Everywhere, May 1 - 31, 2010 Join the Coalition of Essential Schools in a nationwide campaign to promote and celebrate exhibitions as a preferred form of student assessment! National Exhibition Month is a nationwide campaign to promote and celebrate exhibitions as a preferred form of student assessment.  Throughout the month of May, schools across the country will participate in activities that make their exhibition work public and advocate for the use of exhibitions in their local contexts.    This is a...  Continued ...

Washington, Apr 19 - 20, 2010 Join the Coalition of Essential Schools and the Forum for Education and Democracy for Horace on the Hill to meet with legislators to tell your story in order to influence policies that support equitable, personalized and academically vibrant schools for your students and for young people everywhere. Click here to register for this event, and read on for a special bonus for early registrants. Horace on the Hill will educate you about current proposed education legislative initaitives...  Continued ...

Keene, Aug 9 - 13, 2010 The Antioch Center for School Renewal, a CES affiliate, has space remaining for its Beginning Critical Friends Group Coaches Training; details and registration here. Spend a few days in lovely New Hampshire to establish and strenghten your school's professional learning community. Want to know more about Critical Friends Groups? Read on: A Critical Friends Group is a professional learning community committed to improving practice through collaborative learning. Teacher leaders and...  Continued ...

San Francisco, Nov 10 - 13, 2010 Register for Fall Forum: http://www.regonline.com/fall_forum_2010  Convened by the Coalition of Essential Schools as our annual "conversation among friends," Fall Forum provides the essential tools, knowledge, contacts, and vision to create and sustain personalized, equitable, academically challenging schools that prepare all students for successful lives. Fall Forum is the embodiment of more than 25 years of principled and proved educational practices that support all young...  Continued ...