Instead we will lead a union that is organized and mobilized to stand up and fight for
a great urban public education system.
Not exact matches
The Council of the
Great City Schools, based in Washington, is a national policy and research organization in
urban education that represents 65
urban public school districts.
It's clear that we need a new type of system for
urban public education, one that is able to respond nimbly to
great school success, chronic school failure, and everything in between.
For reducing the achievement gap between the Atlanta
Public Schools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for
urban education leadership, at the Council of the
Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall Conference.
The Broad Academy brings together game - changing system leaders who develop innovative strategies to tackle some of
urban public education's
greatest needs.
Interestingly, today's extraordinarily high - performing
urban charter schools — arguably the
greatest story in
public education in a generation — bear a curious resemblance to the Catholic schools of Baby Boomer memory.
The group was named Thursday (May 12) and includes Superintendent Lewis and Recovery Superintendent Patrick Dobard, a half dozen charter school leaders, the Orleans Parish federal programs / external grants director and two
education advocates, Urban League of Greater New Orleans chief executive Erika McConduit - Diggs and Orleans Public Education Network director Deirdre Johns
education advocates,
Urban League of
Greater New Orleans chief executive Erika McConduit - Diggs and Orleans
Public Education Network director Deirdre Johns
Education Network director Deirdre Johnson Burel.
The nation's
public schools can dramatically raise academic achievement among struggling students over the next two decades with a coordinated strategy that puts
greater emphasis on accountability,
urban schools, and early - childhood
education, argues a report released here last week.
Among frequently repeated charges is that charter schools are fundamentally destructive to the concept of
public education for all and contributors to even
greater segregation in
urban settings in particular.
LFC president Ann Duplessis and the
Urban League of
Greater New Orleans» Ethan Ashley discuss
public education issues on «
Urban Speaks».
NOLA PARENTS PERSPECTIVE: A Conversation About New Orleans
Public Education 10 Years Post-Katrina presented by the Louisiana Black Alliance for Educational Options, Orleans
Public Education Network (OPEN), Stand for Children Louisiana, and the
Urban League of
Greater New Orleans — Video: https://youtu.be/ZVeReHEtWok
Prior to AYPF, Jesse worked as a junior associate in the enrollment office at DC
Public Schools, as part of their
Urban Education Leaders Internship Program, and as an intern in the Housing Unit at
Greater Boston Legal Services.
Our Commitment Our Mission is to develop and retain
great teachers, and measurably increase their ability to give students in
urban public schools an excellent
education.
Our mission is to develop and retain
great teachers, and measurably increase their ability to give students in
urban public schools an excellent
education.
To help New Orleans become the first high - quality
urban education system in the country, NSNO invests in
great public schools, helps schools become more effective, and coordinates solutions to citywide challenges.
The report — prepared by
Urban Strategies Council with support from
Great Oakland
Public Schools, Oakland
Public Education Fund, and Attendance Works — highlights several schools that have shown remarkable improvements in student attendance.
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Some of the most dramatic gains in
urban education have come from school districts using a «portfolio strategy»: negotiating performance agreements with some mix of traditional, charter and hybrid
public schools, allowing them
great autonomy, letting them handcraft their schools to fit the needs of their students, giving parents their choice of schools, replicating successful schools and replacing failing schools.
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Charter board chairs representing 19,000 of our city's students have also voiced their support of the formula, along with the
Urban League of
Greater New Orleans, the Orleans
Public Education Network, New Schools for New Orleans, VAYLA, the Louisiana Association for
Public Charter Schools, STAND for Children, the New Orleans Parents» Guide to
Public Schools, and Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools.
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Public Instruction Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Wisconsin Lutheran College Zoological Society of Milwaukee County
Presenting Organizations Charter Board Council of New Orleans / / Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools / / Young Leadership Council / / Citizens for 1
Greater New Orleans / / Louisiana Association of
Public Charter Schools / / Bureau of Governmental Research / / Scott S. Cowen Institute for
Public Education Initiatives / / Black Alliance for Educational Options / / New Orleans Chamber of Commerce / /
Urban League of
Greater New Orleans / / Orleans
Public Education Network (OPEN) / / EngageNOLA / / New Schools for New Orleans / / Neighborhood Partnership Network / / Algiers Economic Development Foundation / / New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce / / Puentes New Orleans / / Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training / / Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of LA / / NOLA Parent Organizing Network / /
Greater New Orleans
Education Foundation / / United Negro College Fund / / Baptist Community Ministries
The Broad Prize for
Urban Education and The Broad Prize for
Public Charter Schools were created to recognize the public school systems that show the greatest academic performance and improvement while reducing achievement gaps among low - income students and students of
Public Charter Schools were created to recognize the
public school systems that show the greatest academic performance and improvement while reducing achievement gaps among low - income students and students of
public school systems that show the
greatest academic performance and improvement while reducing achievement gaps among low - income students and students of color.
A report commissioned by the Connecticut State Department of
Education entitled Evaluating the Academic Performance of Choice Programs in Connecticut compared student achievement in
public schools, charter schools, magnet schools, and among those students bussed from
urban areas to the suburbs and did not find evidence that students in charter schools had
greater achievement than other students, even with their more select student body.
Nine Louisiana business and
education groups — including Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, the
Urban League of
Greater New Orleans and the Southern Poverty Law Center — expressed their concern with the way
public school letter grades are calculated in Superintendent White's draft ESSA...
Several nonprofit organizations, including the
Urban Strategies Council,
Great Oakland
Public Schools Leadership Center, and the Oakland
Public Education Fund, are collaborating to help boost attendance at Oakland schools.