EDUCATION
Education Meetings
When:
4th Wednesday of Every Month
*The December meeting will be on Thursday, December 17th*
Time: 6:00pm
Location:
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza
1368 Fulton Street
Community Room
Scholarships /Internships
Please follow the links below for more information about the scholarships offered by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation :

It is universally acknowledged that education is one of the most effective strategies for the empowerment of individuals and families, and is one of the NAACP's 10 strategic priorities. The Education Committee of the Brooklyn Branch is committed in its work to support and promote equality of educational opportunities for people of color and other minority groups. The committee is tireless in its advocacy for effective, accountable and accessible public school systems, and for adequate and equitable school funding. The support for and promotion of teacher certification, and the active involvement of parents in the education of their children are important dimensions of the committee’s work.

In addition, the Education Committee advocates for fulfillment of the nation’s commitment to quality, integrated public education as set forth in the landmark decision of Brown v. The Board of Education.

"Education is the great civil rights struggle of the 21st-century , so
it makes perfect sense that the NAACP Brooklyn Branch is taking a leading role in helping to ensure that more students are prepared for school so they can achieve their full potential," Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein said. "We thank the NAACP Brooklyn Branch for organizing the Back to School/Stay in School program, which will help students get off to a great start when they head back to school in September."

--NYC Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein
 
CONTACT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON
CORAN JAMES -
Email: coran87@aol.com
 

Coran James works as a coordinator at the Brooklyn Center of the Executive Leadership Institute, the professional arm of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, NYC, New York State Federation of School Administrators, Local 1 AFSA, AFL-CIO.  Ms James mentors first year assistant principals and co-teaches in the School Based Intermediate Supervisors Institute (SBISI) workshops.

  Prior to joining the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA), Ms James was the principal of Freedom Academy High School.  She has enjoyed a thirty-one year career with the New York City Department of Education.  She worked as a teacher, guidance counselor and administrator.

Ms James continues to serve the New York City Public Schools through the NAACP Brooklyn Branch - Leadership, Achievement, Education, Direction (L.E.A.D.) Mentoring Program in selected elementary, middle schools and high schools.   She coordinates the annual NAACP Brooklyn Branch Back to School/Stay in School Program, designed to help provide children with critical academic and social supports, that distributes free backpacks with essential school supplies to hundreds of New York City public school students.

Ms James is also working with the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice, Brooklyn Crossroads Juvenile Center, implementing a tutoring and mentoring program at the center and providing donated books to the centers' library.

Ms. James supports and promotes the tenets of the NAACP to eliminate educational disparities and promote educational excellence.

Ms. James received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Brooklyn College and a Masters of Science degree from Hunter College in Guidance and Counseling.  She attended Bank Street College of Education, Supervision and Administration, Howard University , Urban Education, and New York University Steinhardt School of Education.

She is a member of the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE), Secretary-Elect of the Retired Educators Commission.  She is a member of the Central Brooklyn Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr . Commission, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Brooklyn Alumnae Chapter and a J. William Fulbright Foreign/Brazil Exchange Administrator. .

 
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