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  • Angie Salazar's Head Start to Harvard Story 03/29/11 - Video
    From Head Start to Harvard
    Here is the story of Angelica Salazar and her development from a Head Start student to a Harvard University student. Yet another example of why Head Start works!
  • Amy Wilkens 03/24/11 - Video
    Improving Support for Teachers: No More One-Shot Workshops at the Mariott
    Amy Wilkins, Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications at the Education Trust, talks about improving support for teachers through improved evaluation systems, and the need to provide low-income and minority children with “more than their fair share” of resources—including highly effective teachers.
  • 03/24/11 - Video
    U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Praises CDF Freedom Schools
    U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan praises the successes of the CDF Freedom Schools® program at a March 15th meeting at CDF. Freedom Schools improve child literacy by instilling a love of reading while providing positive role models through mentoring from student leader interns.
  • Youtube video image of Judith Browne Dianis 03/23/11 - Video
    Juvenile Court Judges Have Bigger Fish to Fry Than Suspended Students
    Judith Browne Dianis, Co-Director of the Advancement Project, discusses collaboration between school administrators, juvenile justice officials, and local police to change the status quo on discipline, and urges advocates to spend an hour in a juvenile justice courtroom.
  • Amy Wilkens 03/23/11 - Video
    Mythbuster
    Amy Wilkins, Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications at the Education Trust, refutes the myth that low-income and minority children are “too damaged” to learn.
  • Amy Wilkens 03/23/11 - Video
    Cheating our Children
    Amy Wilkins, Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications at the Education Trust, explains why and how poor and minority students are being cheated when it comes to their education. Across our country, our most vulnerable students are given the poorest schools, the newest teachers, and the least resources.
  • 03/23/11 - Video
    I Wish Parents Were Telling Me to Go Faster
    U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan tells Black community and faith leaders at the Children's Defense Fund that he wishes parents would demand more from our country's education system.
  • 03/23/11 - Video
    Babies are Not the Problem
    U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addresses a group of Black community and faith leaders at the Children's Defense Fund, discussing the economic and moral imperative we have to improve education in the United States.
  • Youtube video image of Judith Browne Dianis 03/23/11 - Video
    Reevaluating School Discipline: Keep Kids in School
    Judith Browne Dianis, Co-Director of the Advancement Project, talks about successes in Baltimore and Denver, where new approaches to school discipline are associated with higher graduation rates.
  • 03/23/11 - Video
    Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Hurt Children
    Bob Greenstein from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities discusses the crisis children face by proposed federal budget cuts with Black community and faith leaders at the Children's Defense Fund.

 

 

 

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