WE WON!!

Today I have some exciting news for you all...

We won SFER National's Visual Awareness campaign with our display from Education Week!

If you didn't get a chance to see the display when it was up on the LBC Quad check out the picture.  We're so excited to have won the competition and can't wait to keep up our good work!

That being said, don't forget to come to our next meeting...

This Thursday, November 29th at 6:30 pm in Classroom 3 of Hillel.

Amy Holiday, one of our founding members of the Tulane chapter will be here for a discussion over delicious pizza!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Hillel, it is located at 912 Broadway (the intersection of Broadway and Burthe streets), and the classrooms are on the second floor of the building.  If anybody is unsure or wants to walk over together, meet in front of Dixon hall at 6:15pm.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

As promised, here is our recap from last weeks meeting...

Nolan Marshall, our fabulous speaker from the Cowen Institute for Public Education, gave an engaging and informative presentation about the state of public education in New Orleans.  Some of the topics we covered were the voucher program, parent triggers, the "financial backpack" and complications associated with school choice.  Each of these issues are complex and multifaceted; as the year progresses we hope to delve deeper into the new programs that resulted from the last legislative session and how they will actually effect students in New Orleans.

For those of you who missed it, not to worry!  We are working on scheduling Nolan again for a time in the spring semester as we monitor the development of the issues we discussed last week.

Our next meeting will be in one week, Thursday, November 29th at 6:30pm in Classroom 3 of Hillel.

Amy Holiday, one of our founding members of the Tulane chapter will be here for a discussion.  Pizza will be provided!

Also, for those of you who are unfamiliar with Hillel, it is located at 912 Broadway (the intersection of Broadway and Burthe street), and the classrooms are on the second floor of the building.  If anybody is unsure or wants to walk over together, meet in front of Dixon hall at 6:15pm.

Hope y'all have a wonderful turkey day and weekend!

Hey Everyone!

Our next meeting will be this Thursday at 6:30pm in classroom 3 of Hillel. We're going to have a speaker from the Cowen Institute to come educate us about education!  There is so much going on in public education in the country right now, especially in New Orleans so this is going to be a fantastic opportunity to further our knowledge.  It will help us determine a direction for the remainder of the school year and bring us one step closer to a better public education system.

Hope to see you all there!

As always, don't hesitate to contact me at sfertulane@gmail.com

EDUCATION WEEK!

Now this is a story all about how next week got flipped, turned upside down.  I'd like to take a minute so sit right there, and I'll tell you what we're going to do for Ed. reform....

Next week is is Education week, which means we have a different event to raise awareness everyday, here's the schedule (it's also attached as a flyer if  you're more visual)

Monday 10.22:  

Movie screening of The Lottery cohosted with Teach For America—7:00 pm in Hillel, classroom 3 (that’s the second classroom on left upstairs)

We will also have a awesome visual display up on the LBC Quad, make sure you check it out. 

Also, we will be tabling on Monday by the visual display to get down more emails for the listserv and spread awareness.  Let us know if you're interested in helping out!

TUESDAY 10.23:  

We will have a speaker from the Cowen Institute talk to us about the state of the NOLA education system—6:00 pm in Hillel, classroom 3

WEDNESDAY 10.24: 

Roundtable Discussion based on an article centered around an Education issue—7:00 in the Business School room 101

THURSDAY 10.25:  

School visit to Pride College Prep, an awesome charter school.  We will go see the school, learn how they run, and how they fit in to the crazy NOLA school system—meet at 11:00 am outside of Reily.  

If you can make time for this event it will be well worth your while! Transportation will be provided, so please RSVP to sfertulane@gmail.com if you plan on coming.

I am expecting to be back by around 12:30.  If you want to come but have time restraints, let me know, and we can try to work around it

FRIDAY 10.26:  Find us at FAQ! We will have a visual display, games, and food!

Also please keep in mind our next meeting will be on November 2nd (time and locations TBA)

We're really looking forward to having an awesome Education Week and can't wait to see you at as many of the events as you can possibly attend.  Those with the highest attendance records will be deliciously rewarded at our next meeting (mmmm baked goods).  Don't worry if you can't go to all the events though, we still want to see as much of you as possible!

Also make sure you're following us on Facebook/Twitter and on our listserv!  Email your name to sfertulane@gmail.com

Hi World!

Welcome to Tulane's Students for Education Reform blog.  Our organization, SFER, works to encourage undergraduate involvement in the K-12 public education system.  While there is no shortage of problems, we believe that through advocating for the voiceless, we will find solutions to education's toughest issues.

Please follow us on Twitter/Facebook (@SFERTulane) and come to our events...

Friday September 7 at 4-6pm Student Activities Expo (LBC Quad)

Thursday September 13 at 7pm SFER Meeting and Open House

Date/Time TBA Discussion with leaders from Tulane's Cowen Institute

Wednesday October 3 at 6:30 pm Discussion from leader's of YES Prep school

And we have tons more planned!

Stay tuned for more information about SFER, hope to see you soon!