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Feb 3, 2012
Dust-up builds over remark from teachers union official on families in poverty
The Louisiana chapter of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, a group that lobbies for school choice initiatives like charter schools and vouchers, joined Gov. Bobby Jindal on Thursday in calling for the resignation of one of the state's top teachers union officials.
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Jan 31, 2012
Speakers say education fixes not easy
Howard Fuller, the founder of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, said revamping public schools is difficult. “I have concluded that most people in America want change if nothing changes,” Fuller told the group. He said new school approaches are needed because children’s lives are being affected by two giant problems. “In Louisiana and in America, race matters and class matters,” Fuller said.
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Jan 9, 2012
Black Alliance for Educational Options Weighs in on Illinois School District ZIP Code Controversy
In just a few hours, the Beach Park, Illinois School Board will meet to formally consider action against Annette Callahan - a mother accused of falsifying residency records in order to send her children to Beach Park Schools.
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New Leaders - Chief Program Officer
The Chief Program Officer (CPO) will ensure student achievement goals are met in schools led by New Leaders through the design, development, delivery, and ongoing improvement of a transformational school leadership program model. In this role, the CPO will provide strategic oversight and leadership of New Leaders’ program models and execution success, including both central and local design and delivery, leveraging the full scope of New Leaders’ talent, capabilities, and learning in a highly collaborative, cross-functional team approach. Critically, this role will ensure the full integration and alignment of program design and city-level execution, including oversight of vital matrixed and cross-functional teams and functions.
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New Leaders - Senior Executive Director, Program Design & Delivery
This position is directly accountable for the full life-cycle of New Leaders’ program design -- development, delivery, and improvement -- for the complete organization nationally, partnering with regional leadership on program execution at the city level. This role’s primary focus is to drive extraordinary gains in student achievement by designing, implementing, and sustaining a high-quality program model for the selection, development, and support of New Leaders principals in high-need schools aligned with New Leaders’ vision, mission, and goals.
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BAEO's 2010 Annual Report
The 2010 Annual Review highlights some of our exciting activities and accomplishments, including updates from our Sixth Annual Education Policy and Parental Choice Seminar, where a record number of Black elected officials (and more than 216 total participants) had an opportunity to broaden their understanding of the need for high-quality educational options and to hear and learn from a wide variety of parent choice supporters, including other Black elected officials who have already taken a strong stand by supporting educational options for low-income and working class families, charter school experts, public and private school operators, parents, and students who are in various parental choice programs.
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