Congratulations to Monica McManus, Lockheed Martin VP and NAPE Education Foundation board member, who was recently described by Latina Style magazine as a Latina passionately invested in the future of STEM fields. Learn More
With Congress’s recent return to session, there is some slight buzz that Perkins may have new life in early 2016. The Senate HELP Committee has expressed interest in receiving organization’s/coalition’s specific policy recommendations to potentially supplement the Perkins reauthorization process. The Committee is asking organization(s) interested in submitting specific text recommendations based on the following […]
On November 12, 2015, the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity will hold a Title IX PD forum at Temple University with representatives from U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Title IX Expert Olabisi L. Okubadejo, Esq. Learn More
For Immediate Release                                                                                    October 2, 2015 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN, AND DR. JOHN KING IN PERSONNEL ANNOUNCENEBT State Dining Room 3:38 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated, everybody. Good afternoon. Arne Duncan is one of my longest-serving Cabinet Secretaries, and he’s been a friend for a lot longer than […]
This webinar has been canceled. The NAPE and STEM Equity Pipeline complimentary webinar scheduled for Thursday October 22, 2015: Does Gender Matter in Peer-Learning with Dr. Peter Geerling has been cancelled. We regret that Dr. Geerling is unable to present at this time. We are working with him to reschedule in 2016. Please look for […]
NAPE would like you to know about an opportunity for teachers to receive classroom materials, resources, and supplies through 3M Ingenuity grants and DonorsChoose.org. As a science-based company, Change the Equation member 3M invests in programs that encourage student awareness of, and interest in, STEM. Since 2003, 3M Ingenuity Grants have directed more than $3.6 […]
President Obama pressed on Saturday night for a greater focus on helping black women who are more likely to be stuck in minimum wage jobs, have higher rates of illness and face higher rates of incarceration than other women. Read More from The Washington Post
Earlier today, President Obama announced the American Apprenticeship Grants. This is a historical investment that will help us expand apprenticeships into growing industries and align apprenticeship with pathways for further learning and career advancement, scaling apprenticeship models that work, and providing access to apprenticeship for all of America’s talent. Background: The Department of Labor is […]
Lisa Williams speaks on her powerful new book, When Treating All the Kids the Same is the Real Problem: Educational Leadership and the 21st Century Dilemma of Difference. Learn More and Register
Women’s Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout the country. Women in the United States were granted the right to vote on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified as law. The […]
The 11-member Executive Committee of the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) welcomed four new officers, elected by the NAPE Board of Directors, whose terms commenced on July 1, 2015. Read the Press Release President-Elect Victor Cato will serve a total of 3 years on the Committee, 1 year as President-Elect , 1 as […]
Civil Rights Compliance for Race-Targeted or Sex-Specific Programming (Wednesday, July 8, 2015, from 2-3pm ET) During the webinar, Office of Civil Rights staff will describe and explain the legal obligations of school districts under federal law (particularly Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and […]
