DONT TURN BACK THE CLOCK

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DONT TURN BACK THE CLOCK!

• Stephanie Robinson, Ph.D. Principal Partner, The
  Education Trust
• Hugh Price, Senior Advisor, Piper Rudnick, LLP
• Paul F. Ruiz, PhD, Principal Partner The
  Education Trust
• Rudy M. Castruita, Superintendent San Diego
  County Office of Education (California)
• Asa G. Hilliard III, Fuller E. Callaway Professor
  of Urban Education, Georgia State University
• Quentin Lawson, Executive Director, National
  Alliance of Black School Educators
• Wendy Puriefoy, President, Public Education
  Network
• Henry L. Johnson, Ph.D. State Superintendent of
  Education, Mississippi Depart of Education
• Ronald L Epps, Ph.D. Superintendent, Richland
  County School District One
• James Carter, Superintendent Selma City School
  District (Alabama)
• John Covington, Superintendent Lowndes County
  School District (Alabama)
• Keith Stewart, Superintendent Bullock County
  School District (Alabama)
• Santiago Wood, Superintendent Fresno Unified
  School District (California)
• Larry Leverett, Superintendent of Schools
  Greenwich Public Schools (Connecticut)
• David Snead, Superintendent Waterbury Public
  Schools (Connecticut)
• Peggy Cooper Cafritz, President Washington D.C.
  Board of Education (District of Columbia)
• Sterling DuPont, Superintendent Gadsden County
  School District (Florida)
• Saphonia Josey, Superintendent Stewart County
  School District (Georgia)
• Nathaniel Anderson, Superintendent East St. Louis
  Public School District 189 (Illinois)

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• Ruben D. Olivarez, Superintendent San Antonio
  Independent School District (Texas)
• Ricardo Z. Medina, Superintendent
  Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District
  (Michigan)
• Fernando R. Elizondo, Superintendent Salinas
  Union High School District (California)
• Henry C. Roman, Interim Superintendent Pueblo
  School District No. 70 (Colorado)
• Clayton M. Wilcox, Superintendent East Baton
  Rouge Parish School System (Louisiana)
• Estanislado Y. Paz, Superintendent Tuscson
  Unified School District (Arizona)
• Julian T. Lopez, Superintendent Centinela Valley
  Union H.S. District (California)
• Larry Aceves, Superintendent Franklin-McKinley
  School District (California)
• Edward Lee Vargas, Superintendent Hacienda La
  Puente Unified School District (California)
• Paul M. Alderete, Superintendent Los Banos
  Unified School District (California)
• Edwin Diaz, Superintendent Gilroy Unified School
  District (California)
• Carmella S. Franco, Superintendent Whittier City
  School District (California)
• Richard Duarte, Superintendent Oxnard Elementary
  School District (California)
• Sonia Diaz Salcedo, Superintendent Bridgeport
  Public Schools (Connecticut)
• Kay Giles, Superintendent Prairie Hills ESD 144
  (Illinois)
• Eugene White, Superintendent Metropolitan School
  District of Washington Township (Indiana)
• Mildred Mason, Superintendent School District of
  the City of Pontiac (Michigan)
• Charles Barron, Superintendent Shaw School
  District (Mississippi)
• Emanuel Beaty, Superintendent Kempter County
  School District (Mississippi)

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• Ronald Donovan, Teacher Shadle Park High School
  (Washington)
• Susan Harris, VP-Community Betterment from Tulsa
  Metro Chamber (Oklahoma)
• James Welsh, Superintendent Shoreline Public
  Schools District (Washington)
• Sandra Milkey, Assistant Director NCEA (Texas)
• Cynthia Brown, Education Consultant (Washington
  DC)
• Charles E. Coleman, Superintendent Battle Creek
  Public Schools (Michigan)
• Valencia Douglas, Assistant Superintendent of
  Secondary Schools Madison Metropolitan School
  District (Wisconsin)
• Nettie L. Daniels, Assoc. Vice-President for
  Institutional Research, University of Louisiana
  System (Louisiana)
• Kiley Symonds, Policy Director Bay Area Schools
  Reform Collaborative (California)
• Alma Lara, Principal Ketelsen Elementary, HISD
  (Texas)
• Karen Kalish, Literacy Activist, Kalish
  Foundation (Missouri)
• K. Blackburn, Teacher, Atlanta Public Schools
  (Georgia)
• Cynthia Kuhluman, Principal, Atlanta Board of
  Education (Georgia)
• Melissa Ford, Teacher, Atlanta Public Schools
  (Georgia)
• George Johnson, Asst. Superintendent, Needham
  Public Schools (Massachusetts)
• A. Leroy Parks, Principal, John Marshall Middle
  School (Kansas)
• Mary Ellen Isaac, Executive Director Staff
  Development, Wichita Public Schools (Kansas)
• Saun McCoran, Teacher, Newton Public Schools
  (Massachusetts)
• Gerrie Fausett, Principal, Sta. Barbara Junior
  High School (California)

