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Education Equality Project (EEP) Co-Founder and New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, today released the following statement on new findings that educational inequality
persists among students of different races and ethnicities:
Categories: Signatories
Starting today we'll be posting links to the top education reform stories from around the country each morning.
Categories: Education News
The new book by Eric Hanushek and Alfred Lindseth (Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses) helps to provide an analytical backdrop to our campaign to improve the nation's schools.
Categories: Education News
Today, the Education Equality Project today announced that Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University, has joined the Education Equality Project's signatory group.
Categories: Education News Signatories
EEP, a leader in the civil rights movement to eliminate the racial and ethnic achievement gap in public education, today announced that Amy Wilkins, Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications at The Education Trust, has joined the Education Equality Project's Board of Directors.
Categories: Education News Signatories
Watch Amy Potthast talk about the impact corps members are having in underserved classrooms across the country, how applicants can demonstrate the qualities Teach For America seeks, and how Teach For America alums are going on to become lifelong leaders in the field of education.
Categories: Education News
Check out the new videos from Education Equality Day posted on our website and all over Youtube.
Categories: Events
Join us for this special online discussion, June 3-5, 2009, on how policymakers can use rewards and positive incentives to encourage excellence in schools.
Categories: Education News
The Coalition for Student Achievement, which represents more than 60 diverse education, business, civil rights, and philanthropic organizations from across the U.S., strongly believes a common core of standards and assessments in math and reading throughout our nation is critical to the future of our education system and our students' success.
Categories: Education News
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
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
