NAPE news
Dear NAPE Members,

I can hardly believe that this is the last note I will write to you as NAPE CEO. When I joined NAPE as a part-time consultant, and the only staff, in 1994, I would not have imagined that the organization would grow to where it is today. This could not have happened without your involvement. NAPE has become a national force in the educational equity movement and is recognized as a leader in public policy, advocacy, and educator professional development. The expertise of the NAPE staff is amazing, and the team can deliver high-quality services to all our members. I am so proud of where we have come and am very excited about what the future holds for NAPE.

This could not be a better time for me to hand off the responsibilities of CEO to a new leader who has already shown his commitment to NAPE. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Ben Williams as CEO of NAPE. I encourage you to contact him to share your dreams and hopes for NAPE and how NAPE can better serve you. I will officially "retire" on September 1 and will continue to support NAPE as a consultant on a few special projects. I feel like I have come full circle and could not be happier!

I wish you all the best and challenge you to make NAPE even better. I want to watch NAPE continue to grow, and for that to happen we need YOU to be involved.

All the Best,
Mimi
Publications
Minn. Union Creates Training Program for Women, Minorities
Matthew Stolle, AP
The Carpenters Local Union 1382 in Rochester, Minn., is offering a free, seven-week program to help women and minority workers gain hands-on carpentry training as well as "soft" skills. After participants graduate from the program, they are required to get a job with a union contractor. Read More >>
Single Mothers with College Degrees Much Less Likely to Live in Poverty
L. Reichlin et al., Institute for Women's Policy Research
Analysis by the IWPR finds that in 2016, single mother poverty rates were an average of 33 percent lower at each additional level of education, with bachelor's degree attainment or higher leading to decreases in single mother poverty of over 40 percent compared with one degree lower. Read More >>
Spotlight on NAPE training
Dr. Ricardo Romanillos recently worked with educators at Lane Education Service District in Eugene, Oregon, to explore Equity for Professional Learning Communities. On day 1, Ricardo grounded the participants in knowledge about implicit bias and micromessaging as well as Culturally Responsive Teaching. On day 2, the group looked at Problem Based Learning through an Equity Lens and planned for ongoing Professional Learning Communities.

Teacher-participant, Will Ritter, from Springfield School District stated that this was a "fantastic training. The balance of resources/instruction and engagement was great. This training gave nuanced and mindful articulation to some really vital facets of the classroom equity conversation."
Resources
Part of CEE's Exploring Equity Issues series,  Facilitating Race Talk in the Classroom: Lessons from Student Experiences discusses racial socialization and the importance of giving students safe spaces to discuss their racialized experiences in the classroom. It follows with strategies that teachers can use to help cultivate psychologically safe spaces for race talk.
NAPE whereabouts
8/15: New Hampshire DoE CTE Summer Conference
8/16: Marion College (OH)
8/24: North Country Career Center (VT)
8/27: Alabama Department of Education
9/6: E3 Alliance PIPE (TX)
9/7: Louisiana STEM Summit
9/11-13: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Leadership Conference and Gala
9/12-15: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference
9/25: OH FY19 NT Summit