UPDATE: A protest organized by the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice halted the Panel for Educational Policy's monthly meeting held last night, Aug. 16.  Check out the news coverage at Gothamschools, New York Times, Daily News, NY Post, WNYC, DNAinfo and NYC Public School Parents.

The Panel for Educational Policywill hold its monthly meeting tonight at 6 p.m. at Murry Bergtraum High School. Tonight's agenda will include votes on the Department of Education's estimated operating budget for the 2011 fiscal year, the DOE's budget allocation formulas known as Fair Student Funding and amendments to the Board of Education Retirement System (BERS).

You can learn more about tonight's PEP vote here.

Parent group wants action on 2010 test score results

The NYC Coalition for Educational Justice, a parent-led education reform group, is calling for a strong turnout at tonight's PEP meeting to voice concerns over the city's results on the 2010 state exams.

While the agenda for tonight's meeting was set and opened for public comment nearly a month before the release of the 2010 test scores, CEJ members want the PEP to address the matter sooner rather than later.  The topic of test scores is also absent from next month's PEP agenda, which was set on July 30, two days after the 2010 test results were released.

Check out CEJ's flyer for tonight's PEP meeting in English here, and in Spanish here.

Tomorrow, August, 17, CEJ members, along with a coalition of elected officials, education advocates, community and social service organizations, parents and youth will hold an "emergency meeting" to draft an action plan in response to the 2010 test results.

Check our calendar for further details.

Planning to go to tonight's PEP meeting?  CEJ's emergency meeting tomorrow?  Please comment below.