A New Era for Accountability, Leadership, Teaching, and Learning | Friday, March 23, 2:45—4:15 pm
Book Signing | Friday, March 23, 4:30—5 p.m.
Douglas Reeves has a solution for accountability that uses innovation borne out of flexibility even in the midst of financial constraints. "Specifically," Reeves states, "we have an opportunity to take our schools from test prep centers to meeting the critical needs of the 21st Century. We can develop practical assessments that will engage students, reduce failure and the enormous costs associated with failure, and improve our focus on creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking." LEARN MORE
The Future of Educational Change | Saturday, March 24, 7:30—9 am
Book Signing | Saturday, March 24, 9:15—10:15 a.m.
Andrew Hargreaves, Thomas More Brennan Chair of Education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, outlines an alternative path for the future focused on innovation, inspiration, and sustainability. Hargreaves shares many lessons learned on performance and leading performance beyond expectations in the executive summary of his recent report, Performance Beyond Expectations, which you can download at no cost. LEARN MORE
Building the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community | Thurs, March 22, 12:30—2:30 pm
Book Signing |Thursday, March 22, 4:15—5:30 p.m.
What's the secret to leading your school to continued improvement? The answer is teamwork, according to Richard and Rebecca DuFour. Learn from two of today's foremost experts on building and maintaining Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). Spend a full afternoon on March 22 with the DuFours when they will also present these two level-specific Concurrent Sessions following their Plenary Session:
Raising the Bar & Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes in Middle Schools (Richard DuFour), 2:45—4:15 pm
Raising the Bar & Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes in Elementary Schools (Rebecca DuFour), 2:45—4:15 pm
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Practical Strategies Linking Brain Research to Student Achievement of Students from Poverty | Friday, March 23, 7:30—9 am
Book Signing | Friday, March 23, 4:30—5:30 p.m.
Eric Jensen will present fresh, research-supported insights, key background knowledge, and a practical roadmap for academic success with kids from poverty. Learn how experience changes the brain, and discover if it is genes or environment that matters most. LEARN MORE
Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization
Saturday, March 24, 11am—12:30 pm
Book Signing | Saturday, March 24, 12:45 p.m.—1:45 p.m.
Yong Zhao: Based on his own experience as a student in China and as a parent of children attending school in the United States, Zhao skewers conventional wisdom while setting straight the recent history and current state of U.S. schools.
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