Internationals Network for Public Schools

09/29/2026

We're excited to share what the network has been up to and what's to come. Check out our Fall Updates newsletter.

https://mailchi.mp/internationalsnetwork.org/2026-fall

09/23/2026

Programs may look different at every network school. But five conditions show up again and again as what makes career-connected learning work:
🤝 Developmental relationships
⚖️ Shared responsibility
🧭 Leadership commitment
🌐 Strategic partnerships
💼 Sustained investment in staffing and resources

🔗 Read Learning Brief 4-3: https://www.internationalsnetwork.org/publications/ -brief-4-3

09/22/2026

Language is not a barrier to career-connected learning. It is part of it. Students draw on their full linguistic repertoires while building the academic and professional language they need for what comes next, because language development is:
🎯 A means for career-connected learning
🌱 An outcome of it

🔗 Read Learning Brief 4-3: https://www.internationalsnetwork.org/publications/ -brief-4-3

09/21/2026

Internships and workplace experiences do more than teach a skill. Students walk away with:
🛠️ Technical knowledge
💪 Self-assurance
🤝 Professional relationships
🔭 A clearer view of what's possible

🔗 Read Learning Brief 4-3: https://www.internationalsnetwork.org/publications/ -brief-4-3

09/18/2026

Equity is not an afterthought. Across our network, school leaders describe it as the organizing principle behind how career-connected learning gets built:
🚫 Expecting students to fit existing structures
✅ Adapting programs to students' realities

🔗 Read Learning Brief 4-3: https://www.internationalsnetwork.org/publications/ -brief-4-3

09/17/2026

Students cannot aspire to careers they have never encountered. That is why career-connected learning for newcomer students centers on choices and opportunities that grow through real exposure to:
🧭 Careers
🎓 Colleges
🏢 Professional environments

🔗 Read Learning Brief 4-3: https://www.internationalsnetwork.org/publications/ -brief-4-3

09/16/2026

Our final Learning Brief in Series 4 shares what students, teachers, and school leaders say makes career-connected learning work, and the conditions that make it possible for newcomer and multilingual learners:

🎓 Real exposure to careers, not just talk about them
🗣️ Language support built into every experience, not separate from it
🤝 Relationships that help students imagine new futures

🔗 Read Learning Brief 4-3: https://www.internationalsnetwork.org/publications/ -brief-4-3

09/09/2026

Last week, we spent three days with our incredible team. 🎉 Our staff retreat brought us together to reconnect, reflect, and plan ahead for the work we do supporting the network, schools, and MLLs. We are so grateful for our team's collaboration, ideas, and energy!

08/23/2026

⏳ Today is the last day to vote!

We're in the running for the SXSW EDU 2027 stage, and we'd love your help getting there.

Our panel, Anchoring Innovation in Choppy Waters: Lessons from 20 Years, digs into what it takes to sustain innovation in public education through long-term district and nonprofit partnership.

Panel features:
Lara Evangelista, Executive Director, Internationals Network for Public Schools
Aurora Kushner, VP of Programs, New York City Outward Bound Schools
Alexandra Rathmann-Noonan, Executive Director, New York Performance Standards Consortium
CIOB Citywide - Superintendent Thomas Rochowicz, Consortium, Internationals, Outward Bound (CIOB) District Superintendent, NYC Public Schools

Community voting closes tonight. It takes two minutes: create a free SXSW account and cast your vote here:

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08/18/2026

Happening in 2 days, register now!

Educators, join our free webinar on intake best practices.

Join us Aug. 20th 4 PM EST / 1 PM PT

🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gaMPNjUy