Local Education Funds: Leading Transformation in Public Education, PEN's 16th Annual Conference

Public Education Network’s 16th Annual Conference examined the strategic roles LEFs perform in helping school districts and communities transform public education, especially in the areas of building and organizing communities, promoting policy and practice change, and developing the necessary infrastructures for redesigning the system of public education. In short, the 2006 conference was designed to define, document and promote the critical roles LEFs play in shaping their districts’ and communities' responses in providing poor children with the educational, human and social skills they need to be full participants in society.

Keynote Speakers
 

		SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 New Challenges for Public Education Diane Ravitch Research Professor of Education, New York University Click here for presentation audio.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Local Education Funds - Champions of Change Click here for presentation PDF.   Karen Mapp Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education Carolyn Akers Executive Director, Mobile Area Education Foundation Daniel D. Challener President, Public Education Foundation Ellen Guiney Executive Director, Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools Robert Hughes President, New Visions for Public Schools
		MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Transforming Public Education: The Global Context Madeleine Albright Former Secretary of State; Principal, The Albright Group Speech unavailable at this time.
		TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Education: The Key to Saving a Community's Children Geoffrey Canada President, Harlem Children's Zone Click here for presentation audio. Click here for audio of closing comments.
Download Session Materials
Engaging Cities: What Municipal Leaders Are Doing To Mobilize Communities to Improve Public Schools Presentation by: - Michael Grady, Deputy Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform - Norm Fruchter, Director, Community Involvement Program - Maria Guajardo, Executive Director, Mayor's Office of Education and Children, Denver, Colorado This session highlighted cities where mayors are responding to the challenge of improving public schools by seeking new and more effective ways to engage key segments of their communities. Presenters provided municipal, community, and educational leaders with resources for successful public engagement to support education reform. http://www.annenberginstitute.org/resources/conference.html
Save the Dates
Leadership Symposium November 11-13, 2007 Gallup University Omaha, Nebraska Leaders Retreat July 18-20, 2007 Cheyenne Mountain Resort Colorado Springs, Colorado   Annual Conference November 9-11 2008 San Francisco, California
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