The Leadership Conference is working diligently to see that Tom Perez is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor. Perez is an eminently qualified public servant and consensus builder who has dedicated his career to ensuring that all individuals are treated fairly and have the opportunity to succeed. He has served with integrity and distinction at the local, state and national level, compiling an outstanding record of achievement. Education Reform Strategies
Innovative Programs
This series of articles from The Leadership Conference Education Fund examines innovative education reform programs.
- Higher Achievement Program: Intellectual Capacities Built through Effort - 06/14/06
- High School Reforms: Higher Standards for Better Outcomes - 04/05/06
- Using Child Development as the Cornerstone of Academic Success - 03/22/06
- A Court-Ordered Framework for Educational Advocacy - 03/15/06
- National Evaluation Helps Set the Standard for Teach for America - 03/01/06
- George I. Sanchez Charter High School - 02/22/06
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) - 02/15/06
- Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) - 02/08/06
- IDEAS: Fostering an Appreciation for Science in the Daily Life of the Classroom - 02/01/06
- Ohio's Schools of Promise: How Exemplary Title I Schools Are Working to Close the Achievement Gap - 01/25/06
- The New York Adequacy Study - 01/17/06
- The KIPP Foundation School Leadership Program: Inspiring and Supporting Leaders in Education - 12/29/05
- Teach For America - 09/01/05
- High Tech High: Preparing Students for the 21st Century - 08/01/05
Charter Schools
- Advocates Say D.C. Charter Amendment Integral to School's Improvement - 06/02/06
- Charter School Diversity Producing Diverse Results - 11/24/04
- Charter Schools and Race: A Lost Opportunity for Integrated Education - Report - Harvard University - 07/10/02
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Difficult Choices: Do Magnet Schools Serve Our Children in Need? - Report - Citizen's Commission on Civil Rights - January 1997
English-Language Learners
- Quality Counts 2009: How English-Language Learners Are Putting Schools to the Test - Report - Education Week - January 2009
Access to Higher Education
- New Report Finds College Financial Aid Not Going to Neediest Students - 09/06/06
- Promise Abandoned: How Policy Choices and Institutional Practices Restrict College Opportunities (pdf) - The Education Trust - 8/31/06
- Civil Rights Coalition Works to "Reclaim Access" to Higher Education - Press Release - 10/24/05
- Advocates Say New Bill Threatens Access to Higher Ed - 09/09/05
- Closing the Gap: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality in Opening Doors to Higher Education for African-American Students (pdf) - Report - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. - June 2005
- Students Take Their Message to Capitol Hill - 04/06/05
- Substance Abuse, Civil Rights Communities Unified Against Higher Education Act Drug Provision - 04/22/03
- National Dialogue Calls for Increase in Federal Need-based Financial Aid - 01/22/03
- Admissions & Omissions: How "The Numbers" Are Used to Exclude Deserving Students: 2005-2006 CAPAA Findings (pdf) - Report - Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA - 06/01/06
- Latino Policy and Issues Brief: Community College as a Pathway to Chicana/o Doctorate Production (pdf) - Report - University of California - 06/30/05
- Corporate CEOs Urge Less Emphasis on SATs - 06/01/01
- Letter to the President of the University of Dayton re: Online Admissions Policy - 04/03/01
