Daily News Roundup—February 8, 2010
on Feb 08, 2010 by The EEP Team
Monday February 8, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. Last week to enter EEP’s unofficial anthem contest! Entering is easy – submit the song you think best fits our mission, plus a sentence or two telling us why by February 14, 2010.
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ESEA In 2010?—Ellen Winn, Director, EEP
on Feb 07, 2010 by National Journal Education Expert Blog
Have President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan breathed new life into the effort to renew the No Child Left Behind law this year? Can the administration generate the momentum for Congress to pass a reauthorization, even in an election year in which many other issues are crowding the agenda?
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Education Equality Project Announces Election of New Board Chairs
on Feb 07, 2010 by The EEP Team
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 that Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, New York City schools; Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., President and CEO of UNCF; and Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza were unanimously elected as Co-Chairpersons of the EEP Board of Directors.
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Pass the Squishy
on Feb 07, 2010 by JENNIFER MEDINA (NY Times)
OF all the supplies at Haven Academy, a charter school in the South Bronx, none matter as much as the squishy. Like any elementary school, Haven has pencils, books and desks. But it is the squishy — a colorful rubber ball with dozens of tentacles that can withstand the strength of any young student — that daily absorbs a fit of anger or a mess of tears.
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