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Building bridges: RISE to revolutionize teaching, learning in Rockford schools by engaging community, valuing voices

January 24, 2025 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, Partnerships, Student Success

Taren Turner frames her obligation as an educator in terms of “ensuring responsiveness and innovation.” And the director of Alternative Education Programming for the Rockford Public Schools has discovered ways to do just that in the RISE (Rockford Inspiring School and Community

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