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Press Releases & E-Alerts
Cambridge, MA, February 15, 2013 - SOTU: Partners in Progress - Creating a Fundamental Right to an Early and Fair Opportunity to Learn
Cambridge, MA, December 7, 2012 - National Black Caucus of State Legislators Publishes Schott Article on Girls' Equity Grant Program
Cambridge, MA, November 29, 2012 - Schott Foundation Applauds New U.S. Department of Education Data Collection Method
Cambridge, MA, September 19, 2012 - America’s Education System Neglects Almost Half of the Nation’s Black and Latino Male Students
Cambridge, MA, April 17, 2012 - School district inequities are barrier to quality education for New York City's poor, Black and Hispanic students, Schott Foundation report finds
Cambridge, MA, January 26, 2012 - SOTU: Commander-in-Chief — and the Battle for Public Education
Cambridge, MA, January 9, 2012 - John Jackson to speak at "First Things First 2012" rally for education in New York
Cambridge, MA, August 24, 2011 - Schott Foundation Applauds Bloomberg, Soros and New York City Effort to Improve Outcomes for Black and Latino Males
Cambridge, MA, Jan. 27, 2011 - Schott Foundation Response to the State of the Union Address
New York, NY, Aug. 17, 2010 - New Report “Yes We Can” Shows America’s Public Schools Fail Over Half the Nation’s Black Male Students
Cambridge, MA, Feb. 3, 2010 - John H. Jackson Chosen As One of The Grio's History Makers in the Making
Cambridge, MA Jan. 22, 2010 - Alfred T. Miller Joins The Schott Foundation
Cambridge, MA, Nov. 12, 2009 - Jabes Rojas Joins The Schott Foundation
Washington, DC, Oct. 29, 2009 - Nation's Education Funders and Leaders to Gather in Washington to Focus on National Opportunity to Learn Movement
New York, NY, June 11, 2009 - Jackson to Receive 100 Black Men of America Chairman's Award for Education
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Schott in the News
Selected media coverage of Schott's Urgency of Now report is included below. For a full list, click here.
05/08/13 - Charlotte News & Observer: At-risk students need early, tailored help
05/07/13 - Education Week: John Jackson: Moving from Standards to Supports
01/10/13 - Washington Post: A Call to Obama to Focus on Early Childhood Education
01/02/13 - South Florida Times: Legislators Adopt 32 Policies
12/20/12 - Reuters: NBCSL Annouces Policy Forecast, Releases December Issue of The Legislator
12/10/12 - WNYC: My Education, Uninterrupted
12/9/12 - Bed-Stuy Patch: Closing the Achievement Gap in Education
12/04/12 - University Business: Institute for Higher Education Policy Gathers Diverse Stakeholders
12/03/12 - Diverse: Education Reform Leader Says 'Return on Investment' Overemphasized
12/02/12 - Democrat and Chronicle: Rescuing Rochester's Children: Three Paths for Young Black Men
11/13/12 - DePaul Newsroom: BoA Grant Helps DePaul's Work to Increase Minority Male Graduation Rates
11/05/12 - Bed-Stuy Patch: The District 16 Project
11/05/12 - Washington Post: Changing the Odds in Black Male Student Achievement
10/29/12 - The Chronicle of Higher Education: From Cellblock to Campus, One Black Man Defies the Data
10/22/12 - Newark Advocate: Black Males Fall Behind in Education
10/22/12 - Black Christian News: In Ohio, Black Males Fall Behind in Education System
10/22/12 - South Florida Times: Alliance of Black Educators Making Miami Comeback
10/15/12 - Education Voters: Dr. Pedro Noguera to Discuss a Broader, Bolder Approach to Education
10/12/12 - Daily Kos: Week in Review
10/09/12 - Black America Web: Young Black Males Excel in Maine
10/08/12 - All Voices: "The Difficult Thirty Percent" Redux: The Equity Gap 2012
10/07/12 - The Wall Street Journal: Big Change in Gifted and Talented Testing
10/05/12 - The Chronicle of Higher Education: Affirmative Action and 'Victimized' Whites
10/02/12 - Tampa Bay Times: FAST Looks for Allies in Its Fight Over Reading Instruction
9/30/12 - The Telegram: Odds Stacked Against High School Dropouts Finding Success
9/26/12 - The Gazette: Montgomery Notches High Graduate Rate for Black Male Students
9/26/12 - Minnesota Public Radio: How to Improve Black Male Graduation Rates
9/25/12 - Black Christian News: New York Graudation Rate for Black and Hispanic Boys the Lowest in the Nation
9/25/12 - Rochester Homepage: Report Shows 9% of Black Males Graduate From Rochester City Schools
9/24/12 - NBC New York 4 News: NY Graduation Rates for Black, Hispanic Boys Lowest in Nation
9/24/12 - Roland Martin Reports: Roland Martin, John Jackson Discuss Schott Foundation Report
9/21/12 - WBAL: Baltimore County Black Male Graduation Rate Fourth in US
9/20/12 - NPR: What's Driving Dropout Rate for Black, Latino Men?
