Our Vision
To shape the future by discovering new knowledge, sharing resources and preparing all students to be globally competitive for college and careers
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Is a Primary Pillar of ILC’s Work
The Innovation Learning Center devotes its resources to building and sustaining vital and prosperous communities, where justice and opportunity are extended to everyone. We fulfill this work in four principal ways:
Representation: Membership & leadership of ILC reflects the communities we serve and represent. ILC prioritizes social justice and amplifies the voices of underrepresented and under-resourced communities.
Accessibility: ILC provides information and programming that is socio-economically and culturally informed, linguistically accessible, and meets the needs of individuals with disabilities.
Education & Advocacy: ILC seeks to dismantle structural racism and systems of oppression by intentionally naming and disrupting the biases, practices and policies that reinforce racial and ethnic disparities in education and community partnership.
Empowerment: ILC seeks to establish educational pipelines that support the diversification of students studying STEAM that move into academic and professional careers that historically marginalized multicultural perspectives and people.
ILC’s mission is to support schools, agencies and their community partners to enhance the social, emotional and educational development of children and youth.
Our Core Values
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The 17 SDGs are integrated—they recognize that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability.
ILC’s core values align to the following 9 SDGs:
