Advice from Students Across the U.S.
Students have a lot at stake when it comes to education policy. To get their thoughts, we interviewed high school students from across the US.
This podcast features advice from Michael Martinez from San Antonio, Ricky La from San Francisco, Martin Macias from Chicago and Sierra Blair and Caitlan Rock from White Sulphur Springs, Montana and asked what education Advice they had for president Obama.
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“Equitable national funding systems for schools”
Don Moore is Executive Director of Designs for Change, a 30-year-old, multi-racial, educational research and reform organization.
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“Get the federal role in accountability straightened out”
Rick Hess is a faculty associate at the Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance and serves on the Review Board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education.
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“Encourage the replication of outstanding district and charter schools throughout the United States”
Joe Nathan directs the Center for School Change, which seeks to help transform public education and to produce significant improvements in student achievement.
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“Seriously consider how to better urban school reform”
Warren Simmons is the Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Prior to joining the Institute in 1998, Dr. Simmons headed the Philadelphia Education Fund.
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“Unfunded mandates make it impossible for schools to grow in urban settings”
Brian Riedlinger is the Executive Officer for the Algiers Charter Schools Association. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
“Recruitment of teachers of color because there is a huge gap”
David Omtoso Stovall is Associate Professor University of Illinois at Chicago. His scholarship focuses on the influence of race in urban education, community development, and housing. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
