Stan Salett

Stan Salett (born April 6, 1936) is a civil rights organizer, national education policy advisor and creator of the Upward Bound Program and helped to initiate Head Start.[1][2][3] In the early 1960s Salett was an organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.[4] He was the first director of education of the Office of Economic Opportunity, where the Head Start program was created. He co-founded the National Committee for Citizens in Education, dedicated to promoting parent and citizen involvement in schools.[5] During President Lyndon Johnson administration he initiated the National Upward Bound program.[6][7][8][9] While working in Washington, D.C. he served on the staff of all three Kennedy brothers: President Kennedy's Committee on Youth Employment, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Senator Ted Kennedy's Presidential campaign in 1980.[10] He was an active school board member in Maryland in the 1980s.[11] During President Bill Clinton's transition he vetted candidates for Attorney General and Secretary of the Interior.[12]

Stan Salett
Born (1936-04-06) April 6, 1936
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCivil rights activist & national education policy advisor
Known forCreator of the Upward Bound Program
SpouseElizabeth
Children2 incl. Peter Salett

In 2011 he published his memoir, The Edge of Politics: Stories from the Civil Rights Movement, the War on Poverty & the Challenges of School Reform.[13] He received the New England Education Opportunity Association's Claiborne Pell Award in 2013.[14][15] Presently he is President of the Foundation for the Future of Youth, a division of the Eigen Arnett Educational and Cultural Foundation. He has developed special search engines to meet a variety of human needs such as the elimination of human trafficking, the improvement of school performance and the scarcity of the global water supply.[16] In 2016 Salett has been involved in The Independent Media Institute study which evaluated the movement to privatize public education. It was revealed that, "… in the past two decades, a small group of billionaires – including News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch, who once called public schools an "untapped 500-billion-dollar sector" – have worked to assert private control over public education ...."[17][18] Salett was presented with the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Award from Boston Latin School for his career to public service and public policy work.[19] The Award is given each year to alumni exemplifying the Boston Latin School motto, sumus primi.[20]

As of 2016, he resides in Washington, DC, and Chestertown, Maryland with his wife Elizabeth. He has two sons, singer-songwriters Peter Salett and Steve Salett, owner of Saltlands Studio in Brooklyn, New York and Reservoir in Manhattan.

References
  1. Porter-Coste, Wendy (1 April 2012). "Stan Salett Comes to New England". New England Educational Opportunity Association. NEOA.
  2. Williams, Lena (23 January 1985). "It Takes More Than Helping with Homework". Observer-Reporter.
  3. "Guide to the Stan Salett and Bill Rioux collection of Head Start records". Penn State University Libraries.
  4. Marcus, Pat. "Capturing Stories Of The March On Washington". GPB News. Georgia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  5. Salett, Stanley; Henderson, Anne, (author.); National Committee for Citizens in Education, Columbia, MD (1980), A Report on the Education for All Handicapped Children Act Are Parents Involved?, Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, retrieved 8 December 2015 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Wheelan, Dave. "Upward Bound 50 Years Later with Eastern Shore's Stan Salett". The Chestertown Spy. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. "MCTV Program Features Interview, "Politics and Education Reform" with Stan Salett, Civil Rights Activist, Education Policy Advocate and Author". Pitch Engine. Montgomery College. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  8. Smith, David Bruce. "Spy Review: Stan Salett's "The Edge of Politics"". The Chestertown Spy. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  9. Groutt, John (4 January 2003). "Milestones of TRIO History, Part I" (PDF). The Journal of the Council for Opportunity in Education. Retrieved 4 January 2003.
  10. Kelsey, Rogalewicz. "Alumni Focus: What He Could Do For His Country". Teachers College Columbia University. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  11. R. H., Melton (5 June 1983). "Parents Say Ideal Is Lost With Closing Of Columbia School". The Washington Post.
  12. "MCTV Program Features Interview, "Politics and Education Reform" with Stan Salett, Civil Rights Activist, Education Policy Advocate and Author". Inside MC. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  13. Heck, Peter. "Author Stan Salett discusses 'The Edge of Politics'". The Star Democrat. Star Democrat. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  14. Heck, Peter (24 April 2013). "Salett honored for education efforts". Kent County News.
  15. "The Claiborne Pell Award". NEOA Online.
  16. Jack, Healey (26 September 2012). "What Tyrant Shall We Topple Today?". Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  17. Veronica, Carter (31 October 2016). "Charter school growth a threat to public school system?". Public News Service. Rivet Radio. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  18. Don, Hazen; Elizabeth, Hines; Steven, Rosenfeld; Stan, Salett (26 October 2016). "Who Controls Our Schools? How Billionaire-Sponsored Privatization Is Destroying Democracy and Enriching the Charter School Industry". Alternet. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  19. "Stanley Salett '55 Named as the 2017 Distinguished Graduate". Boston Latin School.
  20. "Alumni". www.bls.org. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
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