Report prepared for The Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University Symposium, Examining America's Commitment to Closing Achievement Gaps NCLB and Its Alternatives.
*Consider the significant recurring costs of TFA, estimated at over $70,000 per recruit and press for a five-year commitment to improve achievement and reduce re-staffing.
While there are charter schools led by visionary, experienced educators with a true commitment to improving achievement in poor communities of color, they are few and their programs have often proved difficult to replicate.
Each proposal was brought before Naito and Eisai's executive management to gain high-level corporate support and, as important to Naito, to secure individual managers' public commitment to the achievement of their HHC projects' goals.
It was important for her to know about Joe Paterno, about the library wing that bears his family's name, the interfaith chapel the Paternos helped create, a commitment to academic achievement that became a signature, and all the other ways he had made this a better place to live.
"The opening of City Hall Academy demonstrates our commitment to excellence, achievement and innovation in the public school system," the mayor said at the time after climbing off a yellow school bus with a first group of children to usher them into Tweed.
Despite the five continuous years of funding cuts, the six local school districts have maintained their strong commitment to student achievement and to providing students with the best opportunities for a successful education.
