The Coalition for Quality Education

A Project of Toledo Area Ministries (TAM), The Coalition for Quality Education (CQE) is now an established grassroots, public education advocacy organization that acts as partners/advocates and change agents with and on behalf of Toledo Public Schools’ students, their families and schools. Particular attention is given to those students/families who are least served by systems because of their race, socioeconomic condition, geographic location, gender and/or special need.
The Coalition for Quality Education began in late 1976 with a small group of parents who were dissatisfied with the process and results for the integration of the Old West End Junior High School. (Closed on the spring of 2000 and reopened in the fall of 2001 as the Old West End Academy - grades 1-3)
In 1977, with the help of the Toledo Area Ministries (TAM), a task force on quality integrated education was established. The findings of this task force are reported in the booklet "Approaches to Quality Integrated Education" and were shared at a community-wide conference held at the University of Toledo in June of 1978. The consensus among conference participants was that a coalition must be organized to follow-up and address these concerns . With the continued assistance of the Toledo Area Ministries, The Coalition for Quality Integrated Education (now The Coalition for Quality Education) was organized as a vehicle for this follow-up, advocacy work and training.