CIVIL RIGHTS ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION ON SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING INEQUITIES
Russlynn Ali, assistant secretary for the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, will participate in a discussion of school district funding inequities on Wednesday at an event sponsored by the Center for American Progress.
Among the topics to be explored will be the hidden salary gap which can result in teachers at affluent schools being paid more than teachers in the same district who work at more modest income schools. Two papers will be released by the center, examining a 2005 California law that requires schools to publish per-pupil expenditures.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SENIOR OFFICIAL TO DISCUSS ESEA REAUATHORIZATION AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO’S EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Jo Anderson, senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education, will discuss President’s Obama’s blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the role of leadership in education reform during a panel discussion at the University of New Mexico’s College of Education on Wednesday, May 26 in Albuquerque, N.M.