IS READING A CIVIL RIGHT?
Schedule
Tue Oct 08 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Fort Worth Botanic Garden Lecture Hall | Fort Worth, TX
About this Event
IS READING A CIVIL RIGHT?
More than half of third- through eighth-grade students who attend public schools in the city of Fort Worth did not meet grade level for reading on state accountability tests in 2024*. In the Fort Worth ISD alone, only 33 percent of third-graders scored at grade level in reading**.
Some argue that such statistics represent not only a failure in education but a failure to meet basic civil rights. Join us for a keynote address and panel discussion on an issue that is critical to the future of our community. See you there!
Keynote speaker:
Kimberly Jenkins Robinson, director of the Education Rights Institute and professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Panelists:
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker, founding CEO of Fort Worth Cradle to Career and Tarant To & Through.
Trenace Dorsey-Hollins, leader of Parent Shield Fort Worth.
Brent Beasley, chief executive officer of the Fort Worth Education Partnership.
Moderator:
Bob Ray Sanders, director of communications for the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce.
Sponsors:
TBD
* Source: Fort Worth Education Partnership annual report.
**Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporting on state testing.
Where is it happening?
Fort Worth Botanic Garden Lecture Hall, 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard, Fort Worth, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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