Thursday, July 22, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial relevant articles in the world of education reform.  Time Magazine argues that Americans, as competitors in the global economy, can no longer afford to retain the luxury of summer vacation in public schools, arguing that “summer is among the most pernicious — if least acknowledged — causes of achievement gaps in America's schools.”

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial relevant articles in the world of education reform. The movement for Common Core Standards is in full swing.  The Washington Post reports that Washington, D.C. and Massachusetts are set to vote on adoption of national standards.  The New York Times offers an overview of the history and challenges of the adoption process and also asks six experts if national standards will improve education

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Monday, July 19, 2010 – Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. EEP Director Ellen Winn and Executive Director of Parent Revolution Ben Austin (and brand-new EEP board member) co-wrote a response to the National Journal’s question Can Communities and Parents Help Turn Around Schools? highlighting models of parental empowerment that directly transform low-performing schools.

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Parental involvement is no longer the typical site council (i.e., get three parents to sign a grant request) non-involvement. Today, parental involvement is defined by a real transfer of political power to parents – empowerment is a more apt word than involvement.

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Monday, July 19, 2010 – Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform.  The Providence Journal highlights Commissioner of Education (EEP signatory and board member) Deborah Gist’s first year, noting that Gist has been the “change agent” that Governor Carcieri had hoped for.  Go Local Providence also underscores Commissioner Gist’s commitment to closing the achievement gap, and her recent addition to EEP’s Board of Directors.

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Friday, July 16, 2010 – Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. EdWeek reports that a House appropriations subcommittee voted in favor of extending Race to the Top through fiscal year 2011.  The bill would also extend the now-$650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) grant program for another year. This preliminary vote is the first step of many before the bill gets passed into law.

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Thursday, July 15, 2010 – Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform.  EEP Co-Chairs Joel I. Klein, Michael Lomax, and Janet Murguía penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal asserting that President Obama’s school reform policies should be a priority, and shouldn’t be sacrificed in any way by Congress.

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In the days following his inauguration, President Obama included a package of educational reforms in his stimulus bill that offered states financial incentives to make dramatic improvements in their education systems. About 10% of the $100 billion allocated for education was used to create competitive grants. States could only win them by drafting comprehensive and aggressive plans to, for example, adopt higher academic standards, turn around chronically low-performing schools, and redesign teacher evaluation and compensation systems.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 – Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform.  The Wall Street Journal praises President Obama in an editorial today, commending the President’s threat to veto any spending bill that contains cuts to Race to the Top, the Teacher Incentive Fund, or the Charter Schools Fund.

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NEW YORK, July 14, 2010 - The Education Equality Project (EEP), a leader in the civil rights movement to eliminate the racial and ethnic achievement gap in public education, today announced the expansion of its Board of Directors to seventeen members.  TRANSLATED IN SPANISH HERE.

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