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Civil rights activists will mark the 55th anniversary of the end of segregated public schools with a rally in Washington.
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Fifty-five years after the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that struck down laws segregating public schools by race, there's intense pressure by local and federal authorities to close the persistent education gap between white students and their black and Latino counterparts.
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Eliminating the racial and ethnic achievement gap in our nation's public schools is the most urgent civil rights challenge for this generation.
I co-founded the Education Equality Project to address the injustice and inequity that African-American and Latino students confront every day in their schools.
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The most ambitious US presidency in living memory hardly needs to extend its list of tasks, you might think. Yet the country's long-term economic prospects turn on something that is all too easy to neglect, just as it has been neglected in the past.
Categories: Education News EEP News
Mayor Bloomberg will meet with President Obama this afternoon at the Oval Office to talk about the achievement gap. The meeting, which also includes the Rev. Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House majority leader, adds to signs suggesting that Obama is taking the Education Equality Project group's stance on how to improve public schools seriously.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited the White House Thursday to discuss educational reform with President Barack Obama. The meeting was also attended by city Schools Chancellor Joel Klein,
the Reverend Al Sharpton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the latter being a potential challenger to Obama in 2012.
Categories: Education News EEP News
It's an eclectic trio, symbolic of the wide-ranging personalities, interests and ideas involved in reforming the country's public education system.
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Year after year we approach, celebrate, and then pass by the anniversary of the US Supreme Court landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education, which purported to end decades of educational inequality and downright injustice in America's schools.
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Two new reports highlight the urgency of figuring out how to close the achievement gap in our schools.
Last week, McKinsey & Co., the global consulting firm, released "The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools." It defines the gap in four ways, including the one between students in this nation and other nations.
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Unlike most other developed countries, the US does not have national academic standards outlining what each student must learn to graduate from high school. In fact, it is the opposite, with each of the 50 states setting the bar wherever it wants - and, in many states, that is too low.
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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)
