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Leading for Equity:  The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools
on Jun 02, 2009 by EEP Team

Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation-in less than a decade-into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement.

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Connecting Youth through Multiple Pathways
on May 29, 2009 by Dana Brinson, Bryan C. Hassel and Jacob Rosch (Public Impact)

This report, developed for the education program at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, explores some of the efforts districts, foundations and nonprofit organizations have made at reconnecting vulnerable youth who have fallen off track.

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Youth at High Risk of Disconnection
on May 29, 2009 by Jacob Rosch, Dana Brinson and Bryan C. Hassel (Public Impact)

Nearly every young adult who experiences long-term disconnection-from work, school, and community-falls into one or more of the following groups before age 19: teens in foster care, juvenile justice involved, teen mothers, or high school dropouts.

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Brown v. Board of Education at 55
on May 20, 2009 by Richard Kahlenberg (Taking Note)

This past Sunday marked the 55th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, but to the extent it was noticed at all, the case's meaning was pretty well diluted beyond recognition.

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Live Education Equality Day coverage from Close the Gap Rally
on May 18, 2009 by Tom Vander Ark (The Huffington Post)

After a few drops of rain, inspiring student choirs and drum lines, Chancellor Joel Klein, NYC Public School & Education Equality Project Co-Founder kicked off a rally commemorating the 55th anniversary of Brown v Board. Like DC Mayor Fenty that followed him, Klein called for parent support for new and better schools.

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C-SPAN Covering Education Equality Day
on May 16, 2009 by EEP Blog Team

C-SPAN is covering education equality day live Saturday night at 8:00 pm. You can watch C-SPAN's footage from Education Equality Day by clicking here.

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Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success
on May 07, 2009 by Coalition for Student Achievement

The federal government's unprecedented $100 billion investment in our nation's public schools through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform public education.

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Mrs. Minnijean Brown to speak at Education Equality Day - May 16th
on Apr 30, 2009 by The EEP Blog Team

Yesterday, the Education Equality Project confirmed that Mrs. Minnijean Brown - Trickey will be speaking at the Education Equality Day in Washington DC on May 16th. Mrs. Trickey is a member of the courageous "Little Rock Nine."

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Gaps, Equality, and Student Achievement
on Apr 23, 2009 by Eduflack

For nearly a decade now, the buzzword in education reform has been student achievement. Thanks to NCLB and AYP, we were all about the test scores and whether learners were able to show year-on-year gains, demonstrating that their skills and abilities were improving academic year after academic year.


Often overlooked in our push for improved student achievement has been the student achievement gap. While we were tracking how students were doing longitudinally, we were missing the boat on the growing performance problems between the haves and the have nots. How were African-American students measuring up compared to white students? Hispanic students versus white students? Native-American students versus white students? Low-income students versus rich students?

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McKinsey Report: Achievement Gaps Are Causing The Equivalent of A Deep Recession
on Apr 23, 2009 by Lisa Guernsey (New America Foundation)

Poor academic achievement on multiple levels -- including dismal showings among middle class students in America compared to other countries -- has led the United States to lose hundreds of billions of dollars in its gross domestic product, according to a report released by McKinsey & Company today.

The report makes a case for the devastating economic impact of not improving the nation's schools. Its data show that achievement gaps have imposed "the economic equivalent of a permanent deep recession." The report does not offer specific recommendations for getting out of this ditch, other than to look more closely at the few school systems that are making progress and adopt their practices.

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