Speaking & Workshops
“The public knows more about potato prices, the number of hogs slaughtered and the status of bank loans than it knows about its schools.”
Devereux C. Josephs, 1946, philanthropist & businessmen
Tam Newby has taught and spoken on a variety of topics to both small and large audiences for local community, regional and national organizations. Tam has developed a menu of presentations to promote Charting the Course and introduce the G.P.S. G.A.T.E.way approach to public school reform. Presentations vary in both length and format to facilitate a broad selection of events such as conferences and conventions, workshops and seminars, and traditional lecture format.
WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS & LECTURES
- A Free Public Education: An American Invention
- Linking Education, Poverty & Family Structure to Rising Incarceration
- Education or Incarceration: Opposing Trends for American Taxpayers
- The Problem with Choice & Charter
- Forethoughts & Forefathers: Historical Primer on U.S. Public Education
- 38 or 44? (weeks) Gunning for a Globally Competitive School Year
- Achieving Sustainability in Public Education
Oriented toward Business Leaders
- Employers & Education: Why Public Education Reform Means Business
- Building the Community Brain Trust to Improve Public Education
Oriented toward Volunteer and Non-Profit Organizations
- Becoming an Agent for Change: Stewardship & Advocacy in Public School Reform
- Public Schools & the Benefit of Community Participation
Oriented toward Parents and Guardians
- They’re Closing Our Neighborhood School!! Helping Communities Understand this Growing Trend
- Size Matters: Sustainability of Neighborhood Schools
- Understanding Your State & Community’s Public School System: Accessing Resources
Contact Tam about presenting for your organization by emailing her at tamrackit@verizon.net