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VUE Number 11, Spring 2006

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	Mike Capalbo
	Mike Capalbo is vice president, education and human resources, of Tides Family Services and a member of the Racial Justice Task Force Subcommittee on Education in Rhode Island. > VUE 11 Article by Monica Teixeira de Sousa, Michael D. Évora, Tonya M. Glantz, Brother Michael Reis, and Mike Capalbo: Coming Together: Looking across Sectors for Answers to the Dropout Question

	Michael D. Évora
	Michael D. Évora is executive director of the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights and a member of the Racial Justice Task Force Subcommittee on Education in Rhode Island. > VUE 11 Article by Monica Teixeira de Sousa, Michael D. Évora, Tonya M. Glantz, Brother Michael Reis, and Mike Capalbo: Coming Together: Looking across Sectors for Answers to the Dropout Question

	Tonya M. Glantz
	Tonya M. Glantz is a clinical training specialist at the Child Welfare Institute, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College and a member of the Racial Justice Task Force Subcommittee on Education in Rhode Island. > VUE 11 Article by Monica Teixeira de Sousa, Michael D. Évora, Tonya M. Glantz, Brother Michael Reis, and Mike Capalbo: Coming Together: Looking across Sectors for Answers to the Dropout Question

Tonya M. Glantz

Tonya M. Glantz is a clinical training specialist at the Child Welfare Institute, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College and a member of the Racial Justice Task Force Subcommittee on Education in Rhode Island.

> VUE 11 Article by Monica Teixeira de Sousa, Michael D. Évora, Tonya M. Glantz, Brother Michael Reis, and Mike Capalbo: Coming Together: Looking across Sectors for Answers to the Dropout Question

	Michael Holzman
	Michael Holzman is a consultant and writer and is the author of the Schott Foundation for Public Education's forthcoming report Public Education and Black Male Students: A State Report Card. > VUE 11 Article: The Role of National Organizations and the Federal Government in Promoting Equity and Excellence

	Kenneth W. Jones
	Kenneth W. Jones, an organizational psychologist, is president and owner of K J Associates, an organization development consulting firm. > VUE 11 Article by Kenneth W. Jones and Linda Powell Pruitt: Broaching the Subject: How to Have a Conversation about Equity and Excellence

	Adam Levner
	Adam Levner is co-director of Critical Exposure, a youth empowerment and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Adam has worked in the education arena for the last nine years. He began as a 5th grade teacher, where he saw firsthand the issues confronting educators, parents, and students. He then moved beyond the classroom, taking a position as a community organizer with Stand for Children where he led successful reform efforts at the local/state level that resulted in over $20 million annually in additional revenue for the severely underfunded Prince George's County, MD school district. Over the last year, Adam has worked as an education consultant for the Center for Community Change and as a freelance photographer, with clients including the Maryland ACLU, the DC Scores afterschool program, and the Washington College of Law's Marshall-Brennan Program. > VUE 11 Article: First Ask the Students: A New Lens on Equity and Excellence in Public Schools

Adam Levner

Adam Levner is co-director of Critical Exposure, a youth empowerment and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Adam has worked in the education arena for the last nine years. He began as a 5th grade teacher, where he saw firsthand the issues confronting educators, parents, and students. He then moved beyond the classroom, taking a position as a community organizer with Stand for Children where he led successful reform efforts at the local/state level that resulted in over $20 million annually in additional revenue for the severely underfunded Prince George's County, MD school district. Over the last year, Adam has worked as an education consultant for the Center for Community Change and as a freelance photographer, with clients including the Maryland ACLU, the DC Scores afterschool program, and the Washington College of Law's Marshall-Brennan Program.

> VUE 11 Article: First Ask the Students: A New Lens on Equity and Excellence in Public Schools

	Linda Powell Pruitt
	Linda Powell Pruitt, an educator, organizational consultant, and psychotherapist, has been working with groups and individuals on issues of power and change for thirty years. She began her career in the nonprofit sector, working with caregiving organizations (social service, religious and educational institutions). Powell Pruitt is specifically interested in issues of authority and social identity, and how these two interact in the routine challenges of organizational life and leadership. Her teaching, research and advocacy efforts bridge Powell's personal, political, and professional interests in the importance of the individual in large-scale change. > VUE 11 Article by Linda Powell Pruitt and Kenneth W. Jones: Broaching the Subject: How to Have a Conversation about Equity and Excellence

Linda Powell Pruitt

Linda Powell Pruitt, an educator, organizational consultant, and psychotherapist, has been working with groups and individuals on issues of power and change for thirty years. She began her career in the nonprofit sector, working with caregiving organizations (social service, religious and educational institutions). Powell Pruitt is specifically interested in issues of authority and social identity, and how these two interact in the routine challenges of organizational life and leadership. Her teaching, research and advocacy efforts bridge Powell's personal, political, and professional interests in the importance of the individual in large-scale change.

> VUE 11 Article by Linda Powell Pruitt and Kenneth W. Jones: Broaching the Subject: How to Have a Conversation about Equity and Excellence

	Brother Michael Reis
	Brother Michael Reis is president, education and human resources, of Tides Family Services and a member of the Racial Justice Task Force Subcommittee on Education in Rhode Island. > VUE 11 Article by Monica Teixeira de Sousa, Michael D. Évora, Tonya M. Glantz, Brother Michael Reis, and Mike Capalbo: Coming Together: Looking across Sectors for Answers to the Dropout Question

	Robert Rothman
	Robert Rothman is responsible for writing Institute publications and editing the Institute's quarterly journal Voices in Urban Education, a "roundtable-in-print" designed to air diverse viewpoints and share new knowledge on vital issues in urban education. He has written for numerous education publications and organizations and was a reporter and editor for Education Week. He was also a senior project associate for Achieve, a study director for the National Research Council, and the director of special projects for the National Center on Education and the Economy. Bob holds a BA in political science from Yale University. He is the author of Measuring Up: Standards, Assessment and School Reform and numerous book chapters and articles on testing and education reform. > VUE 11 Article: New Ways to Talk about Equity

Robert Rothman

Robert Rothman is responsible for writing Institute publications and editing the Institute's quarterly journal Voices in Urban Education, a "roundtable-in-print" designed to air diverse viewpoints and share new knowledge on vital issues in urban education. He has written for numerous education publications and organizations and was a reporter and editor for Education Week. He was also a senior project associate for Achieve, a study director for the National Research Council, and the director of special projects for the National Center on Education and the Economy. Bob holds a BA in political science from Yale University. He is the author of Measuring Up: Standards, Assessment and School Reform and numerous book chapters and articles on testing and education reform.

> VUE 11 Article: New Ways to Talk about Equity

	Jonny Skye Njie
	Jonny Skye Njie is a district reform facilitator for the Providence (Rhode Island) School Department. > VUE 11 Article: Honesty, Scholarship, and Dialogue: Going to Scale or Cultural Transformation?

	Monica Teixeira de Sousa
	Monica Teixeira de Sousa is a staff attorney for Rhode Island Legal Services and a member of the Racial Justice Task Force Subcommittee on Education in Rhode Island. > VUE 11 Article by Monica Teixeira de Sousa, Michael D. Évora, Tonya M. Glantz, Brother Michael Reis, and Mike Capalbo: Coming Together: Looking across Sectors for Answers to the Dropout Question

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