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Vanderbilt University education professor Ellen Goldring will
testify in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 15, at 10 a.m. EDT at the
U.S. Senate hearing "Pell Grants for Kids." The hearing is before the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. U.S. Sen. Lamar
Alexander, chairman of the panel’s Subcommittee on Children and
Families, has proposed Pell Grants for Kids, an annual $500 scholarship
that would follow every middle- and low-income child to the school or
other accredited academic program of his or her parent’s choosing.
Goldring, professor of education policy and leadership at Vanderbilt
University’s Peabody College of education and human development, will
discuss the possible benefits and challenges of awarding the
scholarships to help improve educational opportunities for K-12
students. Her research has focused on school reform efforts, school
choice and diversity, equity and access in the post-busing era.
WHAT: Ellen Goldring, professor of education
policy and leadership at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of
education and human development will testify at the U.S. Senate hearing
"Pell Grants for Kids." The hearing is before the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions.
WHERE: Washington, D.C., Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430
WHEN: Thursday, July 15, 10 a.m. EDT
Media contact: Princine Lewis, (615) 322-NEWS princine.l.lewis@vanderbilt.edu