The Education Equality Project announced this morning that its board of directors will be led by a troika of big names. NYC's schools chief Joel Klein, UNCF head Michael Lomax, and La Raza president Janet Murguia were elected co-chairs of the advocacy organization's board of directors. This will give the still relatively new organization even greater standing in the civil rights community, and perhaps even positively influence NCLR's and NCLR's ed policy positions.
EEP is doing a good deal to publicize education reform and show that a broad consensus has developed around the need for bold change in America's schools. Along those lines, hopefully as the organization builds steam, they will broaden their board to include reformers from the right side of the spectrum, too.
Congrats and continued good wishes for EEP.