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Eric Anderson attends School Choice Leaders of Color Conference

Anderson is Sussex Academy Head of School
March 25, 2019

Sussex Academy Head of School Eric M. Anderson recently attended the School Choice Leaders of Color Conference hosted by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools in Washington, D.C.

The two-day conference featured networking opportunities for charter school leaders advocating for increased charter school funding.

Anderson participated in a Capitol Hill Action Day where he had a face-to-face meeting with Sen. Tom Carper, and meetings with the offices of Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.

Along with other school leaders of color from around the country, he attended a roundtable session with speakers from the Bill and Melinda Gates and the Walton foundations, two large charter school supporters. He also participated in a listening session with the board of directors of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, where he had the opportunity to hear from Jeb Bush Jr., managing partner of Jeb Bush and Associates; Shirley Franklin, former mayor of Atlanta and president of Clarke-Franklin and Associates; and former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu.

To honor the national alliance’s school choice leaders of color, a reception was co-hosted by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition and the National Congress for Black Women. Attendees included nearly 50 charter school leaders from 18 states, elected officials and their staffs, and education advocates.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is the leading national nonprofit organization to advancing the public charter school movement. The mission is to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement by fostering a strong charter sector. For more information, go to www.publiccharters.org.

Sussex Academy is a public charter, tuition-free school in Georgetown. Serving students in sixth to 12th grades, the school practices a project-based learning approach, and all 11th- and 12th-grade students participate in the International Baccalaureate program. For more information, contact Gina Derrickson, director of development at 302-856-3636 or gina.derrickson@saas.k12.de.us, or go to www.sussexacademy.org.

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