{"id":402,"date":"2013-02-11T11:21:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T17:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challenge.dev2.formbox.biz\/blog\/?p=402"},"modified":"2013-02-11T11:21:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T17:21:04","slug":"enroll-detroit-education-community-forum-hosted-by-challenge-detroit-fellows-and-excellent-schools-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/enroll-detroit-education-community-forum-hosted-by-challenge-detroit-fellows-and-excellent-schools-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Enroll Detroit – Education Community Forum hosted by Challenge Detroit Fellows and Excellent Schools Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"

On January 25,\u00a0Excellent Schools Detroit<\/a>\u00a0(ESD)\u00a0and Challenge Detroit\u00a0(CD)\u00a0teamed up to host \u201cEnroll Detroit,\u201d a collaborative education forum as part of\u00a0Challenge Detroit’s Education Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Through this project,\u00a0ESD\u00a0and\u00a0CD\u00a0sought to bring greater awareness to\u00a0the challenges\u00a0surrounding enrollment that\u00a0the education sector faces in our city.\u00a0Together, the\u00a0organizations focused\u00a0on the opportunities that could result from collaboration\u00a0across\u00a0Detroit\u2019s school system and overall\u00a0educational environment.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just nice to be in an environment that is non-threatening, where we can brainstorm all of ideas that are on the table and get out of the boxes that we get stuck in,\u201d stated Margaret Trimmer-Hatchley, superintendent of\u00a0University Prep Science & Math schools<\/a>. \u201cI loved the energy of the Challenge Detroit folks,\u00a0too, kind of turning us up a notch and putting a little fire under those of us who have been around awhile.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the event, Challenge Detroit pitched four\u00a0ideas during an \u201cIdea Fair\u201d\u00a0to streamline and promote an effective enrollment system for Detroit early learning centers and schools. Proposals included enrollment kiosks\u00a0to be stationed around the city,\u00a0and a hotline to inform\u00a0and field questions about school enrollment from\u00a0parents\u00a0and caregivers.<\/p>\n

Collaboration and consistency were amongst the primary themes brought up amongst the 30 attendees at the Enroll Detroit forum. The\u00a0attendees\u00a0agreed there is a need for smoother transitions between early childhood education and K-12, and in order to facilitate these transitions,\u00a0the community must\u00a0be better informed about\u00a0allaspects of\u00a0a child\u2019s\u00a0educational career.<\/p>\n

Bernita Bradley, a member of the\u00a0Detroit Parent Network<\/a>\u00a0and mother of two, expressed her feelings about the collaborative event\u00a0sharing, \u201cIt\u2019s good to see someone trying to create something more do-able for parents, considering what Detroit has already been through with schools closing, not knowing what school to send your child, children who have to get bussed out, things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was diverse representation including the Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools, the CEO of\u00a0Cornerstone Charters Schools<\/a>, parents with children in Detroit schools, and others passionate about the topic. One of the event goals\u00a0was to facilitate an environment where this diverse representation could openly communicate and discuss their thoughts related to enrollment, a dialogue that led participants to bring up the inter-relatedness of other education challenges. It was understood that all of the city\u2019s educational issues could not be resolved in a couple hours, but the focus on the enrollment topic through interactive dialogues surrounding\u00a0the\u00a0four\u00a0ideas from Challenge Detroit,\u00a0a\u00a0round table discussion\u00a0with all attendees, and time for conversation\u00a0was a good start!<\/p>\n

At the close of the event, Armen Hratchian, Excellent Schools Detroit\u00a0Vice President of School Systems, and Denise Smith, Excellent Schools Detroit Vice President of Early Childhood Education, asked the group what resolutions they would be open to as part of collaborating to resolve enrollment issues. Some responses reflected educators seeking to come together in cooperation to keep children off the street as opposed to competing for the children who tend to relocate to better schools. Others reflected the need for more communication between early childhood education and K-12. Overall, the\u00a0resounding\u00a0feeling was that the key to success in Detroit\u2019s educational system is to continue to look at ways to address enrollment while still keeping a focus on excellent education for children and maintaining open communication with parents.<\/p>\n

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Challenge Detroit Fellows Ali Beydoun and Jason Zogg discuss enrollment topics\u00a0with forum attendees\u00a0over lunch at Enroll Detroit.<\/p>\n

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Challenge Detroit Fellows Jackie Smith and Sarah Grieb lead an interactive dialogue to get attendees’ input and feedback on one of the proposed\u00a0ideas\u00a0around information accessibility and enrollment.<\/p>\n

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Karen Lindsey, a member of the Detroit Parents Network, expresses her views on enrollment\u00a0during\u00a0the roundtable\u00a0portion of Enroll Detroit where all\u00a0attendees\u00a0were given a chance to\u00a0share\u00a0their perspectives.<\/p>\n

Check out the Excellent Schools Detroit Challenge Video!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On January 25,\u00a0Excellent Schools Detroit\u00a0(ESD)\u00a0and Challenge Detroit\u00a0(CD)\u00a0teamed up to host \u201cEnroll Detroit,\u201d a collaborative education forum as part of\u00a0Challenge Detroit’s Education Challenge. Through this project,\u00a0ESD\u00a0and\u00a0CD\u00a0sought to bring greater awareness to\u00a0the challenges\u00a0surrounding enrollment that\u00a0the education sector faces in our city.\u00a0Together, the\u00a0organizations focused\u00a0on the opportunities that could result from collaboration\u00a0across\u00a0Detroit\u2019s school system and overall\u00a0educational environment. “It\u2019s just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}