President Obama's speech on education to the Urban League was both a stirring call to action and a reminder that nothing less than our national economic vitality and competitiveness are at stake.

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NEW YORK, July 29, 2010 - The Education Equality Project (EEP), a leader in the civil rights movement to eliminate the racial and ethnic achievement gap in public education, strongly supports President Obama’s commitment to reforming our nation’s public school system.  We are heartened by both President Obama’s and Secretary Duncan’s strong words and actions on behalf of our nation’s kids, and particularly by the forceful speeches each made at the National Urban League’s Centennial Conference this week.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that 19 states are the finalists for more than $3 billion available in the second round of funding in the Race to the Top program.

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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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WASHINGTON (June 30, 2010) – Over the past year, the Obama Administration’s groundbreaking education-reform initiatives have reinvigorated and refocused school-improvement efforts across America. Long before a single dollar was awarded, state after state rose to the challenge and made critical and sometimes long-overdue policy changes just to qualify for new and substantial federal education investments.

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NEW YORK, June 29, 2010– The Education Equality Project is saddened by the passing of Bill Taylor, a tireless civil rights advocate whose legal acumen, strong voice, and personal passion for equity in education will be sorely missed. As the director of President Johnson’s Commission on Civil Rights, Bill Taylor and his work inspired generations of civil rights and education advocates, and helped to change a nation.

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Monday June 21, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial relevant articles in the world of education reform. Patrick McGuinn, a professor at Drew University, writes in an EdWeek blog, about the two competing narratives of school reform within the Democratic Party today: one based on resource equity (and another focused on accountability (for school results). McGuinn goes on to say that these different narratives are largely captured in the platforms of the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education and the Education Equality Project, respectively.

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Brainy but easily distracted, the author barely made it through high school and dropped out of college. Would a program like New York’s new School of One, which uses technology to tailor learning to each student’s style and pace, have made all the difference?

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Finding out that the teachers union had hired a rent-a-mob to protest on its behalf was "the turn for us in the process." That story—of self-interested adults trying to deny poor parents choice for their children—provided an answer to Ms. Sackler's fundamental question: "If there are these high-performing schools that are closing the achievement gap, why aren't there more of them?"

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The Education Equality Project (EEP) strongly supports Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s efforts to transform Washington, D.C.’s public schools. We commend her determined insistence that nothing is more important than students and their results. Rhee, a signatory of our project, deeply shares our commitment to closing the achievement gap.

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