Williams, Joe; Noguera, Pedro
Education Next, v10 n1 p44-51 Win 2010
Abstract:
Since the run-up to the 2008 election, the Democratic Party has been home to
two prominent and very different reform wings. One, spearheaded by the
group Democrats for Education Reform and notable school-district chiefs
like New York's Joel Klein and Washington, D.C.'s Michelle Rhee, is the
Education Equality Project (EEP). The other, A Broader, Bolder Approach
to Education (BBA), is a coalition of education scholars and Democratic
thinkers, including Duke University's Helen Ladd, former president of
Columbia University's Teachers College Arthur Levine, and New York
University professor Pedro Noguera. The EEP champions accountability,
pay reform, and school choice, while the BBA coalition insists people
must attend to health care, preschool, and parenting skills if students
are to succeed in school. The Obama administration must negotiate this
split in pursuing education reform; indeed, Secretary of Education Arne
Duncan was the only individual to serve as a founding member of both
groups. In this forum, president of Democrats for Education Reform Joe
Williams speaks for the EEP and Pedro Noguera offers the BBA perspective
on improving K-12 schooling, the early record of the Obama
administration, and the challenges that lie ahead.
two prominent and very different reform wings. One, spearheaded by the
group Democrats for Education Reform and notable school-district chiefs
like New York's Joel Klein and Washington, D.C.'s Michelle Rhee, is the
Education Equality Project (EEP). The other, A Broader, Bolder Approach
to Education (BBA), is a coalition of education scholars and Democratic
thinkers, including Duke University's Helen Ladd, former president of
Columbia University's Teachers College Arthur Levine, and New York
University professor Pedro Noguera. The EEP champions accountability,
pay reform, and school choice, while the BBA coalition insists people
must attend to health care, preschool, and parenting skills if students
are to succeed in school. The Obama administration must negotiate this
split in pursuing education reform; indeed, Secretary of Education Arne
Duncan was the only individual to serve as a founding member of both
groups. In this forum, president of Democrats for Education Reform Joe
Williams speaks for the EEP and Pedro Noguera offers the BBA perspective
on improving K-12 schooling, the early record of the Obama
administration, and the challenges that lie ahead.
