Crystal Jordan Metro Early College High School Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee HELP Early College Testimony Good afternoon Senator Brown and members of the committee Thank you for...Crystal Jordan I am a senior high school student here at Metro Early College High School As a Metro Early College student I am a graduating Senior...

for improvement We then set five ambitions goals every child will be prepared for school supported inside and outside school succeed academically enroll in some form of college and graduate and enter a career...strategies to enhance social services and academic instruction Better connecting health and social services to schools through our...

Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee HELP ESEA Reauthorization Career and College Readiness in Practice April 1 2010 Presented by Jacqueline A Silas Butler Esq Executive Director Project...have thirteen sites in ten states serving 213 schools and more than 134 000 students their families and teachers We work in collaboration with...

STATEMENT OF DENNIS VAN ROEKEL PRESIDENT NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION BEFORE THE HEALTH EDUCATION LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE UNITED STATES SENATE ON ESEA REAUTHORIZATION THE IMPORTANCE OF A WORLD CLASS...teachers and education support professionals higher education faculty and staff Department of Defense schools educators students in colleges...

DRAFT TESTIMONY US SENATE S HEALTH EDUCATION LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE March 9 2010 BY CHARLES BUTT CHAIRMAN CEO OF H E B Good afternoon Mr Chairman It s a great honor to address your distinguished...lower earnings poor health and higher rates of incarceration A small very poor town on the Texas Mexico border Hidalgo Texas through great...

forums on specific education issues advocate for funding for our public schools connect resources into classrooms and show case schools and students through community engagement activities We are an affiliate...independent non profit educational advocacy organizations We work closely with the Guilford County Public School District but we do not...

colleagues classroom teachers who are on the front lines in CMS every day Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools lost 843 educators last year nearly of those were classroom teachers and a quarter was teacher assistants...Mecklenburg and the state of North Carolina needs to master the most elementary requirement for schools It needs a qualified teacher...

Director of Special Initiatives Office of Innovation and Improvement April 19 2010 Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions Field Hearing in Charlotte North Carolina Fostering Innovation in Education...economy every student must graduate from high school with college and career ready skills But the reality is that 3 in every 10...

Harlem Children s Zone President Harlem Children s Zone Promise Academy Charter Schools before the Senate Committee on Health Education Labor Pensions April 22nd 2010 Chairman Harkin Ranking Member Enzi and...of the Harlem Children s Zone and President of the Harlem Children s Zone Promise Academy Charter Schools Thank you for this opportunity to...

Testimony before the U S Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions April 13 2010 Chairman Harkin Senator Enzi and Members of the Committee thank you for the opportunity to appear before you...failing schools in our nation My name is Beverly Donohue and I am Vice President for Policy and Research at New Visions for Public Schools a non...