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Some of the Nation's Leading Education Policy Experts Come Together for a Roundtable on How to Keep the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
4/28/2004

Fifty years after the Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine that produced segregated and unequal schools, the nation is still searching for the right formula to provide all children with an equal opportunity for quality education. The Institute for Educational Leadership, The Century Foundation, and the Center for American Progress will mark the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education by hosting a roundtable discussion of leading education experts to focus on the future of education policy in our nation and examine strategies for fulfilling the promise of Brown, including racial integration, economic integration, housing integration, fiscal equity, school choice, and standards-based reform.

WHAT:
Unfinished Business: Keeping the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
A Roundtable Discussion Cosponsored by
The Institute for Educational Leadership
The Century Foundation
Center for American Progress

WHEN:
Monday, May 10, 2004
9:30 AM–10 AM—Registration, Continental Breakfast
10 AM –12:30 PM—Program

WHERE:
The Sumner School
17th & M Streets
Washington, DC

FEATURING:
The Honorable Chaka Fattah, (D-Pa.)
Wendy Puriefoy, President, Public Education Network
Harold “Bud” Hodgkinson, Demographer and Author

PANELISTS:
Jeanne Allen, President, Center for Education Reform
John Brittain, Professor of Law, Texas Southern University
Jim Ferg-Cadima, Attorney, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
Rossi Ray-Taylor, Executive Director, Minority Student Achievement Network
David Rusk, Former Mayor, Albuquerque, Author and Consultant

MEDIA INFO:
Seating is limited and a capacity crowd is expected. Only journalists who register in advance can be assured reserved seating in the press section.


CONTACT: Christy Hicks (212) 452-7723, hicks@tcf.org
Debbie Berger (202) 478-6331, dberger@americanprogress.org
Sheri Johnson (202) 822-8405 ext. 154, johnsons@iel.org

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