News Release: THE IMPACT OF EDUCATION REFORM: WHAT NEXT?

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 16, 2013
Contact: Phyllis Bush, qbgone@gmail.com

NEIFPE to Co-host Second, Regional Action Planning Meeting
for Educators from Four States

Saturday’s guest panelists to discuss impact of educational reform
and plan action steps to protect future of public education.

FORT WAYNE, IN – The local educational advocacy group Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education (NEIFPE) is hosting its second action planning meeting on Saturday, July 20 at Plymouth Congregational Church, UCC, 501 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne. The meeting, which will run from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., features a distinguished panel of guest speakers who will discuss the impact that education reform is having on public education.

Featured guests for the 10 a.m. panel discussion are: Vic Smith, an Indiana legislative watchdog from Indianapolis; Rob Glass, superintendent of Bloomfield Hills (Michigan) Schools; Kathy Friend, chief financial officer in Fort Wayne Community Schools; Stephanie Keiles, a mathematics and science teacher at Canton (Michigan) Community Schools; and Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, chair of the Indiana Coalition for Public Education-Monroe County and South Central Indiana, based in Bloomington.

During afternoon small group sessions, participants – educators and concerned individuals from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan – will develop strategies and action steps to help protect public education from damaging, profit-driven initiatives.

NEIPFE is a Fort Wayne-based grassroots organization whose members support public education and are concerned about the damaging effects of current reforms. Additional information about NEIFPE is available at www.neifpe.blogspot.com/, www.ritz4ed.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/NEIFPE.

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