Partnership School Districts

As a member of the National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER), Wright State University College of Education and Human Services “strives to improve simultaneously the quality of education for thoughtful participation in a democracy and the quality of the preparation of educators…through partnerships among P-12 schools, institutions of higher education, and communities.” (NNER Mission Statement 2007)

The NNER Mission

Members of the Network agree on a four-part mission to advance Education in Democracy, which is as follows:

• provide access to knowledge for all children (“equity and excellence”);
• educate the young for thoughtful participation in a social and political democracy (“enculturation”);
• base teaching on knowledge of the subjects taught, established principles of learning, and sensitivity to the unique potential of learners (“nurturing pedagogy”); and
• take responsibility for improving the conditions for learning in P-12 schools, institutions of higher education and communities. (“stewardship”).

Enabling Actions

Members of the Network assert that quality schooling for a democracy and quality preparation of educators can best be accomplished by sharing responsibility for the following actions:

• engaging university faculty in the arts and sciences, education, public schools, and community members as equal partners collectively responsible for the Agenda;
• promoting and including partnership settings nationally and internationally that together represent urban, suburban, and rural communities, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse public school and university students, and a broad range of public and private teacher education institutions of varying sizes and missions;
• inquiring into and conducting research pertinent to educational practices and the renewal of public schools and the education of educators.
• proposing and monitoring federal, state and local policy that supports the implementing the Agenda for Education in a Democracy.
• providing opportunities for professional and leadership development for participants in NNER settings.

(Revised and approved electronically by the NNER Governing Council  February 16, 2007.)

Partnership Schools

• Bellbrook-Sugarcreek City Schools
• Dayton Public Schools
• Dayton Regional STEM School
• Fairborn City Schools
• Huber Heights City Schools
• Milton-Union Exempted Village Schools
• Trotwood Madison City Schools
• Troy City Schools
• West Carrollton City Schools

For more information, please contact Amy Elston via email or at (937) 775-4473.