2009 Calendar of Events
June 2010
Dates: June 15
Location: Online
Format: Webinar
Topic: Diplomas Count 2010: Graduation by the Numbers
Audience: Education leaders
Sponsors: Scholastic, Education Week
Dates: June 20–23
Location: Detroit, MI
Format: Conference
Topic: 40th Annual National Conference on Student Assessment
Audience: Educators, policymakers
Sponsor: Council of Chief State School Officers
Dates: June 25
Location: Bloomington, IN
Format: Conference
Topic: Connecting Research to Practice: Effective Leadership to Transform Struggling School
Audience: School and district leaders
Sponsors: Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest at Learning Point Associates, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at Indiana University
Dates: June 28
Location: Chicago, IL
Format: Institute
Topic: National Charter School Facilities Institute
Audience: Entities applying for a charter, opening a first school, or planning to construct a new building
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Education, National Charter School Resource Center at Learning Point Associates
Dates: June 28–July 1
Location: Chicago, IL
Format: Conference
Topic: National Charter Schools Conference “Innovators in Education: Leading the Race to the Top”
Audience: Policymakers, educators, administrators, charter school advocates
Sponsor: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Dates: June 30
Location: Online
Format: Webinar
Topic: Braiding State and Federal Funds to Support Quality, Comprehensive Early Learning Services for Children Ages Birth to Five
Audience: School districts, community-based organizations
Sponsor: WestEd’s SchoolsMovingUp
July 2010
Dates: July 19–221
Location: Anaheim, CA
Format: Institute
Topic: U.S. Department of Education Reading Institute Early Learning and Development Strand: Birth to Third Grade
Audience: Teachers, coaches, principals, state and district administrators
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Dates: July 25–30
Location: Chicago, IL
Format: Workshop Series
Topic: A Perfect Match: Using Data and Standards to Drive Program Design
Audience: Teams of teachers and administrators working to improve their district’s language education programs for English language learners
Sponsors: Illinois Resource Center (IRC), the World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium at the University of Wisconsin–Madison