Merita Irby

Nationally recognized master facilitator who supports catalytic leaders in taking a youth-centered, big picture approach to planning and action.

[Partnership for Student Success @ps_success]

Calling all district leaders! 📣 Help @the_cemd’s 2024 K-12 tutoring data collection effort by participating in their survey and sharing your district’s tutoring program information! ➡️ Take the survey today: https://t.co/uMUktLKQtM

[Partnership for Student Success @ps_success]

Toolkit launch! 🚀 @NPS_Success Hub & @get_readyset have released a new Toolkit for Engaging Corporate Volunteers! This is a great resource for companies trying to drive engagement among employees through volunteering. ➡️ https://t.co/O8DEPJ1smP

[Partnership for Student Success @ps_success]

@NPS_Success Hub recently kicked off a new Promising Practices Series—the 1st session co-hosted by @ThroughlineLrng! Segue Institute for Learning Principal Kevin Montoya joined our panel discussion focused on Community Educators in #StudentSupport roles: https://t.co/2z7ft3QnbD

[Merita Irby @MeritaIrby]

@KarenPittman and I are having a great time in Boston at @AspenInstitute Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF) Spring Convening 2024. Spending time w/ amazing friends and colleagues as we connect around what it takes to increase belonging, meaning, wellbeing, & purpose for young people.

[Aurora Institute @Aurora_Inst]

#TooEssentialToFail, a new paper from @KarenPittman and @MeritaIrby of @KPCatalysts, unpacks a wealth of evidence of the growing demand for K–12 systems change and a learner-centered approach to public education. @EdReimagined https://t.co/l71aQSlHt9

[Merita Irby @MeritaIrby]

Thank you once again to this powerful panel - @KJHartung314 @STEMLdr Jawan Phillips &
Chastity Lord - for sharing your powerful stories of improving education, training, & workforce pathways. (No wrong pathway! Give young people an opportunity to explore!) #WHYouthPolicySummit2

[Merita Irby @MeritaIrby]

It was an honor to be a part of the @WhiteHouse Youth Policy Summit. It was good to connect with partners - long-time and new, younger and older - who are working alongside each other to to cultivate possibilities for young people in this country.

[KPcatalysts @KPcatalysts]

In this week's Remix Roundup @KarenPittman discusses what she has been hearing, sharing one example of an ongoing email exchange w/ Jim Bailey, Co-Founder and Executive Director at @rocktreesky ➡ https://t.co/WoAmNo6juK

#TooEssentialToFail
#youthdevelopment

[Education Reimagined @EdReimagined]

“Too Essential To Fail,” a new paper from @KarenPittman and @MeritaIrby of @KPCatalysts, explores a wealth of data and research establishing the demand for and the potential of learner-centered ecosystems for positive youth development. https://t.co/zDNfxXtlON

[CityYear @CityYear]

Attention to #studentsuccess is always at the forefront of our work.

#TooEssentialToFail by @KarenPittman and @MeritaIrby of @KPCatalysts explores a new public system of education. Commissioned by @EdReimagined. https://t.co/5bAcKwg88L

[Partnership for Student Success @ps_success]

Chronic absenteeism is a nationwide challenge, but data continues to show that 1-on-1 student support is helping schools around the country to regain ground lost due to COVID-19. ➡️ https://t.co/5jxTCFobtL

#StudentEngagement #Tutoring #Mentorship

[Karen J. Pittman @KarenPittman]

Students true achievement must be measured by all aspects of whole child thriving. Utilizing the Blue Wheel I show the needed partnerships between schools & out-of-school time leaders to help increase attendance, attachment, & applied learning in school & community settings.

[KPcatalysts @KPcatalysts]

Shawna Rosenzweig President of @CampFireNHQ speaks on the power of the newly published work “Too Essential to Fail” written by @KarenPittman and @MeritaIrby and commissioned by @EdReimagined
➡️https://t.co/ZKsuYkd25F

[CommunityShare @community_share]

Learners need to be the central focus of public education. An ecosystem approach helps get us there. Learn more in #TooEssentialToFail, a new paper by @KarenPittman and @MeritaIrby from @KPCatalysts, commissioned by @EdReimagined. https://t.co/MC0A6L11qW

[Merita Irby @MeritaIrby]

Youth are facing a tax on their mental health. Social media is a tool to create awareness. Meeting students where they are as a place to vent. #WHYouthSummit24

[Raikes Foundation @RaikesFdn]

Adriana Galvan, Co-Director of Center on the Developing Adolescent, at #WHYouthSummit24 sharing the importance of building contexts of belonging to healthy adolescent development. https://t.co/Q4S0Bl8dpC

[Merita Irby @MeritaIrby]

We will be failing our students if we build them back in the way they were in 2019. ... We have to work as a hub in the community...for students and families...through partnerships w/ community based organizations. #WHYouthSummit24

[KPcatalysts @KPcatalysts]

In this companion piece @MeritaIrby reviews her time working w/ the @NatUrbanLeague Education & Youth Development Project Ready affiliates to answer the question of how to blend competencies, so they are woven into more transformative learning experiences. https://t.co/jRXN93qDs1

[Changing the Odds Remix @CTORemix]

Life is not a static picture. We can think about what we develop over time that moves us toward thriving. @MeritaIrby @KPcatalysts #SELExchange2023