The educational achievement gap in the United States exists in and out of the classroom, and extends from the earliest years of childhood across the lifespan.
During the past year, a strategic planning implementation committee charged with birthing the Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College has hammered out new mission statements for both the Campaign and the college itself.
A gathering of the nation's leading education economists will present new findings this fall on "The Social Costs of Inadequate Education," the first in an annual series of symposia that will be conducted by the Teachers College Campaign for Educational Equity
Laurie M. Tisch, a Teachers College trustee and current chairwoman of the Center for Arts Education, will serve as board chair for the newly launched Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University.
A key component of Teachers College's newly launched Campaign for Education Equity is demonstration projectsthat implement and test Campaign research in real communities, families and schools through programs that have the potential to become national models.