GOLD FACULTY - BROWN PAST 50 WORKSHOP: BEYOND NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF BROWN

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Dr. Susan Lockwood (pictured below), is a former public school superintendent and currently serves as Executive Director for School Superintendents of Alabama.  Dr. Lockwood will conduct "Brown Past 50's" workshop on "Alabama Education Finance and School budgets" on Friday, May 18 

Dr. George Munchus, Professor of Business Management, University of Alabama at Birmingham will present Friday, May 18, 2007 on "Higher Education Opportunity and Equality of Access."

Above, "Brown Past 50"  planning work session

Stepping Over the Color Line: African American and Latina Students in White Suburban Schools -

Trisa Crane (photo above), Hoover Community School Informatin Network will address surburban school desegregation efforts of a growing s urban school district in the 21st Century

Sponsored by Citizens for Better Schools, Birmingham's Parker High School Honors Economics class presenting statistical multivariate regression analysis on "Small Schools Operating Costs - Debunking Myths of Economies of Scale" before the Alabama State Department of Education - They won!

Citizens for Better Schools Headquarters: Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity (300 8th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama)

"FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF BROWN" STRUCTURING SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS - MAKING THE VISION WORK FOR ALL STUDENTS

BROWN PAST 50: BEYOND NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - MAY 17-19, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA