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The Co-chairs of the Education Equality Project (EEP), Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, New York City schools; Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., President and CEO of UNCF – United Negro College Fund; and Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, released the following statement regarding President Obama’s blueprint for ESEA reauthorization.
Categories: Press Releases
Tuesday March 16, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. Nightly News looks into the ESEA Blueprint and speaks with NYC Public School Chancellor and EEP Co-Chair Joel Klein about this proposed legislation.
Categories: News Roundup
Monday March 15, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. BIG NEWS. Over the weekend, the Obama Administration released its blueprint for ESEA Reauthorization.
Categories: News Roundup Education News
This blueprint builds on the significant reforms already made in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 around four areas: (1) Improving teacher and principal effectiveness; (2) Providing information to improve students’ learning; (3) Implementing college- and career-ready standards; and (4) Improving student learning and achievement in America’s lowest-performing schools.
Categories: Education News
The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind law, proposing to reshape divisive provisions that encouraged instructors to teach to tests, narrowed the curriculum, and labeled one in three American schools as failing.
Categories: Education News
Friday March 12, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. Want to receive these headlines via email? Send us a note - info@educationequalityproject.org - with the Subject Title "Daily News Roundup."
Categories: News Roundup
Thursday March 11, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. EEP is helping to get the word out about a faith-based education event in New York City, sponsored by First Corinthian Baptist Church – “Write the Vision: Make It Clear” (March 27th, Teachers College, Columbia University).
Categories: News Roundup
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. Yesterday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee kicked off its hearings on the reauthorization of the Elementaryand Secondary Education Act.
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. Yesterday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan emphasized the effort of the federal government to become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity in all areas of education.
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Monday March 8, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit Alabama Monday where he will commemorate the 45th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights confrontation in Selma, Ala.
Categories: News Roundup
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, Austin, TX
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
