Live It. Learn It. Change It.
November 6-8
Charlotte, North Carolina
Connect with thousands of K-12 educators, students, parents, and other leading thinkers who are changing lives through learning. Create schools for the 21st century that are personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging through your life, through your teaching and learning, and through the change that you inspire. Learn more about the conference goals.
Guest speakers include Glenn Singleton, Carol Tomlinson, Cathryn Berger Kaye, Alan Blankstein, and the Forum for Education and Democracy. Fall Forum also features school visits, intensive day-long pre-conference sessions, and an extraordinary offering of practitioner-led sessions.
The Westin Charlotte
601 South College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
See the Visit Charlotte webpage for more information on the city, things to do, and places to go.
Registration Fees and Other Details
CES begins accepting proposals April 11
Session proposals due May 14
Notification of acceptance in early June
Conference registration opens August 25
*Please note that the period during which CES National will be accepting applications is one month earlier this year.
For more details about conference logistics or general Fall Forum information, contact Amy Rodriguez Lee, arlee@essentialschools.org
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