Upcoming Webinars

Webinar: State Supports for Low-Performing Schools and Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

12:00–1:00 PM

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HOSTED BY
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands, administered by Education Development Center, Inc.

OVERVIEW
The webinar is based on the newly published Issues & Answers Report, “How Eight State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Identify and Support Low–Performing Schools and Districts,” which describes and analyzes how eight state education agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region—those of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and Vermont—identify and support low-performing schools and districts under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Focusing on direct state supports and interventions, the report finds that the eight agencies have created supports and rationales to put federally defined accountability principles into practice in response to their specific contexts, local needs, and capacities.

PRESENTERS
Peter Orne, REL-NEI; Moderator
Sonia Caus Gleason, Consultant, Learning Innovations at WestEd; Co-author
Leslie Hergert, Senior Researcher, REL-NEI; Co-author

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
National, state, and local policymakers; state education leaders; district and school administrators; representatives of professional associations and unions; and teachers, parents and students.

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Register online. Select the desired event and complete the registration form. Please forward this invitation to a colleague. Space is limited, and early registration is encouraged. Registrants will receive a confirmation e-mail and instructions for logging into the webinar.

REL-NEI Webinars provide an interactive forum for state education agencies, superintendents, principals, district level specialists, association heads, state legislatures, teachers unions, and parent associations seeking applied education research to make policy and practice decisions leading to improved student achievement and reduced performance gaps. These sessions not only present findings but place a special emphasis on connecting applied education research to the work of field practitioners.

QUESTIONS? Contact relneiinfo@edc.org