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Achievement Gaps Create “Permanent National Recession”
on Apr 23, 2009 by Laura Varlas (The ASCD Community Blog)
What if, in the 15 years following A Nation at Risk, the United States had risen to the top of international standards for academic excellence?
The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools, a new report from McKinsey & Company, predicts that the U.S. GDP would be $1.3-2.3 trillion higher if the achievement gap between the United States and its international peers were closed in 1998.
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Categories: Education News Events Signatories
EEP Helps Launch Coalition for Student Achievement
on Apr 16, 2009 by EEP Blog Team
On April 16th, EEP helped to launch the Coalition for Student Achievement, a group of more than 30 diverse education, business, civil rights, and philanthropic organizations from across the country committed to dramatically improving student achievement.
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Categories: Education News Signatories
Coalition for Student Achievement Calls for Bold Action on Stimulus Education Reforms
on Apr 16, 2009 by Coalition for Student Achievement
As states and districts
begin receiving billions in federal stimulus funding for education, a broad
cross-section of organizations dedicated to transforming America's schools
is joining together to support reform. The newly created Coalition for
Student Achievement is calling on federal, state, and local leaders to make
sure the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides more than just a
short-term economic boost, but also achieves long-term, dramatic gains in
student achievement.
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Categories: Education News Signatories
EEP Signatory, Deborah Gist, appointed RI Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
on Apr 01, 2009 by Ellen Winn, EEP Director
Deborah A. Gist, the State Superintendent of Education for theDistrict of Columbia, to serve as the next R.I. Commissioner ofElementary and Secondary Education.
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Categories: Education News Signatories
EEP Co-Founders, Sharpton Klein, to speak at Mayor Kevin Johnson’s ed. reform conference
on Feb 17, 2009 by EEP Blog Team
EEP co-founders, Rev. Sharpton and Chancellor Klein, join Sacramento Mayor and EEP signatory Kevin Johnson at: "Education that works: Ideas for Sacramento."
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Categories: Events Signatories
Education Equality Projects Hosts MLK Day Rally in Washington, DC
on Feb 12, 2009 by EEP Blog Team
The Education Equality Project will be hosting a MLK Day Rally in Washington, DC – Monday, January 19th.
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Categories: Education News Events Signatories
Former U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, joins EEP as Signatory
on Feb 12, 2009 by EEP Blog Team
We are thrilled to announce that Secretary Spellings has endorsed her support for the Education Equality Project's principles by signing on as a signatory.
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Categories: Education News Signatories
Chancellor Klein to speak at Yale Education Leadership Conference
on Feb 03, 2009 by EEP Blog Team
The Yale School of Management's annual education leadership conference will kick-off (9am) with a key note address from Joel Klein -- EEP Co-Founder and Chancellor of NYC's Public Schools.
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Categories: Events Signatories
Honored Guests and Speakers announced for EEP MLK Day Rally
on Jan 14, 2009 by EEP Blog Team
We are thrilled to share the list below of honored guests and speakers for our MLK Day Rally. The commitment to education reform from such a wide audience is testament to the utter importance of our mission -- closing the achievement gap.
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Categories: Events Signatories
Sharpton and Klein on New York 1 tomorrow
on Jan 13, 2009 by EEP Blog Team
Please tune in on Wednesday, January 14th at 7pm or 10pm EST to see Reverend Sharpton and Chancellor Klein on "Inside City Hall."
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