Urban League/Madison Prep to Address Madison School District Report on Charter School

Kaleem Caire, via email:

Fails to address core issues impacting racial achievement gap and middle class flight

WHAT: The Urban League of Greater Madison and the founding Board of Madison Preparatory Academy will share their response to the Madison Metropolitan School District Administration's recommendation that the Board of Education not Support Madison Prep, and will call for immediate and wider education reforms within the Madison Metropolitan School District to address the racial achievement gap and middle-class flight and crises.

WHEN: 12:00 pm, Thursday, December 8, 2011

WHERE: Urban League of Greater Madison, 2222 S. Park St., Suite 200, Madison, WI 53713

WHO: Kaleem Caire, Urban League President & CEO Urban League of Greater Madison Board of Directors Madison Preparatory Academy Board of Directors Community Leaders and Parents

For more information, contact Laura DeRoche Perez, Director of School Development, Urban League of Greater Madison, at lderoche@ulgm.org or 608-729-1235.

Related: "They're all rich, white kids and they'll do just fine" -- NOT!.

Much more on the proposed Madison Preparatory Academy IB charter school, here.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 8, 2011 8:48 AM
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