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Date: Immediate GGUSD Representatives to Share Success Stories at Washington, D.C., Education Conference Garden Grove Unified School District representatives are headed to Washington, D.C., next week to share best practices and success stories for improving student achievement at the annual conference hosted by the Education Trust on Friday, Nov. 7, at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel. Debbie Youngblood, director of categorical services; Carolee Ogata, director of K-6 instruction, and Frank Mackay, director of 7-12 instruction, are among the presenters from urban districts that have been invited to share strategies for raising achievement while closing performance gaps for poor and minority children. Guest speakers from the high-performing districts also will collaborate with conference attendees to help craft practical solutions and action plans for overcoming learning obstacles in their own schools. Along with the GGUSD, other California districts scheduled for presentations include Fontana and Long Beach unified school districts. Garden Grove and Long Beach unified have been honored as being among the top five urban districts in the nation for overcoming achievement barriers for poor and minority children by the Los Angeles–based Broad Foundation. The GGUSD was named a finalist for the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education for two consecutive years, while Long Beach Unified was a finalist in 2002 and winner of the Prize for 2003. The Education Trust, an independent education research and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., issued a report on Latino achievement in America on Oct. 21 which identified the GGUSD for its academic successes. A companion presentation to the study showed the 20-percent increase over two years in the number of Latino elementary school students in the district meeting or exceeding state math standards. Additional information is available online on The Education Trust web site at www.edtrust.org
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