Mrs. Patricia Watkins
Executive Director, Target Area Development Corporation
Patricia Watkins is an advocate for education equity in the city. She also has done work on ex-offender and criminal justice issues. Target has three major education education initiatives: The Campaign to Improve School Achievement and Attendance Program, which is an intervention and prevention program at two south side schools, Scott Joplin and Clara Barton; Voices of Youth in Chicago is the first-ever citywide education reform coalition led by high school students in community-based organizations; and Parents and Residents Invested in School and Education (PRISE) Reform is a two-year old citywide effort aimed at building a dynamic learning coalition of parents, students, and community stakeholders working for quality school reform.
New mayor
September 22, 2010 - 10:52pmSchool reform is sweeping the nation, the state, and the city with varying degrees of success. In Chicago, we definitely need more community engagement in the school...
LSCs future?
February 19, 2010 - 1:22pmI think the question is outrageous. We do not have a better system for local control outside of LSCs right now. Sure, I know some LSCs function well, while others...