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CONTACT: Phil Gloudemans 401/863-3552 or philip_gloudemans@brown.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2011
ROSANN TUNG NAMED DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & POLICY AT BROWN UNIVERSITY’S ANNENBERG INSTITUTE FOR SCHOOL REFORM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FORUMS TO TACKLE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION ISSUES
Conversation-to-Action Series Focused on Building a 21st Century Education System; First of Six Forums Slated for October 20
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Melanie Coon, Rhode Island Foundation
401/427-4004 or 401/864-6998
mcoon@rifoundation.org
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PROVIDENCE -- While many political leaders and pundits contend that school choice, charter schools and heightened school and teacher accountability are fixes to the problems of U.S. public education, a powerful solution is frequently ignored in the debate over the future of public schools: democratic participation by parents, students and community members that challenges persistent patterns of educational inequality.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (USA) -- In sharp contrast to England’s support for peer networking, the climate for sharing locally developed knowledge and best practices appears much less hospitable in U.S. schools and school systems, concludes a report issued today by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University (AISR).