Our Partners

Dare to Be Real

West Metro Education Program (WMEP) conducts several student-learning programs for students who attend its member districts. The most popular student learning program is Dare 2 Be Real, which promotes, addresses, and discusses racial equity and anti-racist leadership. Students undergo intensive training and structured discussions that are intended to prepare a new generation to tackle these difficult conversations in the midst of rapidly changing demographics.

In the Dare 2 Be Real program, students explore their own racial and cultural identity through their study of critical race theory, United States History, and the development of racial identity  

DJD Law

Dora J. Dome has practiced law for 15 years, primarily in the areas of student issues and special education.  She currently provides legal representation to school districts on student issues, but has expanded her practice to focus on developing and conducting professional development trainings for district staff that focus on Bullying, Equity and Legal Compliance, in an effort to proactively build staff capacity to address the needs of their students.   

Ms. Dome's work with Bullying focuses on helping school districts create the necessary infrastructure to effectively identify and address bullying in schools and to provide staff with strategies to effectively respond to various forms of bullying and harassment.  Her Equity trainings examine diversity and equity issues facing school districts, such as examining stereotypes that impact attitudes and behavior of staff and students, identifying the harmful effects of stereotypes within the school setting, and helping staff to develop skills to prevent and interrupt discriminatory behavior.   

Ms. Dome's legal compliance trainings provide staff with up-to-date information and guidance on how to remain legally compliant in the areas of special education, student discipline and 504. 

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Dr. David Armstrong Ed. D - Itanewf

Itanewf is an Educational Technology Service and resource providing technology tools, training and support for faculty, staff and students in their work as teachers, learners, researchers and collaborators in a verity of educational and corporate settings.

Online education has entered the mainstream. Colleges and Universities that provide quality online courses and programs successfully capture the wave of a future that is now and the growing numbers of online enrollees.

Lawrence Public Schools – Can We Talk?

The “Can We Talk” Group Mentoring Initiative will take several successful, professional adult African American men into Lawrence’s local high schools and allow them to develop productive mentorships and create a student-focus environment in order to provide guidance and insights to young African American and other “at risk” male and female students.

This Initiative is designed to address the student’s academic achievement; to assist the student in developing goals that will produce positive scholastic and social behaviors; to address and enhance the student’s self-image; to deter the student from truancy, crime, delinquency and drug use; and to assist the student in developing and practicing successful life skills. During the next semester and the next school year, the mentors and students will address many issues that pertain to the intellectual, social and cultural development of the student. 

Performance Fact

Performance Fact collaborates with leaders by aligning their external perspective with their internal vision for their schools and communities. 

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School Improvement Network

The School Improvement Network hosts a suite of proven online, on-demand professional development videos for teachers and educators are focused on dramatically improving student achievement in every K-12 classroom, system-wide.

PD 360 is the online, on-demand, professional development platform by which the School Improvement Network delivers this comprehensive suite of school and teacher improvement products. Two of PEG’s online courses are offered through PD 360.  Courageous Conversations and Beyond Diversity I.

The national award winning job-embedded videos, courses, online educator community, books and materials offered by School Improvement Network are proven to drive improved job satisfaction and teacher retention, student achievement and reduce professional development costs. 

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WPC

The White Privilege Conference examines challenging concepts of privilege and oppression and offers solutions and team building strategies to work toward a more equitable world. WPC is a conference designed to examine issues of privilege beyond skin color. WPC is open to everyone and invites diverse perspectives to provide a comprehensive look at issues of privilege including: race, gender, sexuality, class, disability, etc. — the ways we all experience some form of privilege, and how we’re all affected by that privilege.

WPC attracts students, professionals, activists, parents, and community leaders/members from diverse perspectives. WPC welcomes folks with varying levels of experience addressing issues of diversity, cultural competency, and multiculturalism. WPC is committed to a philosophy of “understanding, respecting and connecting.” 

The conference is unique in its ability to bring together high school and college students, teachers, university faculty and higher education professionals, nonprofit staff, activists, social workers and counselors, healthcare workers, and members of the spiritual community and corporate arena.