This Wednesday, November 4 will be one day after the mayoral elections, and one year after President Obama was elected. In each election, the future of public education was at the forefront of the conversation.
Join DL21C and four education leaders, along with the New York Times' education reporter, for an important conversation about the future of our public schools.
Note: We'll be starting promptly at 7pm to make sure everyone is able to watch the Yankees game (if there is a Game 6!). See you Wednesday!
Wednesday, November 4
What's Next for our Public Schools?
A Post-Election Discussion with Local, State and National Perspectives
Merryl Tisch, Chancellor, NYS Board of Regents
Michael Mulgrew, President, United Federation of Teachers
Eva Moskowitz, Founder and CEO, Harlem Success Academy, fmr City Councilwoman (Upper East Side)
Joe Williams, Executive Director, Democrats for Education Reform
moderated by Jennifer Medina, Education Reporter, New York Times
7:00pm (Doors Open at 6:30pm)
at Hunter College
Faculty Dining Room (West Building, 8th floor)
68th Street at Lexington Avenue
6 train to 68th Street/Hunter College station
Free for members; $7/nonmembers
Have a question for the speakers? Submit it at www.dl21c.org to be answered Wednesday night.
About the speakers:
MERRYL H. TISCH is Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents (www.regents.nysed.gov), responsible for the general supervision of all educational activities within the State, presiding over The University and the New York State Education Department. She also co-chairs the Board of Regents Committee on Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education. Chancellor Tisch brings to her appointment many years of experience in the fields of education, community service, and philanthropy. She is the chairperson of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, serves on the executive committees of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the UJA-Federation of New York, the Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Citizens Budget Commission. Additionally, she serves on the board of The Trust for Cultural Resources of the City of New York. From 1977 to 1984 Chancellor Tisch taught first-graders at New York City’s Ramaz School and the B’nai Jeshurun School. Tisch received a B.A. from Barnard College, an M.A. in Education from New York University, and an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.
MICHAEL MULGREW is President of the United Federation of Teachers (www.uft.org), a post he has held since July 2009. Prior to his current position, Michael was elected Vice President for Career and Technical Education (CTE) High Schools in 2005 and became the union’s Chief Operating Officer in 2008. A Staten Island native, Michael Mulgrew began his teaching career as a substitute at South Richmond HS IS/PS 25, instructing students with special needs. He also volunteered weekends at CUNY, teaching at-risk high school students creative writing. Mulgrew became a full-time teacher at Brooklyn’s William E. Grady HS in 1993 and served as the school’s chapter leader from 1999 to 2004. Under his stewardship, and through the hard work of the UFT committee and school staff, Grady HS emerged as one of the UFT’s strongest and most unified chapters. A firm believer in building alliances and creating opportunities for collaboration, Mulgrew prides himself on his work with parent, civic and community groups. He organized the Keep the Promises and One New York: Fighting for Fairness coalitions in 2008 and 2009 to fight planned city agency budget cuts, restoring hundreds of millions of classroom dollars to state and city budgets. Mulgrew attended CUNY’s College of Staten Island, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a master’s degree in special education. He is the third of four siblings, three of whom are teachers.
EVA MOSKOWITZ is the Founder and CEO of Success Charter Network (www.harlemsuccess.org), which runs four charter schools in Harlem. In 2006, Moskowitz founded Harlem Success Academy, hailed by New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein as "one of the best charter schools in the country". She opened three more charter schools in 2008 and plans to open 40 over the next decade. A former New York City Council member (District 4, Upper East Side, Manhattan) and chair of the Council's Education Committee, Moskowitz remains a forceful advocate for education but has returned to her roots in teaching to implement all she learned while visiting hundreds of New York City's 1,300 public and charter schools. Moskowitz graduated from Stuyvesant High School. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in American history at Johns Hopkins University.
JOE WILLIAMS is the Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform (www.dfer.org), a political action committee whose mission is to encourage a more productive dialogue within the Democratic Party on the need to fundamentally reform American public education. Previously, Joe covered the New York City schools system for the New York Daily News. As an education reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Joe won numerous local, state, and national awards for his coverage of the Milwaukee Public Schools and that city's groundbreaking school choice programs. Joe lives in New York City, where his two children attend city public schools.
JENNIFER MEDINA covers the New York City public school system for the Times, a position she has held for the last two years. She has written extensively about test scores, the teachers union and the Bloomberg's administration efforts to overhaul the city schools and maintain control over the system. Her favorite stories have focused on the impact of the changes in the classroom. Since joining the Times in 2002, Jennifer has written extensively about the city and also covered news in Albany and Connecticut.
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Tuesday, Nov 3
Don't forget to VOTE!
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Saturday, Nov 14
10am-4pm
DL21C and the Truman Project present
A Bootcamp and Training on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Pace University (downtown campus, across from City Hall)
Email contact-dl21c@dl21c.org for more information
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Thursday, Nov 19
7pm
Pizza and Politics: A Conversation about the State Senate
with State Senators Liz Krueger and Eric Schneiderman
Lazzara's Pizza
221 W 38th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
approx $10 for pizza and beverages
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