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• Daniel Fontes, Superintendent Santa Cruz Valley
  Unified School District 35 (Arizona)
• Leroy Ervin, Ph.D, National Educational Policy,
  100 Black Men of America (Georgia)
• Dr. Sally Clausen, President, University of
  Louisiana System (Louisiana)
• Richard J. Hill, Superintendent, Buhl Joint
  School District 412 (Idaho)
• Sharon Thorstensen, Literacy Instructor, St.
  Marys County Public Schools and St. Marys
  College of Maryland (Maryland)
• Mark Murphy, Principal, George Washington Carver
  Elementary School, St. Marys County Public
  Schools (Maryland)
• Cleo M. Stewart, CVO/Organizer, Citizens United
  to Restore Economic Selfhelp, Inc. (Maryland)
• Phillip S. Mirci, Director Student and Family
  Advocacy, San Bernardino County Superintendent of
  Schools (California)
• Karen Harshman, Vice-President Fontana
  Educational Institute/Superintendent Fontana
  Unified School District (California)
• Carolyn Goode, Principal, Fontana Unified School
  District (California)
• Fran Mazzolini, President Fontana Educational
  Institute (California)
• Winston C. Brooks, Superintendent, Wichita Public
  Schools (Kansas)
• Leanne Alexandrini, Early Childhood Education
  Instructor and SIP Coach, Hudson County Community
  College (New Jersey)
• Elsie Lee Whitton, Consultant Counselor, Galloway
  Public Schools (New Jersey)
• Jacqueline Sarner, Education Consultant, Galloway
  Public Schools (New Jersey)
• Eugene M. Janicke, Area Superintendent, Saint
  Paul Public Schools (Minnesota)
• Jonathan Lindsay, Classroom Teacher, Baltimore
  Public Schools (Maryland)
• Denny Martindale, President, Education
  Collaborative of Washor County (Nevada)

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• Gregory Hodge, President Oakland Unified School
  District (California)
• Judy M. Couey, Director of Curriculum and
  Instruction, MS Department of Education (MS)
• Heather McKinney, Math Teacher, Minneapolis
  Public School (Minnesota)
• Earline McKelvy, Principal Central Middle School,
  KCMO School District (Missouri)
• Joann Knuth, Area Superintendent, St. Paul Public
  Schools (Minnesota)
• Karen Panker, Sr. Program Manager (Virginia)
• Susan Bizorik, Math Coordinator, Kansas City
  School District (Missouri)
• Cathy Dennis, Coordinator Professional
  Development, Kansas City School District
  (Missouri)
• Sally Newell, Coordinator Communication Arts,
  KCMSD (Missouri)
• Velma Cobb, VP Education, National Urban League
  (New York)
• Ron Williams, Coordinator, SBCSS (California)
• Sally Chamberlain, Administrator, PA Department
  of Education (Pennsylvania)
• Moria Xavier, OCFO, US Department of Education
  (Virginia)
• Sue Anderson, Teacher, Homewood Flossmoor
  Community High School (Illinois)
• J. Chris Coxon, Deputy Superintendent Boston
  Public Schools (Massachusetts)
• Linda Shiller, Director Outreach Programs, VSAC
  (Vermont)
• Susan Mitchnick, Assistant Principal, LAUSD
  (California)
• Pamela Wilson, Director of Student Services,
  Portland Public Schools District (Oregon)
• Jane W. Harrbaugh, Administrator, University of
  Tennessee (Tennessee)

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• Anne K. Loring, Member, Past President, Washoe
  County School District Board of Trustees (Nevada)
• Lee Ann Withnell, Ph.D, Educational Consultant,
  The Change Agency (Colorado)
• Dr. Jill Scackerlford, Asst. Superintendent
  Curriculum and Standards, Kansas City Kansas
  Public School (Kansas)
• Sharla Hayes, School Board Member, Douglas County
  School District (Nevada)
• John Soderman, Superintendent, Douglas County
  School District (Nevada)
• Sharon L. Contreras-Halton, Asst. Superintendent
  Pupil Personnel Services, Rockford Public School
  District 205 (Illinois)
• Linda Hernandez, Asst. Superintendent of
  Curriculum and Instruction, Rockford Public
  School District (Illinois)
• Etta Harrison, Curriculum Resource Teacher,
  Richland Country School District (South Carolina)
• Laura B. Jones, Bureau Director, Mississippi
  Department of Education (Mississippi)
• Ray Daniels, Superintendent, Kansas City Kansas
  Public Schools (Kansas)
• Jill Eatherly, Director Local P-16 Coordination,
  Tennessee Board of Regents (Tennessee)
• Jonathan Gross, Director Government Relations,
  Project GRAD USA (Washington, DC)
• Marguerite Martinez, ESL Coordinator, Kansas City
  Kansas Public Schools District (Kansas)
• Donna Hardy, Executive Director of Instruction,
  Kansas City Board of Education of Kansas (Kansas)
• Teresa Nicoll, Project Director, Oklahoma
  Scholars Initiative (Oklahoma)
• Marsha Edmonds, Director of School Improvement,
  Tulsa Public Schools (Oklahoma)
• Marcy Clay, Executive Director, Kansas City
  Kansas Public Schools (Kansas)
• Tonna Rieger, Principal, Bernalillo Public
  Schools (New Mexico)
• Phyllis Hudecki, Ed.D, Executive Director,
  Oklahoma Business and Education Coalition,
  Oklahoma

