Great session at the NPE conference
We were excited to be able to present a very well-received workshop to an overflow crowd at the Network for Public Education conference in Chicago last week.
Great thanks to PAA leaders Nate Harris, Deb Mayer, Steven Norton and Julie Woestehoff for presenting "The Impact of Poverty, Race, and Cultural Bias on Educational Opportunity."
In addition to our power point presentation, we shared
these printed materials with many of the key points, charts and data from the presentation. These materials may be used freely - we just ask that you leave PAA's name on them. We want to thank Dr. Paul Thomas for bringing most of this information to our attention, and for sharing many of the charts we have included.
So, what can we do about the problems of poverty, race and cultural bias? You can read about some of the ideas we shared at the workshop here. We plan to keep working on this focus area - share your ideas with us! Send them to JulieW@parentsacrossamerica.org.
PAA-Northeast Texas to co-host Texas education documentary
Parents Across America-Northeast Texas is partnering with Parents4LISD to host a
free community screening of "The Texas Promise" on Saturday, May 2 at 1:00 pm at Briarhill Middle School in Highland Village.
This is an excellent documentary about public education in Texas. The screening will be followed by a Q&A led by Lewisville ISD Trustee Kristi Hassett who serves as LISD's representative to the Texas House Public Education Committee. This free screening is open to the public. Movie is 1 hour and 15 minutes.
More info here. You can watch the 2-minute movie trailer here.
New charter school scandals: 
