Category Archives: achievement gap
A Welcome New Education Declaration
The National Equity Project joins the thousands of educators and other Americans who have applauded the new “Education Declaration to Rebuild America.” We join our advisory board member Linda Darling-Hammond and our colleagues from the Coalition for Community Schools, the … Continue reading
The Common Core, Pre-Reading, and Equity
Our Curriculum Developer Zaretta Hammond co-authored an article for the new issue of Phi Delta Kappan titled “Text and Truth: Reading, student experience, and the Common Core” (requires subscription). Zaretta and her co-author Susan Sandler write that the Common Core … Continue reading
Equitable Turnaround Approaches
A new report on turnaround schools came through our in box last week, representing a welcome alternative view of leadership and change to the dominant approaches in the education system that aligns with National Equity Project approaches. First, the dominant approach to improving … Continue reading
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A School Turnaround in one Democratic Convention Speech
Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts spoke at the Democratic National Convention on the first night and referenced a school in Boston that has turned around. We were encouraged especially by the support services that help students deal with the effects … Continue reading
The Moral Imperative: With the Kellogg Foundation Learning Labs in Mississippi
The Learning Labs is a national movement to radically improve early learning (birth to age 5) for all children in the United States. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the movement consists of a partnership of innovative state-level early learning … Continue reading
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings in Oakland | March 8, 2012
We are pleased to co-sponsor this event with the Mills College School of Education, Center for Urban Schools and Partnerships. The Center for Urban Schools and Partnerships presents their year-long series: Preparing Educators and Youth in a Racist World. Dr. … Continue reading
LaShawn Routé Chatmon interviewed in America’s Wire
Our executive Director LaShawn Routé Chatmon was interviewed for a national news story, “Educators Alarmed: Minority Teenagers Performing At Academic Levels of 30 Years Ago,” by Teresa Wiltz for America’s Wire. The article explores the fact that “while achievement levels … Continue reading
Right and Wrong Drivers for Systems Reform
We are reading and thinking about this excellent recent paper by Michael Fullan, “Choosing the wrong drivers for whole system reform,” which reinforces our approaches and helps us expand upon them. Fullan identifies four “wrong” drivers for systems reform in education, … Continue reading
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Too Important to Fail: The Dropout Crisis of African American Males
Tavis Smiley is a busy man. Besides a “poverty tour” with Dr. Cornel West, he is producing video episodes for his PBS show, including this recent one on the challenges of the high school drop out crisis among African American males, … Continue reading
American Teacher documentary
The National Equity Project is a proud partner of the new documentary, American Teacher, produced by our friends at the Teacher Salary Project and screening initially in the Bay Area in early October. To purchase tickets for the San Francisco … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, teacher salary, teachers
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