For more information call:
1-866-92-EQUAL
October 24th and 25th at Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
The Campaign for Educational Equity is the public voice, research and action arm of Teachers College, Columbia University , which is dedicated to promoting equity and excellence in education and overcoming the gap in educational access and achievement between the most and least advantaged groups in this country. The Campaign reflects the total institutional commitment of the College to educational equity.
Launched in June 2005 with Michael A. Rebell as Executive Director and Laurie M. Tisch as Board Chair, the Campaign promotes equity through improved policy and practice stemming from research, dissemination and school programs that can serve as national models for reform.
The Campaign's focus on research includes an annual Symposium that brings together experts from around the country and a Report Card (currently in development) that will assess progress toward equity both at the national level and in each of the 50 states. More broadly, the Campaign draws upon the resources of Teachers College, and, where appropriate, of Columbia University as a whole.
The Campaign puts a premium on rapid, accessible dissemination of research results. With the explicit goal of making things happen , it targets findings at the actors needed to implement them, including the media, government, school boards, school administrators, teachers and funders.
In creating demonstration projects -- programs in schools and communities that have the potential to become national models -- the Campaign builds off of a nucleus of existing partnerships between Teachers College and the New York City public schools, collectively known as the TC Education Partnership Zone.
The Campaign is also committed to expanding and strengthening the national movement for quality public education for all by providing up-to-date information and analysis on key education policy issues. These include school funding, accountability and improving the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which requires that 100% of our public school students be fully proficient in their state's academic standards within the next decade.