9/20/12 - WXXI News: New Report: RCSD Graduates Lowest Rate of Black Males in US
9/20/12 - Los Angeles Wave: New Report Spells Concern for Almost Half of Nation's Black and Latino Male Students
9/19/12 - New York Channel 4 News (NBC): Black Male HS Graduation Rates Lag Behind Whites
9/19/12 - Politics365: Schott Report: Graduation Rates for Black Boys Drops, Achievement Gap Widens
9/19/12 - Latina Lista: Latino and Black Male Students at the Mercy of a Segregated and Suspension-Focused School System
9/19/12 - The Notebook: Report About Racial Achievement Gap Cites 'Willful Neglect' as Part of the Problem
9/19/12 - Education Week: Black Male Grad Rate Still Lags Despite Slight Uptick
9/19/12 - Associated Press: Black Male High School Graduation Rates Lag Behind Whites
8/31/12 - The Bloomington Alternative: Peace & Justice News: 08.31.12
8/28/12 - Daily Kos: Using Selective High Schools to Improve Education for All Students
8/20/12 - Campaign for America's Future: It's Paul Ryan - Not School Teachers - Putting Children at Risk
8/20/12 - NBC New York 4 News: Race Gap Persists at NYC's Specialized High Schools
8/12/12 - Education Votes: How Partisan Politics Hijack Progress in Public Education
8/8/12 - ThinkProgress: Report Finds Wide Racial Disparities in School Suspensions
8/8/12 - Education Week: Reforming the 'Myth' of America's Failing Schools
8/7/12 - Education Week: Researchers Sound Alarm Over Black Student Suspensions
7/25/12 - Black PR Wire: Florida Men's Ministry Fights 'War on Black boys' With 360-Degree Training Program For Potential Mentors
7/23/12 - Ebony: Beyond Stereotypes: Media Literacy Program Helps Black Males Challenge the Media
7/20/12 - Cincinnati Enquirer: Creating Future-Minded African American Men
7/19/12 - ProPublica: Sign Up for Education Webinar Next Week
7/9/12 - The Louisiana Weekly: Parents Need to Upgrade Direct Involvement to Boost Student Performance in School
7/8/12 - Pilot Online: A New Start in Norfolk
7/2/12 - Southern California Public Radio: A Once Homeless Los Angeles Boy Prepares for College
6/27/12 - ColorLines: Parent Fundraising Deepens Inequality in the New Public School Economy
6/27/12 - The Epoch Times: Stories Behind the Class of 2012
6/21/12 - New York Amsterdam News: America's 50 Worst Cities For Black, Male High School Graduates
6/18/12 - Politicology: Mitt Romney's Education Plan: Overview and Analysis
6/16/12 - New York Times: Sunday Dialogue: Schools for Rich and Poor
6/15/12 - League of Education Voters: Washington Among Worst When It comes to Black Male Graduation Rates
6/14/12 - Tampa Bay Times: Florida Programs Gives Disadvantaged a Chance to Succeed in School
6/10/12 - Hard Deadlines: Netroots Nations Hosts Largest-Ever Gathering of Progressives in Providence
6/6/12 - Hudson Valley Press Online: Almost Half of All Black Males Are Dropping Out
6/3/12 - North Dallas Gazette: Only 47% of Black Males Graduate from HS is Unacceptable
5/30/12 - MetroFocus: The Case of Education for Minority Students in NYC
5/23/12 - New York Times: School Choice, New York-Style? For Some More Than Others
5/18/12 - The Stamford Advocate: Wendy Lecker: Connecticut Reform Mirrors Failings of New York's
5/16/12 - The Washington Post: Why Education Inequality Persists - And How To Fix It
