Event Calendar

The Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education project (SMHC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering a national conference for teams of education leaders from urban school districts across the country.   The call to action by President Obama and Secretary of Education Duncan to provide Race to the Top funding has put the focus on raising student achievement and the use of aligning student test scores with teaching strategies. 

For more information, visit http://cpre.wceruw.org/conference/nov09/index.php

Please join the Thomas B. Fordham Institute for a lively discussion of this important topic.  The march toward national standards passed a key milestone with September’s release of draft “Common Core” standards. How solid is that draft? How does it compare to other prominent national and international benchmarks such as NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA? Where do we go from here?  Come hear a top-notch panel, moderated by our own Checker Finn.

For more information, visit http://www.edexcellence.net/detail/event.cfm?event_id=9&id=316

This meeting will highlight leading states that are successfully linking data across systems and agencies to answer critical policy questions aimed at improving student achievement. A corresponding issue brief co-authored by the DQC and the Forum for Youth Investment will be released at the meeting that captures the current status of states’ ability to link data across agencies and provide several state case studies that capture promising strategies to sharing individual-level data across systems and agencies to improve student achievement.

For more information, visit http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/events/261

Join other educators and thought leaders, all at the cutting edge of powerful change efforts, to pull powerful strategies and new ideas from their successes.  Make connections and share ideas about common issues you face. And squeeze the full wealth of inspiration from three days with hundreds of educators and thought leaders who, like you, refuse to back down.

For more information, visit http://www.edtrust.org/dc/event/2009-11-12/2009-education-trust-national-conference  

Join more than 3,000 of your peers from across the U.S. and around the world to share the most current knowledge, ideas, research, and expertise in social studies education. With the theme "Dreams and Deeds: The Civic Mission of Schools," the conference will highlight the central role of social studies inour schools: preparing young citizens to make a better world.

For more information, visit http://www.socialstudies.org/conference

The VSS will bring together more than 1200 representatives from national, state, district, private and other virtual school programs to attend the industry’s leading event in K-12 online learning. Experts in K-12 virtual education will have robust networking opportunities, learn about the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in e-learning, and interact in session presentations.

For more information, visit http://www.virtualschoolsymposium.org/

Join other leaders in the field to learn about recent innovation trends in learning and assistive technologies; technology-supported instructional practices; funding opportunities, including information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,

For more information, visit http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2009/06/05/conf09-2009-technology-innovators-conference/

The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) holds its 37th Annual Conference in Indianapolis.

Learn more or register at www.nabse.org

Join thousands of K-12 teachers, college faculty, administrators, and other education professionals as they gather to hear award-winning speakers, attend idea-packed sessions, share best practices, and test the latest teaching materials at the 99th NCTE Annual Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!

For more information, visit http://www.ncte.org/annual

Join thousands of K-12 teachers, college faculty, administrators, and other education professionals as they gather to hear award-winning speakers, attend idea-packed sessions, share best practices, and test the latest teaching materials at the 99th NCTE Annual Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!

For more information, visit http://www.ncte.org/annual