NYC Public School Parents: Panel discussion Saturday: Parents As Educators & Putting the Public Back into Public Education

NYC Public School Parents: Panel discussion Saturday: Parents As Educators & Putting the Public Back into Public Education:

Panel discussion Saturday: Parents As Educators & Putting the Public Back into Public Education

by Leonie Haimson

I will be speaking on a panel Saturday morning, sponsored by Assemblymember Keith Wright and organized by the Urban League, as part of the Black and Puerto Rican caucus meeting in Albany

The details are below. It is unfortunate that I will be the only parent on the panel, but you can be sure that I will try to make up for that as best I can.

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

MEETING ROOM 6 (on the concourse, near the convention center)

WORKSHOP TITLE: Parents As Educators: Putting Public Back into Public Education

SPONSOR: Assemblyman Keith Wright
DESCRIPTION: Workshop will include community and school based strategies and models on how to increase parent engagement in the education and advocacy of their children. Advocates will provide information and analysis of existing educational policy on parent engagement. Attendees will receive a free copy of the New York Urban League's "A Parent's Guide to College."

PANELISTS:
Arva Rice, NY Urban League President and CEO
David Banks, President and CEO Eagle Academy Foundation (invited)
Danielle Moss-Lee, Director Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF)
Pedro Noguera, Professor of Education New York University
Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Matters