5/15/12 - Truthout: Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems
5/14/12 - La Tribuna Hispana USA: Recortes en Sistema Educative Afectan a Miles de Ninos
5/13/12 - The Philadelphia Tribune: Expert Discusses School, Black Boys
5/10/12 - The Huffington Post: Educating for Democracy: The People's Board of Education
5/9/12 - Arizona Informant: Panel Addresses Low Black Male Graduation Rates
5/9/12 - WBCB: What Does It Take to Education Black and Latino Boys?
5/7/12 - Daily Kos: The War on Public Education and What Progressives Can Do to Stop It
5/2/12 - WNYC: 'Redlining' and NYC Schools
5/2/12 - The Village Voice: Will Mayor Ray Kelly Watch Over Us?
4/30/12 - Education Week: Who's Right About Parental Rights
4/29/12 - Daily Kos: Bi-partisan Failure: Misreading Education Gaps
4/29/12 - New York Amsterdam News: We Should Really Put Students First
4/28/12 - The Forum for Education and Democracy: Education and the Income Gap
4/27/12 - The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Schott Foundation Report Finds Vast Racial Inequities in New York City Public Schools
4/27/12 - The Washington Post: Education and the Income Gap: Darling-Hammond
4/27/12 - Huffington Post: A New Take on 'No Excuses' - Tackling Poverty to Provide Meaningful Opportunity
4/25/12 - Education Week: Unequal Opportunities
4/23/12 - EdVox: Testing Begins with Many Complaints; Mayoral Candidates Go After Mayor's Policies
4/23/12 - Dropout Nation: Mayor Bloomberg (And Arne Duncan): You Have a School Data Problem
4/22/12 - Daily Kos: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": There's a Reason Captain America Wears a Mask
4/21/12 - Teacher Certification Degrees: Study Shows Poor Students Lack Access to Best Public Schools
4/20/12 - League of Education Voters: Cost of Living Near A Good Public School
4/20/12 - The Village Voice: Public School Officials Redlining, New Report Says
4/20/12 - New York Times: Live Near A Great School? It's Costing You
4/20/12 - InsightNews: Structural Inequities Feed Prison Pipeline
4/19/12 - NEA Today: Report: The Opportunity Gap in Education is Growing
4/18/12 - League of Education Voters: Study Finds Limited Opportunity for Poor and Minority Students in NYC Schools
4/18/12 - AOL Noticias: Sistema escolar 'injusto' para hispanos y negros
4/18/12 - Good Magazine: Why America's Education System Is Like Apartheid
4/18/12 - Dropout Nation: The Schott Foundation Report on NYC: More Reasons Why We Must End Zip Code Education
4/17/12 - New York Times - Schoolbook: New Study Identifities 'Opportunity Gap' for Students
4/17/12 - New York Daily News: Study: Black and Latino Students More Likely Than Asian and White Peers to Be Enrolled Lowest-Performing High Schools
4/17/12 - GothamSchools: In Report, Advocates Paint Grim Picture of School Inequities
4/17/12 - Education Week: Apartheid Education in New York City
4/17/12 - CT News Junkie: Researcher Says Tracking, Suspension Widen Achievement Gap
4/17/12 - WNYC: Opportunity Gap
4/13/12 - WPTV.com: Local Group Helps Kids Learn How to Read
4/11/12 - Harvard EdCast: Building Movements
4/2/12 - Education Week: Building a National Security State on the Backs of Teachers
3/30/12 - Huffinton Post: Gambling on National Security
3/23/12 - Dropout Nation: Two Thoughts on Educaiton This Week
