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      Media Contacts:

      Henry Duvall                     
      Communications Director    
      hduvall@cgcs.org

      Tonya Harris
      Communications Manager
      tharris@cgcs.org

       
      If you would like to be added to our press list, please send your name, affiliation and contact information to: tharris@cgcs.org
       

      2017 Press Releases


      January 12, 2017
      Statement Condemning Recent Remarks by by Buffalo Board Member Carl Paladino
       
      March 23, 2017
      Supreme Court Reaffirms Special Education Precedent

      May 3, 2017
      Fresno School District Receives National Award for 'Excellence in Financial Management'
       
       
      June 9, 2017
      Four Urban Students Named 2017 Math and Science Scholars
       
      June 28, 2017
      Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent To Lead Council of the Great City Schools
       
      August 3, 2017
      Five Urban School Districts Win SAT Practice Challenge
       
      August 10, 2017
      Urban Schools Launch Purchasing Consortium to Increase the Quality of Instructional Materials for English-Language Learners
       
      August 18, 2017
      Statement on Charlottesville and its Aftermath
      August 31, 2017
      Urban Schools Coalition Mobilize Big-City School Districts to Help Houston Public Schools in Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

      September 5, 2017
      Statement on DACA Rollback
       
      October 19, 2017
      Long Beach School Board Named Top Urban Educator

      November 9, 2017
      Husch Blackwell Education Team and the Council of the Great City Schools Win Award for “Best Brief” from the Education Law Association
       
      Urban Schools Launch
       
       
       
       

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