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The NAPE Executive Committee is the leadership of NAPE’s Board of Directors (i.e., state members) and is charged with general management of NAPE’s affairs. The following equity leaders will join Carolyn Zachary (CA), Victor Cato (OR), Andrian San Miguel (ID), Karen Showers (WI), Michael Burnside (GA), Kathy Einhorn (UT), and Jeanette Thomas (IA) on the […]
EQUITABLE CLASSROOMS = STUDENT SUCCESS NAPE believes every student deserves an equitable education that prepares them to earn a living wage. Audrey Selden, Debjani Biswas, and Ricardo Romanillos will conduct an interactive workshop on the effective use of micromessaging to increase student success in Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM). To cast a vote for […]
Forwarded on behalf of The Leadership Conference Take Action: President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are attempting to eliminate the tools of civil rights enforcement and undermine protections marginalized students rely on. Join us on a national call on August 10 at 3:00 p.m. ET to learn about efforts to protect critical civil rights […]
Last week, the Women’s Bureau announced the availability of nearly $1.3 million in grant funds to boost women’s participation and success in skilled jobs. The WANTO Technical Assistance Grant Program is designed to help employers and labor unions recruit, train and retain women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations. This year, grant funds will be awarded […]
Posted on behalf of AFL-CIO. Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day when black women’s pay finally catches up to the pay of white, non-Latino men from the previous year. That means the average black woman is paid only 63 cents for every dollar paid to white men and, over a lifetime, this […]
Congressional Members and the Learning Policy Institute Host Session on States and Districts Support Social and Emotional Learning and Continuous School Improvement Under ESSA Tuesday, July 10, 2017 – Senator Chris Murphy (CT) and Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13) along with Dr. Linda Darling Hammond and the Learning Policy Institute hosted a congressional briefing on How […]
This week the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus in conjunction with the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) hosted a panel presentation and discussion titled, Supporting Successful Reentry Through CTE The session moderated by Lul Tesfai, Senior Policy Director for CAN’s Institute for Public Research explored the significance of correctional CTE with regard to […]
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia are suing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend a rule that helps student loan borrowers who were defrauded by for-profit colleges. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal district court in Washington, D.C., was led by Massachusetts and joined by 18 other attorneys general. It takes […]
Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality released its paper on Adultification, titled Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood. This study explores the perception of Black girls as less innocent and less in need of nurturing or protection than their white peers. Building on previous research conducted on Black boys, which measured whether […]
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted by voice vote to pass H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. The bill would reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins) through Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. Learn More
Thursday, June 22, 2017 – The National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE) will hold a congressional briefing to release the newest edition of the report: Title IX at 45: Advancing Opportunity through Equity in Education. The briefing will be held from 1:30 – 2:30 pm in 385 Russell Senate Office Building. The […]
