Call for Proposals for 2018 Summit

NAPE is now accepting proposals for its annual National Summit for Educational Equity (Summit) on April 16-19, 2018, at the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, VA. This year’s Summit theme is “Building Bridges to Strengthen Access, Equity, and Diversity.” Workshop proposals should address one of the following five strands: Best practices for equitable learning environments […]
Search Opens for NAPE’s New CEO

The National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) and the NAPE Education Foundation (NAPEEF) seek a strong, experienced leader to lead an organization doing important work to its next level of strategic growth and development. The joint mission of NAPE and its Education Foundation is to build educators’ capacity to implement effective solutions for increasing […]
2017 Recipients of WANTO Technical Assistance Grant Program

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017 Women in Apprenticeship & Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program. For more information, read the Press Release. Aroostook County Action Program, Inc. of Maine West Virginia Women Work, Inc. of West Virginia Full Employment Council, Inc. of Missouri Career Training Institute of Montana
Expanding Access to High Quality STEM and Computer Science Education Provides More Pathways to Good Jobs

Released by White House Office of Press Secretary on September 25, 2017. A COMMITMENT TO THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE: President Donald J. Trump is dedicated to setting American workers up for success. One of the Administration’s top priorities is providing more Americans the opportunity to obtain relevant education and skills that lead to a good job. […]
Statement of Secretary DeVos’ Actions Regarding Title IX

On September 7, 2017, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School that the U.S. Department of Education plans to reconsider Title IX sexual assault guidance by opening up the guidance for notice and comment. This plan represents an unconscionable attack on survivors that is consistent with the Department’s […]
Be Her Resource: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color

Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality and the National Black Women’s Justice Institute announced the release of a new toolkit for school systems and police departments: Be Her Resource: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color. As the numbers of police in our schools steadily increase, so do the disproportionate rates […]
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Trump Administration Halting Equal Pay Data Collection

Shared on behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. On August ate yesterday, the Trump Administration put an indefinite hold on equal pay data collection, which was an Obama-era initiative – set to begin in 2018 – mandating large businesses report to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) information about how much […]
Recommended Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

Please consider donating to the following relief efforts. LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS The Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund of Houston’s mayor, Sylvester Turner, which is administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. If you live in Texas, the City of Houston Emergency Operations Center has posted a list of places where you can drop off donations. Houston Food Bank and the Food Bank […]
September 14 STEM Equity Pipeline Webinar

Join us on September 14 at 12 pm Eastern for “Equity and Workforce Development Resources for CTE Staff and Students: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.” Learn more and register