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Goldberg, Mark F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Profiles James Comer's success at directing the Yale Child Study Center and implementing the School Development Project in predominantly black, low-income school districts. Today, a training program called the Comer Project for Change in Education is operating in more than 600 schools in 82 districts and 26 states. Comer's proudest achievement is…
Descriptors: Biographies, Blacks, Child Development, College Faculty
Goldberg, Mark F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Formerly National Education Association president, Mary Futrell got NEA to support the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and helped shift NEA's focus to professional development and human-rights issues. She believes teachers must help state and district entities set academic and professional-development standards. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Activism, Biographies, Blacks