Join Us in June!

For six consecutive years, the National Access Network’s Quality Education Conference has brought together litigators pressing for fair and equal opportunity, organizers advocating for quality education in good schools, policy experts researching education programs and finance, and educators working to improve classroom results – and this year is no exception. The 7th Annual Quality Education conference on June 7-8 at the Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel will include plenary sessions, discussion break out sessions, workshops, and exciting speakers. Co-sponsored by the Public Education Network, the Education Law Center, and the Rural School and Community Trust, this year’s event will feature sessions on overcoming achievement gaps, cost studies, statewide organizing, English Language Learners, facilities and an array of other issues.

Together with these exciting sessions, the conference will feature interactive workshops, such as the Organizing Workshop, the perennially popular Litigators’ Workshop and the Roundup from the States. Participants will benefit from several influential speakers, with the Keynote Address from Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Luncheon Address from the Honorable George Bundy Smith, retired Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and welcoming remarks from Wendy Puriefoy, President of Public Education Network. The conference will also include the plenary session, “What More will the 100th Congress Address?” with Jack Jennings, President and CEO of the Center on Education Policy. The agenda is available on the conference website: http://www.schoolfunding.info/conference/agenda.php3.

The conference is by invitation only. If you need an invitation, feel free to contact us. The 7th Annual Quality Education Conference is an opportunity to meet and share experiences with lawyers, organizers, policy makers, and educators and will play an important role in strengthening the links between school funding litigation, public engagement, and education policies that strengthen public schools.

Prepared by Holly P. Clune, May 1, 2007