Unwilling to let the juiced-up centrist groups have advocacy all to themselves, the Annenberg Institute just announced its own Ford Foundation-fundedcenter for education organizing (PDF), whose focus will be " democratic participation by parents, students and community members that challenges persistent patterns of educational inequality." Take that, charter school- and merit pay-fans. No word yet on how big the center will be, or who's heading it. For what it's worth, Richard Rothstein tells me that the Broader, Bolder Alliance is still going strong -- Elaine Weiss is the head -- but BBA's focus is "building policy support for narrowing the social and economic inequalities that children bring to school..." rather than advocacy and community organizing. So now you know. Image via.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 4, 2011)
ANNENBERG INSTITUTE LAUNCHES CENTER FOR EDUCATION ORGANIZINGNATIONAL TEAM FOCUSED ON NURTURING GRASSROOTS EDUCATION-ORGANIZING EFFORTS AND 