Event Archives
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Inequities in Public Education: Challenges and Opportunities
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Panelists were
Omar Montgomery - President of the NAACP Aurora chapter
Marty Gutierrez - 8th grade math teacher for Adams 12
Monica Hunter - Co-founder of Denver Black Educators Caucus
Arturo Jimenez - Immigration attorney and former DPS Board member
Susan Hidalgo-Fahring - Longmont City Councilperson
and member of Colorado Education Association Equity Council
View the forum or read the chat notes
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The Postponed EDUCATION SUMMIT of 2020
DEFENDING PUBLIC EDUCATION
Due to the coronavirus we postponed this summit to protect public educators.
The topics of
THE BATTLE OVER EDUCATION:
WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?
and
RECLAIMING OUR SCHOOLS
are no less important now than back in March.
Building Coalitions to Keep Public Education Public
This was to be our Colorado Education Summit 2020
Saturday, MARCH 14, 2020
March 14 was also the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in Colorado.
Keynote Speakers
Anthony Cody
THE BATTLE OVER EDUCATION:
WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?
Co-Founder of the Network for Public Education.
Author of The Educator and the Oligarch: A Teacher Challenges the Gates Foundation.
Keron Blair
RECLAIMING OUR SCHOOLS
National Director of Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools,
an alliance of ten national groups that represent educators, students, and parents.
Former Membership Director of United Working Families, Chicago
Today's Teacher Shortage: Policies that Push Educators Out of the Profession
Tues. Feb. 11, 2020
Central Adams Retired Educators (CARE) presentation
Participants: Hon.Evie Hudak, Dr.JoAnn Fujioka, Sue Marinelli, Dr. Edward Krug
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Fighting the Corporatization and Privatization of Public Education
Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
KGNU radio show with Kathy Partridge in Boulder
Participants:
Hon. Evie Hudak,
Dr. JoAnn Fujioka
Missed the show? Listen to it now
Eyes Wide Open: A 2020 Look at Public Education Policy
Wed. Jan. 29, 2020
Farr Library, Greeley
A presentation and conversation about possible 2020 legislative bills with
Greeley-Evans Teachers Association,
League of Women Voters,
school board members,
and a brief introduction to Advocates for Public Education Policy (A4PEP)
Participants:
Hon. Sue Windels,
Hon. Evie Hudak,
Hon, Judy Solano,
Manuel Solano, esq,
Dr. Edward Krug,
Scott Merrifield
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A Conversation with Dr. Lorenzo A. Trujillo
EFFECTS OF THE “EDUCATION REFORM” MOVEMENT ON THE UNDERSERVED STUDENT:
ADDRESSING ACADEMIC NEEDS THROUGH MUSIC AND ART
SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 2020
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY Arts/Science Bldg.
Denver
Click to see the Agenda.
Click to see Dr. Trujillo's PowerPoint slides.
Click to see Dr. Trujillo's presentation.
Dr. Lorenzo A. Trujillo has a long history as an educator and advocate of children, youth and families. He served as the Executive Director of Humanities in Jefferson County Public Schools throughout the 80’s, and then, in Adams County Public School District 14 from 1996-2004, as a Principal of an alternative high school and In-House Legal Counsel for Truancy.
In 2004, he became the Assistant Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. In 2007, he was distinguished in serving the Colorado State Legislature in chairing and co-authoring the Trujillo Commission of Online Education: Findings and Recommendations through the Donnell Kay Foundation. (SB 07-215-C.R.S. 22-30.7 et seq.)
His policy work in education led him to a task force of the United States Senate where he addressed Education of Latino Youth: Early Childhood Education, K-12, Access to Higher Education, and the Dream Act. His work as an attorney was pivotal in addressing attempts to commandeer language equity and access of non-English speaking children in our schools resulting in two favorable decisions by the Colorado Supreme Court (Ballot Title 2001-2002 No.21 7 No. 22, 44P.3d 213 (Colo. 2002); In Re Ballot Title 1999-2000 No. 258 (A), 4 P.3d 1094 (Colo. 2000) and making sure our children are tested in their primary language in academic subjects in proceedings involving the U.S. Office of Civil Rights and Department of Education.
Dr. Trujillo’s work on truancy, suspension, and expulsion procedures in the schools resulted in statewide adoption of intervention policies and statutory revisions to keep our K-12 youth in schools.
He continues to work while focusing on family, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
*Advocates for Public Education Policy (A4PEP) was created in response to concerns about the adverse effects of failed education “reform” policies. We are a statewide coalition of individuals and grassroots organizations working to educate the public and policymakers to ensure that public education policy works for all, and to fight back against the corporatization and privatization attacks on our public schools.
This is the second of our lecture series.
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ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION POLICY
presents guest speaker…
ANGELA ENGEL
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Uniting 4 Kids, acclaimed author of Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving Our Children’s Education, and the collaborative book project Fixing Public Education.
Topic: “Corporate Education and the Demise of Democracy”
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Englewood Public Library
This is the first of our lecture series.
Advocates for Public Education Policy
Caucus of Today's Teachers
CUPC- Community Uniting for Positive Change
IAF- Industrial Areas Foundation
NAACP Colorado State Conference
Uniting for Kids
Working Families Party
Democracy Enter Colorado
and others in our growing coalition…
invite you to join our
Education Summit 2019
Defending Public Education:
Building a Statewide Coalition to Keep Public Schools Public
March 10, 2019
Adams County Government Center
Brighton
Discussions included:
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Strategies for successful organizing
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Effective messaging to combat the corporate language of the “reformers”
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Planning for action
To view the agenda, click here.