cross-sector efforts, and drive improvements in attendance and student outcomes. This session is ideal for leaders focused on systemic, results-driven change through field-building and community collaboration.

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Speakers

Aubrey Flowers

Head of Cradle to Career Initiatives, ImpactTulsa

Aubrey serves as ImpactTulsa's Head of Cradle to Career Initiatives. Aubrey is a passionate advocate seeking to facilitate meaningful change for youth, families, and communities of Tulsa. In service to all children and adults, Aubrey is also proud to be an innovator, reimagining the... Read More →

Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 205

Sessions

Strand Leadership and Field Building
Areas of Focus Chronic absenteeism, Improvement field-building strategies
Target Audience Community stakeholders, County or state level leaders, District leaders, Network leaders, Policy makers, School leaders, Teachers

11:00am PDT

2N-The Core 4 (and Beyond): Monitoring Progress to Graduation in a Post COVID World

Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT

High Tech High International Room 205

In a post-COVID world, there are a new set of challenges facing educators and students, all while pre-COVID expectations and policies are shifting back into place. In this session, we will share how continuous improvement has helped us evolve our strategy over the last 10 years to be responsive to the ever changing environment to ensure all NYC students succeed academically, mentally, socially, and professionally. Join us for a hands-on session of diving into multi-agency data around the “core 4” obstacles to graduation, and walk away with new ideas for using data to define holistic supports for students.

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Speakers

Nikki Giunta

Chief of Staff / Project Manager, New Visions for Public Schools (Cohort 1)

Mark Dunetz

President, New Visions for Public Schools (Cohort 1)

Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 205

Sessions

Strand Improvement for Impact Stories
Areas of Focus On-track to graduate K-12
Target Audience District leaders, Network leaders, Researchers, School leaders, County or state level leaders, Policy makers, Technical assistance providers

1:45pm PDT

3N-Using Intermediaries to Increase Access to Student Support Systems in Rural Schools

Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT

High Tech High International Room 205

Join us to explore how the GRAD Partnership leverages intermediaries—ranging from district offices to higher education regional networks—to address unique educational and community contexts to support implementation of student success systems. This session will focus on building the network and leadership of improvers specifically in rural schools. Participants will: (1) Gain insight into intermediary role and its impact; (2) Engage in an interactive activity to identify their connection to intermediary supports; and (3) Hear real-world success stories from two rural intermediary partners (North State Together in Northern California and district level attendance team leadership in New Mexico).

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Speakers

Elisa Cumplido

Jenny Scala

Sonia Urban

Susan Schroth

Program Director of The GRAD Partnership, North State Together/Rural Schools Collaborative

Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 205

Sessions

Strand Leadership and Field Building
Areas of Focus On-track to graduate K-12, Routines and structures for social learning, Networks
Target Audience District leaders, School leaders, Technical assistance providers

9:00am PDT

4C-Learning from Public Chronic Absenteeism Data: An Interactive Control Chart Dashboard

Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

High Tech High International Room 205

Discover a fresh perspective on Chronic Absenteeism with the NCIE data team’s interactive control chart dashboard, designed from California’s public data to drive improvement rather than accountability. In this hands-on session, participants will explore absenteeism data across California schools and districts, learning from variation and “bright spots” of success that can inspire actionable insights. For those interested in the technical side, we’ll also dive into the code and tools behind the dashboard, offering practical guidance for creating similar solutions. Join us to see how public data can be leveraged for learning and improvement.

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Speakers

Ben Sanoff

High Tech High GSE

Erica Geary

Data Scientist, HTH GSE

Julio Garcia-Granados

High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Brandon Bennett

Improvement Advisor, Teacher and Author

Brandon Bennett is an advisor, teacher and author who helps organizations in health care, education and social welfare improve outcomes for the communities and individuals they serve. As the founder of ISC LLC, Brandon Bennett teaches advanced improvement methods and partners on a... Read More →

Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 205

Sessions

Strand Leadership and Field Building
Areas of Focus Chronic absenteeism, Scale or spread practices
Target Audience District leaders, Network leaders, School leaders, County or state level leaders, Policy makers, Researchers