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Teacher Quality is Critical for Education Reform.

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This recording was made at the conference entitled, “Optimizing Talent: Closing Educational and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide” at the Salzburg Global Seminar (Dec. 2011) which was made possible by generous partners, such as ETS, DeVry, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Ford Foundation China, The Freeman Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Nippon Foundation, and The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.

http://www.salzburgglobal.org/current/sessions.cfm?IDSpecial_Event=3099

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Education reform activist on the decision that changed his life | Roadtrip Nation: Beating the Odds

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At 65, all of education reform activist Geoffrey Canada’s friends are dead. So how did he escape the same fate and go from growing up in the toughest part of the Bronx all the way to Harvard and leading the Harlem Children’s Zone? It all comes down to a gun in his pocket, and the choice he made next.

“Roadtrip Nation: Beating the Odds” was fueled by ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning, with advisory support from Better Make Room.

Watch the full film: https://roadtripnation.com/roadtrip/beating-the-odds

About “Beating the Odds”:

When everything is stacked against you, college may seem out of reach. But if a degree is your goal, nothing can hold you back.

On paper, Esther, Ikie, and Estephanie aren’t supposed to have made it to college. From unstable foster homes to financial insecurities, the obstacles they’ve encountered have, at times, seemed insurmountable. But even with everything stacked against them, they saw that college could be their way out—so they fought for it, tooth and nail. Now, as the three cross the country to hear how others beat the odds to make it through graduation and beyond, they’ll see that by pursuing their college degrees, they’re not just shaking free of what’s weighing them down—they’re joining a rising tide with the power to lift up all of the communities they love.

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When you’re unsure what’s next, we’re here to help you figure out your path forward.

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Explore themes and advice from “Beating the Odds”: https://s3.amazonaws.com/archive.roadtripnation.com/roadtrip/v2/beating-the-odds/beating-the-odds-viewing-guide.pdf

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Michelle Rhee on Education Reform

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On June 15, 2011, Michelle Rhee, Founder and CEO of Students First, spoke at Roosevelt House on education reform and creating schools of excellence.

Michelle Rhee began her career as a Teach for America (TFA) corps member in a Harlem Park Community School in Baltimore City. Through her own trial and error in the classroom, she gained a tremendous respect for the hard work that teachers do every day. She also learned the lesson that would drive her mission for years to come: teachers are the most powerful driving force behind student achievement in our schools. In 1997 Ms. Rhee founded The New Teacher Project (TNTP) to bring more excellent teachers to classrooms across the country. Under her leadership TNTP became a leading organization in understanding and developing innovative solutions to the challenges of new teacher hiring. As Chief Executive Officer and President, Ms. Rhee partnered with school districts, state education agencies; non-profit organizations and unions to transform the way schools and other organizations recruit, select and train 23,000 highly qualified teachers in difficult-to-staff schools.

On June 12, 2007, Mayor Adrian Fenty appointed Chancellor Rhee to lead the District of Columbia Public Schools. Under her leadership, the worst performing school district in the country became the only major city system to see double-digit growth in both their state reading and state math scores in seventh, eighth and tenth grades over three years. In 2010, she left DCPS to found her own organization – Students First – which she describes as a grassroots movement designed to mobilize parents, teachers, students, administrators, and citizens throughout country, and to channel their energy to produce meaningful results on both the local and national level.

Senate Democrats Call for Action on Education Reform

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As committee work progresses on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a group of Senate moderate Democrats outlined their goals for reform. The senators joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan for a press conference today at a Washington, D.C. pre-K-8 school, Walker-Jones Education Campus.