3/21/12 - New Pittsbrgh Courier: 44 Scholarships Awarded at NEED Benefit Dinner
3/15/12 - Morningstar: Rinku Sen Will Be AUNE Commencement Speaker May 12
3/12/12 - Atlanta Daily World: Atty. General Talks 'Prison Pipeline' Prevention at 100 Black Men Summit
3/7/12 - New Pittsburgh Courier: NEED Benefit Dinner to Feature Keynote Speaker John Jackson
3/2/12 - Education Week: Waking Up to the Reality That Education Is Political
3/1/12 - MSNBC: John Jackson Nominated for MSNBC's "America's Up-and-Coming African-American Leaders"
3/1/12 - New Pittsburgh Courier: John Jackson Keynote Speaker for NEED Benefit Dinner
2/25/12 - U.S. Department of Justice: Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inaugural Members Leadership Summit
2/16/12 - Tampa Bay Times: Emails Reveal Depth of Skepticism Over New Pinellas School Board Member
2/3/12 - Education Week: Saving Black and Latino Boys
1/31/12 - Baltimore Fishbowl: Baltimore Graduation Rates Rise, National Rates Decline
1/30/12 - TheBostonChannel.com: Schools Suspending Thousands of State's Youngest
1/30/12 - The Center for Public Integrity: Racial Disparity in School Discipline
1/29/12 - MassLive.com: 'Zero Tolerance' Policies Lead to Thousand of Lost School Days for MA Students
1/17/12 - Legislative Gazette: On Eve of Budget, Parents Rally for School Funding
1/17/12 - Harvard Gazette: Harvard Overseers Election to Open April 1st
1/15/12 - AnnArbor.com: NAACP to Host MLK Day Achievement Gap Forum With Movie, Discussion
1/13/12 - Eagle-Tribune: MLK Day Bunch at Andover Baptist
1/12/12 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Activities in Eastern Suburbs Honor King's Memory
1/12/12 - New York Amsterdam News: Cuomo Riles Parents in State of the State Address
1/12/12 - AnnArbor.com: Special Screenings: "Beyond the Bricks"
1/10/12 - Log Cabin Democrat: Catching up on the gentlemen of knowledge
1/9/12 - Tampa Bay Times: Program tries to give black male students a foundation
12/20/11 - Ed Week: Build School Systems on a Solid Foundation
11/18/11 - Ed Week: The International Occupy Movement and Public Education
10/6/11 - Democrat and Chronicle: Panel: Issues Facing Black Male Students Must Be Solved
10/6/11 - Bay State Banner: Boston Scenes
10/4/11 - Democrat and Chronicle: Panel to Address Challenges of Black Male Students
10/2/11 - The Famuan: Negative Trend Persists in Male Enrollment
9/1/11 - Huffington Post: Message to Feds: Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road and Call AAA
7/20/11 - Huffington Post: Lights, Camera, Action: Time to Change the Script and Bring in New Directors in Public Education Reform
6/28/11 - Huffington Post: U.S. No Longer Leader of the Free World
6/8/11 - Rochester City Newspaper: Eye on Education, Part I: City school students
June 2011 - Ebony: An Opportunity Agenda for Black Males
5/26/11 - Huffington Post: Protect the American Union by Supporting Public Schools
5/15/11 - The Tennessean: More schools ease zero-tolerance policies on drugs
5/4/11 - Carroll County Times: Black educators to discuss gap
4/6/11 - The Grio: One dropout every 26 seconds is ticking time bomb for blacks
3/27/11 - Times-Tribune: All students deserve opportunity
3/24/11 - Sun Sentinel: Panel considers ways to combat Broward's black male dropout rate
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