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Today at 2PM, NYC Public School Chancellor and EEP Co-Chairperson, Joel Klein, will testify in front of the Senate HELP Committee, led by Tom Harkin, discussing school turnarounds, specifically his leadership work in this field in New York City.
Categories: Education News Signatories
The new book co-authored by Stacey Childress, EEP Signatory and Board Member, entitled 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.
Categories: Education News Signatories
Education Equality Project (EEP) Co-Founder and New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, today released the following statement on new findings that educational inequality
persists among students of different races and ethnicities:
Categories: Signatories
Today, the Education Equality Project today announced that Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University, has joined the Education Equality Project's signatory group.
Categories: Education News Signatories
EEP, a leader in the civil rights movement to eliminate the racial and ethnic achievement gap in public education, today announced that Amy Wilkins, Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications at The Education Trust, has joined the Education Equality Project's Board of Directors.
Categories: Education News Signatories
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.
Categories: Education News Signatories
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.
Categories: Education News Events Signatories
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.
Categories: Education News Events Signatories
On April 21st, EEP announced the addition of Raul Yzaguirre, Executive Director of the Center for Community Development and Civil Rights at Arizona State University, to the Education Equality Project's Board of Directors.
Categories: Signatories
Several big names in ed reform, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan and New York City School Chancellor Joel I. Klein gathered today to discuss a new McKinsey & Company report about the achievement gap's impact on the economy.
Although much of what was said about low-income and minority students lagging behind in achievement was old hat, the report did back up the cost of the gaps with estimated dollar signs.
Categories: Education News Events Signatories
Stacey Childress, Deputy Director of Education, Gates Foundation
Jean-Claude Brizard, Rochester City School District Superintendent
Howard Fuller, Former Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent
John Legend, Entertainer & Education Activist
Chancellor Joel I. Klein, New York City, NY
Joe Williams, Executive Director, Democrats For Education Reform
Roy Romer, Senior Advisor to the President, The College Board
Mayor Adrian Fenty, District of Columbia
Amy Wilkins, Principal Partner, Education Trust
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, CA
Mayor Cory Booker, Newark, NJ
Janet Murguia, President & CEO of National Council of La Raza
Mayor Kevin Johnson, Sacramento, CA
Lisa Graham-Keegan, Founder, Education Breakthrough Network
Michael Lomax, President & CEO of the United Negro College Fund
Senator Michael Bennet, D-CO
Chancellor Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia
Raul Yzaguirre, Former President and CEO, NCLR
Deborah Gist, Education Commissioner, Rhode Island
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, NY
Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia, PA
Paul Pastorek, Superintendent, LA State
Paul Vallas, Superintendent, New Orleans Recovery
Ramon Cortines, Superintendent, LAUSD
Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago, IL
Andres Alonso, Baltimore City Public Schools CEO
Jeb Bush, Former Governor of Florida
Senator John McCain, R-AZ
Jared Polis, U.S. House of Representatives, D-CO
Jordan Coleman, Youth Filmmaker, Actor, Student
Steve Barr, Green Dot Founder and Chairman
Peter Groff, CEO, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Eva Moskowitz, Success Charter Network Founder and CEO
Marc Ecko, Marc Ecko Enterprises Founder and Chief Creative Officer
J.B. Schramm, CEO and Founder, College Summit
Richard R. Buery Jr., President and CEO, Children’s Aid Society
John Conyers Jr., U.S. House of Representatives, D-MI
Jon Schnur, New Leaders for New Schools CEO and Co-Founder
Mike Feinberg, Co-Founder, KIPP
Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute President and CEO
Tiki Barber, Chairman, Tiki Ventures LLC
Alisha Thomas Morgan, GA General Assembly—State Representative
Chaka Fattah, U.S. House of Representatives, PA
Ted Mitchell, NewSchools Venture Fund, Chief Executive Officer
Iris Chen, “I Have a Dream” Foundation, President and CEO
Kevin P. Chavous, attorney, author, and national school reform leader
Margaret Spellings, Margaret Spellings and Company
Rod Paige, Former Secretary of Education (2001 - 2005)
