Educate America: A Call For Equity in School Reform
Writing and Editing Committees

World Class Standards Committee
School Finance
Family Empowerment
Teacher Education and Teacher Certification
Staff Development Programs
Student Assessment

World Class Standards Committee

Shirley McCune (Chair)
President
Learning Trends
325 2nd Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003

Charo Basterra
Director of National Origin
Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc.
5454 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1500
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Kathy Scales Bryan
Research Associate
American Association of University Women
Program & Policy Department
1111 16th St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20032 4873

Patricia Campbell
Campbell Associates
80 Lakeside Drive
Groton Ridge Heights
Groton, MA 01450

Steven Carbo
Mexican American Legal
Defense and Educational Fund
733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 920
Washington, DC 20005

Sheryl Denbo
President
Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc.
5454 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1500
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Harriet Doss Willis
Director
Southwest Regional Laboratory for
Educational and Regional Development
4665 Lampson Avenue
Los Alamitos, CA 90720

James Early
Assistant Secretary for Education
and Public Service
Smithsonian Institution
1000 Jefferson Drive, S.W.,
Room 105
Washington, DC 20560

Richard Gray
Co Director
National Coalition of Advocates for Students
100 Boylston Street
Suite 737
Boston, MA 02116 4610

Karen Narasaki
Washington D.C. Representative
Japanese American Citizens Leauge
1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 704
Washington, DC 20036

Gary Orfield
Administration Planning & Social Policy Area
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
442 Gutman Library
Cambridge, MA 02138

Elizabeth Weiser Ramirez
Director of Advocacy
ASPIRA Association, Inc.
1112 16th Street, N.W., Suite 340
Washington, DC 20036

Ruth Osterweis Selig
Executive Assistant to the Assistant
Secretary for the Sciences
S.I. Building Room 120
Smithsonian Institution
1000 Jefferson Drive
Washington, DC 20560

Linda Shevitz
Equal Opportunity Office
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201


School Finance

Sheryl Denbo (Chair)
President
Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc.
5454 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1500
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Sandy Del Valle
Associate Counsel
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and
Education Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10013

Margaret Goertz
Senior Research Fellow
The Consortium for Policy
Research in Education
Eagleton Institute of Politics
Rutgers University
90 Clifton Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Jonathan Kozol
Author
P.O. Box 145
Byfield, MA 01922

Mary Levy
Project Director, Education Project
Washington Lawyers Committee &
Clients Groups
1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 450
Washington, DC 20005

James McPartland
Co Director
Center for Social Organization of Schools
Johns Hopkins University
3505 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Dianne Piche
Attorney
Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights
2000 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

William Taylor
Vice President
Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights
2000 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

Joyce A M. Thomas
Special Assistant to the Superintendent
National Committee on School
Desegregation and
Prince George's County Public Schools
14201 School Lane
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

Byron Williams
Consultant
339 East 16th Street
Holland, MI 49423


Family Empowerment

Shirley Jackson (Chair)
Director of Comprehensive School
Health Education Program
U.S. Department of Education
Capitol Place Building, Room 522
555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20208 5524

Peter Bankson
Special Assistant to the President
Cities in Schools, Inc.
401 Wythe Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314 1963

Amanda Broun
Director of National Public Policy
Public Education Fund Network
601 13th Street, N.W., Suite 290N
Washington, DC 20005

Warlene Gary
Manager
Education, Business and Outreach Programs
National Education Association
1201 16th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20036

Cynthia Jasso Rotunno
Talent &arch Program Coordinator
LULAC National Educational Service
Centers, Inc.
777 North Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 305
Washington, DC 20002

Ronald H. Lewis
Vice President, CIS Academies
Cities in Schools, Inc.
401 Wythe Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314 1963

Shirley McCune
President
Learning Trends
325 2nd Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003

Evelyn Moore
Executive Director
National Black Child Development Institute
1023 15th Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005

Linda Moore
Senior Associate for Leadership Program
Insitute for Educational Leadership
1001 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 310
Washington, DC 20036

Ruth Pagani
Public Policy Coordinator
National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc.
1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006

Hawthorne Smith
Senior Research Assistant
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Teacher's College, Columbia University, Box 75
New York, NY 10027


Teacher Education and Teacher Certification

Carl Grant (Co chair) Professor
Teacher Education Building
University of Wisconsin Madison
225 North Mills Street
Madison, WI 53706

Maureen Gillette (Co chair)
Assistant Professor
School of Education
The College of St. Rose
Albany, NY 12203

Merle Froshl
Co Director
Educational Equity Concepts, Inc.
114 East 32nd Street
New York, NY 10016

Erica Gilbertson
Program Coordinator
Network of Educators on the Americas
1118 22nd Street. N.W.
Washington, DC 20037

Donna Gollnick
Vice President
National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education
2010 Mass. Ave., N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036

James Greenberg
Coordinator of Teacher
Education Development
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20740

Willis Hawley
Dean of College of Education
3119 Benjamin Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Sheila Simmons
Senior Professional Associate
Human and Civil Rights Division
National Educaion Association
1201 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036


Staff Development Programs

Robert Slavin (Chair)
Director, Elementary School Programs
Center for Research on Effective
School for Disadvantaged Students
Johns Hopkins University
3505 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Doug Carnine
College of Education
University of Oregon
P.O. Box 10459
Eugene, OR 97440

Beverly Cole
Director, Education Department
NAACP National Headquarters
4805 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215

Gene Garcia
Dean of School of Social Science
Kerr Hall
University of California in Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Kati Haycock
American Association for Higher Education
One Dupont Circle, Suite 360
Washington, DC 20036 1110

Vinetta Jones
Director, EQUITY 2000
The College Board
45 Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10230 6992

Ed Joyner
School Development Project
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06510 8009

Diana Lam
Superintendent
Dubuque Public Schools
2300 Chaney Road
Dubuque, lowa 52001

Larry Lezotte
Senior Vice President
Effective Schools
2199 Jolly Road, Suite 160
Okemos, MI 48864

Joe Schneider
Southwest Regional Laboratory
4665 Lampson Ave.
Los Alamitos, CA 90720

Byron Williams
Consultant
339 East 16th Street
Holland, MI 49423

Ken Wilson
Project Discovery
Department of Physics
Ohio State University
174 W. 18th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210


Student Assessment

Patricia Free Brett (Chair)
Director of Community Outreach
quality Education for Minorities Network
1818 N Street, N.W., Suite 350
Washington, DC 20036

Sheryl Denbo
President
Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc.
5454 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1500
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Shirley McBay
President
quality Education for Minorities Network
1818 N Street, N.W., Suite 350
Washington, DC 20036

Karen Narasaki
Washington D.C. Representative
Japanese American Citizens League
1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 704
Washington, DC 20036

Monty Neill
Associate Director
National Center for Fair & Open Testing
342 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139

Warren Simmons
Senior Associate
Annie E. Casey Foundation
1 Lafayette
Greenwlch, CT 06830

Floraline Stevens
Science Education Evaluation Analyst
National Science Foundation
1800 G Street, N.W., Room 1249
Washington, DC 20550

Ellen Vargyas
National Women Law Center
1616 P Street, NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036

Byron Williams
Consultant
339 East 16th Street
Holland, MI 49423

Veda Wright
Field Organizer
National Center for Fair & Open Testing
342 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139

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