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Theodore Hershberg, Ph.D. is Professor of Public Policy and History, as =
well as Director and founder of the Center for Greater Philadelphia at =
the University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught since 1967. The =
Center serves as a neutral third- party convener and provides objective =
analysis and jargon- free reports on key public policy issues. The =
Center's mission is to promote regional cooperation among governments =
and the private sector in metropolitan Philadelphia. School improvement =
and the role of academic standards in improving student performance has =
been a part of The Center's focus.=20
Since 1981, Prof. Hershberg has pursued applied public policy with a =
focus on contemporary cities and regions. He served as Assistant to the =
Mayor (Philadelphia) for Strategic Planning and Policy Development =
during a leave from University of Pennsylvania (1984-85). Some of the =
many reports he has authored are: economic development; labor force and =
education; relationships between the city and suburban economies.=20
Dr. Hershberg and Kati Haycock from The Education Trust will be doing a =
presentation about the role of academic standards in improving student =
achievement in Akron, Ohio on Friday, December 3, 1999 at the Akron City =
Club from 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. For more information, please call =
Eileen Russell at 330 535-8833 or email eileen=20
Katie Haycock=20
Katie Haycock is among the nation's most respected school reform =
advocates. She is the former executive president of the Children's =
Defense Fund and the founder of The Achievement Council, an independent =
statewide organization in California that helps low-performing schools =
with largely poor and minority populations increase student achievement. =
Earlier in her career, she was Director of Relations with Schools and =
Educational Opportunity programs for the nine-campus University of =
California system.=20
As director of The Education Trust, Ms. Haycock travels the country =
supporting school districts and communities interested in improving =
student achievement for all students, particularly those that are in =
urban school systems, minority and/or economically disadvantaged. She =
is widely regarded as a provocative and dynamic speaker.=20
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authored are: economic development; labor force and education; =
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Dr. Hershberg and =
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Haycock from The Education Trust will be doing a presentation about the =
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academic standards in improving student achievement in Akron, Ohio on =
Friday,=20
December 3, 1999 at the Akron City Club from 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. =
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more information, please call Eileen Russell at 330 535-8833 or email eileen=20
Katie Haycock
Katie Haycock is among the nation's most =
respected=20
school reform advocates. She is the former executive president of =
the=20
Children's Defense Fund and the founder of The Achievement Council, an=20
independent statewide organization in California that helps =
low-performing=20
schools with largely poor and minority populations increase student=20
achievement. Earlier in her career, she was Director of Relations =
with=20
Schools and Educational Opportunity programs for the nine-campus =
University of=20
California system.=20
As director of The Education Trust, Ms. Haycock travels the =
country=20
supporting school districts and communities interested in improving =
student=20
achievement for all students, particularly those that are in urban =
school=20
systems, minority and/or economically disadvantaged. She is widely =
regarded as a provocative and dynamic speaker.
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