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GIA Receives a $300,000 grant from The Kresge Foundation to support and strengthen community college promise programs in the Inland Empire.
As part of the CoPro2.0 initiative, short for College Promise 2.0, the grant will support research, programming, and scaling equitable, financially sustainable community college promise program activities in the region. Growing Inland Achievement (GIA) is one of 11 organizations in the U.S. selected to receive a share of 2.6 million in funding from The Kresge…
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Social-Emotional Learning (Part 2): Strengthening Adult Capacity Through Teacher and Staff Voice
In the second workshop in the Building Better from Disruption Series, participants gathered to hear from school leaders that are implementing innovative strategies that capture and utilize the teacher and staff voice to create positive and equitable learning environments. When considering the concept of gathering authentic student voice and input realize that in the…
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ECMC Foundation Provides $375,000 to Support Inland Empire Community Colleges
Grant funding will allow colleges to act on student feedback and recommendations for improvements. Growing Inland Achievement (GIA) is pleased to announce that ECMC Foundation has awarded a $375,000 grant to support Inland Empire community colleges. The grant will allow community colleges to build on their work with Guided Pathways to create student-ready college systems…
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Growing Inland Achievement (GIA) is proud to join partner institutions and organizations in recognizing and celebrating the contributions and cultures of Hispanic residents during Hispanic Heritage Month. In a recent video, President and CEO of GIA, Dr. Carlos Ayala, shares a special message with the Inland Empire community. twitterfacebookinstagramyoutubelinkedin
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Regional Leaders Convene to Discuss Inland Empire Student Success
Over 120 community leaders from education, business, government, and nonprofit sectors gathered virtually on September 16-17 for the fifth annual Toward a Shared Vision convening presented by Growing Inland Achievement (GIA). Event participants worked together in sessions and workshops to discuss collaborative solutions for increasing equitable educational attainment in the Inland Empire and shared positive…
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GIA Welcomes Two New Governing Board Members
Photos of Diana Z Rodriguez and Michelle Decker For Immediate Release INLAND EMPIRE, CA – September 16, 2021 – Growing Inland Achievement (GIA), during its Toward a Shared Vision regional convening, announced the addition of two Governing Board Members: Diana Z Rodriguez, Chancellor of San Bernardino Community College District, and Michelle Decker, President and CEO of…
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2018-2019 California Math Achievement
The following article is a special feature on 2018-2019 California Math Achievement written by guest blogger, Marcelino Pena. There is a great divide among California public students’ math achievement during the 2018-2019 pre-pandemic year that can literally be seen by a simple scatter plot where the Y-axis has the percent of All Students…
