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news:
Top educators
to gather
By Priscilla Gutierrez
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
Cal State Long
Beach will host the second California K-16 Partnership and
Student Success Conference June 19-22.
Some of the nation's
top educational leaders will gather together to address several
keynote issues on education, including U.S. Sen. James M.
Jeffords of Vermont who recently switched his party affiliation
from Republican to Independent, giving the control of the
Senate to the Democratic Party.
Conference organizers
expect teachers, administrators, educational leaders and policy
makers to be present at this active and participatory event
in the University Student Union.
The focus of the
conference will be student achievement, equity and access
to higher education and K-16 partnerships, according to the
Cal State Long Beach Web site. It will include workshops
and presentations from teams of K-12 and higher education
from across the state that will share their collaborative
strategies for student success.
"It's the
only place in California that people interested in raising
student achievement can get together and discuss strategies,"
said David Dowell, associate dean of the College of Liberal
Arts and the chair of the conference.
So far at least
650 educators have registered for the conference, which may
turn into an annual event, Dowell said.
A pre-conference
will be held on Tuesday, June 19 that will include workshops
on effective strategies for teaching reading in middle and
high school, success in after school programs and philosophy
and ethics in children's literature.
On June 20 Pedro
Antonio Noguera from the Harvard Graduate School of Education
will discuss partnerships based on mutual respect, according
to Dowell.
Keynote speakers
on June 21 will include Mary Ellen Vogt, a professor of education
at CSULB, who will discuss improving reading comprehension
in secondary schools and Anthony Alvarado, chancellor of instruction
for the San Diego School District, who will discuss high performing,
low-income schools.
On June 22 California
Secretary of Education, Kerry Mazzoni, will discuss the responsibility
for student achievement by each California education segment
and a panel discussion will be held with the California Education
Roundtable. U.S. Senator James M. Jeffords is scheduled
to close out the conference addressing national educational
issues and trends.
Guests at the conference
will include California Superintendent of schools Delaine
Eastin; California State University Chancellor Charles Reed;
Tom Nussbaum, Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
System; Warren H. Fox, executive director of California Post
Secondary Education Commission and Dennis Galligani, associate
vice president of academic services for the University of
California.
The registration
fee is $65 for educators attending as part of a K-16 partnership
team, $100 for attendees that are not a part of a K-16 team
and $25 for students.
"Last year
it was so popular we had to close registration," said
Dowell. "We believe this will be a very successful
event."
Persons interested
in obtaining further information regarding the conference
may call (562) 985-4546.
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