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Education Equality Project and Democrats For Education Reform have come together to create a background memo on the accountability provisions within the current NCLB law. We hope this document proves useful as we turn our sights to the reauthorization of ESEA.
Categories: Education News
One of our key beliefs at the Education Equality Project is that parents are powerful. Parents who are demanding excellence are even more powerful ... and are making a difference all over the country. Last year we created a special action list just for parents. We’ve now translated this resource into Spanish.
Categories: Education News
Campaign LEARN presents a New Haven Town Hall Meeting on the Achievement Gap, entitled The New Politics of Education Reform: Real Change for Communities of Color. This event is FREE and open to the public and will be held at the Yale Law School Auditorium (127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT) on Saturday, January 23 at 2pm.
Categories: Events
Don’t miss UNCF’s An Evening of Stars® Tribute -- airs nationwide Jan. 23 and 24, 2010 Click here for showtimes. An Evening of Stars® is a concert with a cause, and the cause is education. Woven through the star performances, UNCF will be getting its core message across: education is essential to success.
Categories: Education News Events
Please join the Aspen Institute’s Commission on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for a national public hearing on improving teacher and principal effectiveness. To attend, please RSVP with your name, title, and affiliation to nclb.commission@aspeninstitute.org.
Categories: Events
This week, Jeb Bush and the Foundation for Excellence in Education will host their second annual national summit on education reform, Excellence in Action, to arm local, state and national policymakers with the tools to dramatically improve education in America.
Categories: Events
We're happy to announce that today we joined with our partners - The Education Trust, Democrats for Education Reform, and the Center for American Progress -- in signing a letter to Secretary Duncan providing strong support for his Race to the Top guidelines.. We urge the Adminisration to remain committed to closing the racial and ethnic achievement gap via their policies and funds.
Categories: Education News
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
Accountability is the guarantee of quality that American students deserve; if they don't have a good school or a good teacher, something should be done to fix the problem – and fast. To that end, we've released our second position paper – "On Accountability." This is the second paper in a series of real solutions for closing the achievement gap. It is our hope that this series will help start a conversation and that you contribute by posting your thoughts below.
Categories: Education News
Addressing the question of "How Can We Close the Achievement Gap?" Ellen Winn, the Director of the Education Equality Project offers her opinion to the National Journal's Expert Blog.
Categories: Education News
Chancellor Joel I. Klein, New York City, NY
Joe Williams, Executive Director, Democrats For Education Reform
Mayor Adrian Fenty, District of Columbia
Amy Wilkins, Principal Partner, Education Trust
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, CA
Mayor Cory Booker, Newark, NJ
Janet Murgia, President & CEO of National Council of La Raza
Mayor Kevin Johnson, Sacremento, CA
Lisa Graham-Keegan, Former Arizona State Superintendent
Margaret Spellings, Former Secretary of Education
Dr. Michael Lomax, President & CEO of the United Negro College Fund
Senator Michael Bennett, D-CO
Chancellor Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia
Raul Yzaguirre, Former President and CEO, NCLR
Deborah Gist, Education Commissioner, Rhode Island
Beverly Hall, Superintendent, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Joshua Starr, Superintendent, Stamford, CT
Meria Carstarphen, Superintendent, St. Paul, MN
Mayor John Hickenlooper, Denver, CO
Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia, PA
Paul Pastorek, Superintendent, Louisiana 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
Terry Grier, Superintendent, Houston, TX
Jared Polis, U.S. House of Representatives, D-CO
Jordan Coleman, Youth Filmmaker, Actor, Student
Steve Barr, Green Dot Founder and Chairman
Peter Groff, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Eva Moskowitz, Success Charter Network Founder and CEO
Marc Ecko, Marc Ecko Enterprises Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Carlos Loumiet, New America Alliance Chair
J.B. Schramm, CEO and Founder, College Summit
John Conyers Jr., U.S. House of Representatives, D-MI
Whitney Tilson, Co-Founder, Democrats for Education Reform
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 Assemply—State Representative
Chaka Fattah, U.S. House of Representatives, PA 2nd Congressional District
