Task Force to Release 'Divided We Fail: Coming Together through Public School Choice' 9/16/2002
From: Christy Hicks of The Century Foundation, 212-452-7723, hicks@tcf.org News Advisory: WHAT: Press Briefing to announce the release of "Divided We Fail: Coming Together through Public School Choice," Report of The Century Foundation Task Force on the Common School WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 18 9:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: National Press Club 529 14th Street, NW Washington, D.C. WHO: Task Force Members to Speak (see also NOTE below): -- Lowell Weicker, former governor and U.S. Senator from Connecticut (chair) -- Ann Majestic, attorney, Tharrington Smith, Wake County N.C. School District -- David Rusk, consultant; former mayor, Albuquerque, N.M. -- Charles Willie, professor of education, Harvard University -- Richard D. Kahlenberg, senior fellow, The Century Foundation (executive director) RSVP: Laurie Ahlrich, ahlrich@tcf.org or 212-452-7722 This new report takes a fresh look at how to promote equality and achievement in education, and offers a plan to improve both through economic integration of America's public schools. The Task Force commissioned new research concluding that schools are becoming increasingly segregated by economic status, findings consistent with other disturbing reports observing resegregation of schools by race. The Task Force recommendations, for integration through public school choice rather than forced busing, are based on lessons learned from programs in Wisconsin, Missouri, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. At the press briefing, task force members will discuss their recommendations and explain why integration through public school choice is more promising than current strategies, like testing and vouchers. NOTE: Other members of the task force will also participate and be available for comment. A complete list of task force members is available at http://www.equaleducation.org ------ The Century Foundation is a research foundation that undertakes timely, critical, and analytical studies of major economic, political, and social institutions and issues. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, TCF was founded in 1919 and endowed by Edward A. Filene. | |