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• Ronald Epps, Superintendent Richland School
  District One (South Carolina)
• Charles Gadsden, Superintendent Georgetown County
  School District (South Carolina)
• David Longshore, Jr., Superintendent Orangeburg
  County School District 5 (South Carolina)
• Melvin Smoak, Superintendent Orangeburg
  Consolidated School District 5 (South Carolina)
• William Frett, Superintendent St. Thomas/St. John
  School District (Virgin Islands)
• Wilfredo T. Labry, Superintendent of Schools
  Lawrence Public Schools (Massachusetts)
• Manuel Rodriguez, Superintendent Roswell
  Independent School District (Texas)
• Elfida Gutierrez, Associate Superintendent of
  Elem./Middle Division El Paso Independent School
  District (Texas)
• Hector Montenegro, Superintendent Ysleta
  Independent School District (Texas)
• Leonard Merrell, Superintendent Katy Independent
  School District (Texas)
• Lorenzo W. Phillips, Principal Orange County
  School District (Florida)
• Sandra Robertson, Teacher Santa Barbara Junior
  High School, (California)
• Guadalupe Guerrero, Educational Consultant
  (Texas)
• Heather Zavadesky, Project Director NCEA (Texas)
• Tahi Reynolds, Ph.D, Researcher and Policy
  Analyst DC Voice (Washington DC)
• Lawrence Hubbard, School Assistance Team NCLB for
  Pittsburgh Public Schools (Pennsylvania)
• Peggy Peterson, Director Compulsory School
  Attendance, Mississippi Department of Education
  (Mississippi)
• Carolyn Garrett, State PK-16 Coordinator,
  Louisiana Board of Regents (Louisianna)
• Craig Williams, Associate Principal, Princeton
  City Schools (Ohio)

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• Michael Katko, Assistant Principal, Capital High
  School (New Mexico)
• Anne T. Henderson, Senior Consultant, Institute
  for Education and Social Policy, NYU (New York)
• Sue Reynolds, Executive Director, American
  Students Achievement Institute (Indiana)
• Carole Cooper, Asst. Superintendent, School
  District U-46 (Illinois)
• Pamela A. Pruyne-Summey, Principal, Jackson
  County School System/East Jackson Middle School
  (Georgia)
• Sheril Logan, Assistant Superintendent of Middle
  School, Wichita Public Schools (Kansas)
• Cynthia D. Terry, Principal, Long Beach Unified
  School District (California)
• Linda K. Kondris, Executive Director School
  Leadership, Colorado Springs School District 11
  (Colorado)
• Steve Turley, Associate Dean, California State
  University, Long Beach (California)
• Kameron Conner Ball, Director, Office of
  Educational Technology, Mississippi Department of
  Education (Mississippi)
• Arlene Prewitt, Learning Specialist, Jones High
  School (Florida)
• Ralph Teran, Asst. Superintendent of High
  Schools, Wichita Public Schools (Kansas)
• James Furch, Area Superintendent, Tulsa Public
  Schools (Oklahoma)
• Roberta Ellis, Title I Coordinator, Tulsa Public
  Schools (Oklahoma)
• LaVerne Ford Wimberly, Deputy Superintendent,
  Tulsa Public Schools (Oklahoma)
• Bobbie Allen Booker, Area Superintendent, Tulsa
  Public Schools (Oklahoma)
• Carolyn Leach, Teacher Tulsa Public Schools and
  President of Tulsa Area Alliance of Black Public
  School Educators (Oklahoma)

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• Heather Teel, Student Activities Coordinator and
  Algebra Teacher, YES College Preparatory School
  (Texas)
• Janice D. Brooks, Secretary, US Department of
  Education (Washington, DC)Ava Bell Fisher,
  Secondary Math Resource Teacher, Tulsa Public
  Schools (Oklahoma)
• Suzanne Ryan, Teacher, South Orange Maplewood
  Board of Education (New Jersey)
• Leslie A. Rodden, Educational Administrator,
  Career Technical Education K-12, San Bernadino
  County Superintendent of Schools (California)
• Matthew Brent Webb, Reading Specialist, Brannerd
  High School (Tennessee)
• Richard S. Kitchen, Assistant Professor,
  University of New Mexico (New Mexico)