Civil Rights and Education Advocates Call for Four Fixes to Senate Education Bill

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WASHINGTON – On Thursday, June 18 at 12:30pm ET, civil rights and education advocates will discuss four fixes that must be included to improve the Senate’s education bill, the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA).

The coalition of civil rights, disability rights, and education advocacy organizations has come together to ensure that the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act honors the law’s rich civil rights legacy.  The current Senate iteration of this act is the ECAA which, in its current form, betrays this legacy.

The organizations are coalescing around four necessary fixes to the ECAA, including strengthening accountability for schools and districts to educate all groups of students, including students of color, students with disabilities, low-income students, and English learners; improved data collection; mandates for states to close disparities in resources for high-poverty schools; and sufficient oversight from the U.S. Department of Education. 

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WHEN: Thursday, June 18 at 12:30pm ET

WHO:

·         Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

·         Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League

·         Kati Haycock, president of the Education Trust

·         Quyen Dinh, executive director of the Southeast Asia Resource Center (SEARAC)

·         Michael Gamel-McCormick, associate executive director for research and policy at the Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD)

·         Nate Cole, social studies teacher at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School in Washington, DC and a Teach Plus teaching policy fellow

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