The Broader Bolder Approach to Education is a national campaign that acknowledges the impact of social and economic disadvantage on schools and students and proposes evidence-based policies to improve schools and remedy conditions that limit many children’s readiness to learn.
Read the BBA Mission Statement and Accountability Statement to learn more.
Share the BBA Principles
Demand reliable, holistic teacher evaluations that prioritize development over elimination. High-stakes testing has led to apparent widespread cheating in Pennsylvania, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. It's time for a Broader, Bolder Approach to Education!
Reduce poverty to improve learning. Not a single Texas school with an 80% poverty rate prepares more than 20% of its students for college. We need a Broader, Bolder Approach to Education!
News Feature
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December 11, 2011: NY Times
Class Matters. Why Won’t We Admit It?
By Helen Ladd and Edward Fiske
The correlation between poverty and poor educational outcomes is proven; yet policy ignores the issues to focus on in-school factors. It is time for policymakers to stop ignoring inequality by expanding early education, nutrition, and summer programs to low-income children.
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Make me a co-signer of the BBA statement. Also, view the list of original signatories, as well as the complete list of signatories.
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BBA Book Club
Sacred Trust: A Children's Education Bill of Rights by Peter W. Cookson, Jr.
In this short book, former social worker and teacher Peter Cookson presents a unique case for investing in America's children and their education. Inspired by the Founding Fathers and the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Cookson sets out ten fundamental educational rights of children, from the right to a neighborhood public school or a public school of choice that is funded for excellence to the right to complete high school. He presents a vision for 21st century global education for all children that can be seen as utopian, unattainable, fundamental, and/or necessary.
