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<td valign="top">Advanced Leadership Initiative Think Tank:<br>
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<big><a
href="http://advancedleadership.harvard.edu/Portals/115252/docs/agenda_education_3.28.13.pdf">Is
Education a Civil Right?</a></big></h1>
Friday, April 26th, 1:30 to 4:30 pm<br>
Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall<br>
Harvard Law School<br>
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On the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision
that education is not<br>
a right guaranteed by the Constitution, the United States
faces the economic and<br>
social consequences of its failure to ensure educational
opportunity for all. Education<br>
is widely considered an underpinning for social mobility, a
means for narrowing<br>
income inequality gaps, and the basis for economic growth
and competitiveness.<br>
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Since children and students of color suffer
disproportionately, some have called<br>
education "the civil rights issue of our times." During our
part of the Advanced<br>
Leadership Initiative's Think Tank, we will explore some
innovative programs and<br>
policies that promise to increase opportunity and open
doors for previously excluded<br>
and/or underserved students.<br>
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<big><b>This portion of the Think Tank is free and open to
the public.</b></big><br>
Fridayy, 4/26<br>
Agenda:<br>
1:30 - 1:45 - Introduction to Legal Cases<br>
Speaker: Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law
School<br>
1:45 - 2:30 - Keynote Address: The State of Education as a
Right Today<br>
Speaker: Professor Kimberly Robinson, University of Richmond<br>
2:30 - 2:45 - Break<br>
2:45 - 4:30 - Preparing Students for a Diverse and
Changing World: Action, Innovation<br>
and Law in America's Public Schools<br>
Moderator: Susan Eaton, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute
for Race and Justice,<br>
Harvard Law School<br>
<br>
Panelists: Leticia Smith-Evans, Assistant Counsel, Education
Practice Legal Defense<br>
Fund, NAACP; Willie Barney, CEO, Empowerment Network, Omaha,
NE; Scott Thomas, Executive<br>
Director, Magnet Schools of America; Gregg Roberts, World
Languages Dual Immersion<br>
Specialist, Utah State Office of Education<br>
This event is the Houston Institute's contribution to the <a
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001uxkkiA-55bOHbqPLxGac2lrVmqhcVkQRTXAyE_gmvz2fRTQsWVgsNcJfEX5V1WxKNy4d9zuB6G3F5lPakFjeWyc-A5-OQnkVz0jJ9HPG6fS4ji4Jbl9KeNg92cF-KikD">YWCA's
Stand Against Racism</a><br>
movement. Stand Against Racism is a national day of action
to raise awareness that<br>
racism still exists in our communities and we cannot ignore
or tolerate it. This<br>
year's Stand Against Racism will take place April 26-30,
2013. More than 165 Boston<br>
organizations have registered to date.<br>
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