Local educators, advocates, community members, parents and leading thinkers and practitioners from across the nation will convene to learn about and discuss student assignment and education reform initiatives in metropolitan Boston. The “Golden Opportunity Summit” will introduce new ideas, spark conversations, offer vital information and, we hope, engender the collaborations necessary to the development of a student assignment plan and the long-term health of the city and region.
The convening has two goals: 1) to assist Boston Public School officials and community members as they develop a new school assignment plan for the city’s students; and, more broadly; 2) to engage leading practitioners and thinkers who can inform local and state officials as well as concerned community members in a discussion about long-range planning and integrated policy development related to regional equity, public health, housing and schooling.
We hope attendees will be inspired to remain involved in these important matters following the Summit.
Agenda:
9:00a – Introductions
9:15 – Developing the Public Will to Address the Opportunity Gap
10:30 – Mapping Opportunity in Boston: What Do We Know?
11:30 – Break
11:45 – Supporting Equity-Minded Education Policy:Promising Student Assignment and Regional Models
1:00p – Working Lunch
2:00 – Performance by the Boston Children’s Chorus (Central Training and West End House Choirs)
2:15 – Creative Collaborations, Resource Building and Strategies for Closing the Opportunity Gap
3:45 – Break
4:00 – The Boston TASAP Project
4:45 – Concluding Remarks
Introductions
- Susan Eaton, Research Director, The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School
- David Harris, Managing Director, The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School
Developing the Public Will to Address the Opportunity Gap
- Katy Abel, Associate Commissioner for External Affairs, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
- John Brittain, Professor of Law, University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law
- Phil Catanzano, Attorney, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education (Boston)
- Elizabeth Horton Sheff, Parent/Plaintiff in Sheff v. O’Neill Case in Connecticut
- Ron Marlow, Assistant Secretary for Access and Opportunity, Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Mapping Opportunity in Boston: What Do We Know?
Moderated by Susan Eaton, Research Director, The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School
- Jane Lopez, Senior Staff Attorney, Multicultural Education, Training & Advocacy (META, Inc.)
- Nancy McArdle, Co-Developer and Principal Data Analyst, DiversityData.org
- Rebecca Reno, Senior Research Associate, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Supporting Equity-Minded Education Policy: Promising Student Assignment and Regional Models
- Khin Mai Aung, Director of Educational Equity and Youth Rights Project, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Gina Chirichigno, Post-PICS Coordinator, The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School
- Tanya Coke, Co-Chair of the School Integration Task Force, Montclair NJ
- Dena Dossett, Evaluation Specialist for Accountability, Research, and Planning, Jefferson County Public Schools
Creative Collaborations, Resource Building and Strategies for Closing the Opportunity Gap
- Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Associate Director, Institute on Urban Health Research Northeastern University
- Bruce Douglas, Executive Director, Capitol Region Education Council
- Josephine McNeil, Executive Director, Citizens for Affordable Housing in Newton Development Organization
- Robert Principe, Director of Educational Leadership, Hiatt Center for Social Justice Education at Beaver Country Day School
The Boston TASAP Project
- Jane Feinberg, Senior Associate, The Frameworks Institute
- Carol Johnson, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools
- John Landesman, Senior Associate, Everyday Democracy
Concluding Remarks
- Rahsaan Hall, Staff Attorney, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of Boston Bar Association
Sponsored by:
- The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School (lead organizer)
- The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association
- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
- The Institute on Urban Health Research Northeastern University
Event Documents
Event Program
BPS TASAP Project Summary
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia – Powerpoint
Gina Chirichigno – Powerpoint
Tanya Coke – Powerpoint
Dena Dossett – Powerpoint
John Landesman – Powerpoint
Jane Lopez – Powerpoint
Nancy McArdle – Powerpoint
Links
“Our Schools Our Town” Video About Montclair, NJ
Videos About Study Circles