Educators, policymakers, and scholars call for education agenda focused on mitigating the impacts of poverty on students and schools
On Tuesday, February 23rd at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, educators, education scholars, and policymakers will gather to release a new policy roadmap and discuss the next steps for addressing poverty-related impediments to teaching and learning.
In 2008, the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA) and its signatories called for a policy agenda that acknowledged poverty as a root cause of disparities in education and called for policies that would mitigate its impacts. While this agenda was considered radical at the time that perception has shifted and many BBA policy priorities, such as early childhood education and health care and nutrition support, have been embraced by policymakers and education experts. Seven years after its initial launch, as a whole-child agenda gains momentum in the mainstream of education policy, BBA is relaunching with new co-chairs, a new advisory board, and an expanded mission statement with a broad array of signatories—including educators, scholars, policymakers, community, faith, and civil rights leaders, and people who have served in both Republican and Democratic administrations.
What:
Relaunch of the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education
Who:
Elaine Weiss, National Coordinator, BBA
Paul Reville, BBA Co-chair and Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Joshua Starr, BBA Co-chair and CEO, Phi Delta Kappan International
Helen Ladd, BBA Co-chair and Professor of Public Policy, Duke University
Miriam Calderon, BBA Advisory Board member and Director of Special Projects, BUILD Initiative
Warren Simmons, BBA Advisory Board member and Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Lauren Wells, Chief Education Officer, Newark
Ted Fiske, Founder, Fiske Guide to Colleges and Board Member, East Durham Children’s Initiative
David Sovine, Superintendent, Frederick County, VA Public Schools (a Bright Futures affiliate)
When:
Tuesday, February 23rd
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Where:
Capitol Visitors Center, SVC 209-08
East Capitol St NE & First St SE, Washington, DC
To RSVP, email [email protected].