AGENDA

Schools for Our Future:
Ensuring Quality Education for All Children

Sponsored by The Campaign for Educational Equity/Access, Public Education Network, Education Law Center, and Rural School and Community Trust

June 5-6, 2006 at the
Wyndham Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Agenda

Monday, June 5, 2006

7:30 – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 8:45 am Registration

8:45 – 9:00 am Welcome

Wendy Puriefoy, President, Public Education Network

9:00 – 9:30 am Opening Remarks: Comprehensive Educational Equity: Framing an Agenda for Success in Challenging Times

Michael A. Rebell, Executive Director, The Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College

9:30 – 10:30 am Plenary Session: Roundup from the States

Molly A. Hunter, Director, National Equity Network, The Campaign for Educational Equity

10:30 - 10:45 am Break

10:45 - 11:45 am Roundup from the States (continued)

12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch

12:30– 1:15 pm Luncheon Address: A View from the Bench

Justice Gary Stein, New Jersey Supreme Court, retired

1:15– 3:15 pm Plenary Session: Strengthening Communications to Increase Our Effectiveness

3:15 - 3:30 pm Break

3:30 – 5:00 pm Concurrent Sessions:

1. How Are They Doing It? Real-world Success in Diverse Communities

2. Promoting Community Schools and Fighting Consolidation

3. The Hidden Charybdis* of School Finance Reform: Economic and Tax Policy

*In Greek mythology, a ship-devouring whirlpool monster

4. Litigators' Workshop, Part I -- For Plaintiff Litigators Only

5:15 – 7:00 pm Reception

Tuesday, June 6, 2006

7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 am Welcome

Rachel Tompkins, President, Rural School and Community Trust

8:45 - 9:45 am Plenary: Costing Out: An Update and Strategy Conversation

9:45 - 10:00 am Break

10:00– 11:30 am Concurrent Sessions:

1. Making Quality Education a Civil Right

2. Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: New Ideas, New Practices

3. Assessing Voucher, Charter, and Private Management Options

4. Expanding After-School and Other Extended Time Programs

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Plenary Session: Looking Ahead to NCLB Reauthorization

12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch

1:15 - 1:30 pm Reflection: Linkages and Next Steps

1:30 - 3:00 pm Concurrent Sessions

1. Holding Public Officials Accountable

2. Engaging Youth in Reform

3. Litigators' Workshop, Part II -- For Plaintiff Litigators Only

3:00 pm Adjourn