Communities for Excellent Public Schools Campaign Launch: July 28, 2010

Communities for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS)

Invites You to Attend a Campaign Launch and Policy Forum

CEPS will release the new report prepared in conjunction with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Our Communities Left Behind: An Analysis of the Administration's School Turnaround Policies

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Rayburn House Office Building - Rm. 2261
Washington, DC

Co-Moderators

• Zakiyah Ansari, Parent Organizer, NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
• Billy Easton, Executive Director, Alliance for Quality Education, New York

Participants

• Warren Simmons, Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
• Jhatayn Travis, Executive Director, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, Chicago
• Jaritza Geigel, Student Organizer, Make the Road New York

Parents, Community Leaders and Educators from Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California will share stories of top-down approach reforms that have failed in their schools and stories of community-centered reforms that work

There is no summer break when it comes to fighting for the education of our kids. Stand with parents, students and community leaders from around the country and make your voice heard on Capitol Hill. Communities for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS) is a coalition of community-based organizations from around the country that represent parents and students in low-income communities. The Obama Adminstration has released its Blue Print for Reform (http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/blueprint/index.html). and Congress is working on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) commonly known as No Child Left Behind. CEPS is organized to make sure that parents, students and communities have a voice in the public debate about reauthorization of ESEA and federal policies that affect our children and schools.

Space for this event is limited. Acceptances ONLY, on a "first-come" basis, with subject line "RSVP: July 28 Launch Event" to informationceps@gmail.com or contact Cedric Ricks at (202) 587-1654. RSVP by Monday, July 26, 2010.