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10 The Hampton Roads Messenger Our Education


Volume 8 Number 12


August 2014


New Initiative to Provide All Students Access to Great Educators


U.S. Department of Education Launches ‘Excellent Educators for All Initiative’ This announcement is another


important step forward in improving access to quality education, a component of President Obama’s year of action. Absent Congressional action, the President is moving forward on behalf of vulnerable children and families. Secretary Duncan lead a roundtable discussion with principals and school teachers


from across


the country about the challenges of working in high-need schools and how to incorporate promising practices for supporting great educators in these schools.


The


In a press conference Monday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said he was launching, without the approval of the U.S. Congress, the Excellent Educators for All Initiative, an endeavor that purports to assist states and school districts with support to hire “great educators for the students who need them most.”


As part of its efforts to ensure


that all students have equal access to a quality education, the U.S. Department of Education is announcing the launch of


the


Initiative. states


and


Excellent Educators for All The initiative school


districts “All children are entitled


will help support


great educators for the students who need them most.


to a


high-quality education regardless of their race, zip code or family income. It is critically important that we provide teachers and principals the support they need to help students reach


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their full potential,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “Despite the excellent work and deep commitment of our nation's teachers and principals, systemic inequities exist


that shortchange students high-poverty, high-minority in schools


across our country. We have to do better. Local leaders and educators will develop their own innovative solutions, but we must work together to enhance and invigorate our focus on how to better recruit, support and retain effective teachers and principals for all students, especially the kids who need them most.”


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three-part Excellent


Educators for All Initiative includes: Comprehensive Educator


Equity The Department is asking states


to analyze their data and consult with teachers, principals, districts, parents and community organizations to create new, comprehensive educator equity plans that put in place locally-devel- oped solutions to ensure every student has effective educators.


Chief State School Officers will


receive a letter today from Secretary Duncan asking them to submit their new plans by April 2015. These plans were first created in 2006 and are required by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.


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