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Fall Forum 2009
Changing Schools: Changing Lives
Sheraton New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
November 5-7, 2009
Our Fall Forum 2009 Call For Proposals is now closed.
Fall Forum 2009 celebrates CES’s 25th anniversary with powerful exchanges of innovative practices and democratic policies that increase equitable student achievement.
FALL FORUM 2009 CALL FOR EXHIBITORS! Learn More.
REGISTRATION AND LOGISTICS
Fall Forum 2009 registration opens in early August! Please contact the CES National office for more information at 510-433-1451 or info@essentialschools.org, and please read below for much more about Fall Forum events. Click for conference fees and registration information
and travel and hotel information.
Interested in up-to-the minute information about Fall Forum program and logistical details? Create a CES Interactive account so that we can send you electronic bulletins with updates and information on this and other CES events.
FALL FORUM 2009 HIGHLIGHTS
Opening Keynote Speaker: Gloria Ladson Billings
Gloria Ladson Billings is the Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Ladson Billings’s research examines the pedagogical practices of teachers who are successful with African American students. She is the author of critically acclaimed books that include The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children.
Featured Speaker: Grant Wiggins
Grant Wiggins is the President of Authentic Education in Hopewell, New Jersey. Wiggins consults with schools, districts and state education departments on a variety of reform matters; organizes conferences and workshops; and develops print materials and Web resources on curricular change. He is perhaps best known for being the co-author, with Jay McTighe, of Understanding By Design and The Understanding By Design Handbook.
Additional Featured Speakers and Sessions
Anti-racist educator Tim Wise
Art Start Hip-Hop founder Chris “Kazi” Rolle
Vice President of National Youth Leadership Council Wokie Weah
The Forum for Education and Democracy
CES co-founder Deborah Meier
Boston Arts Academy Headmaster Linda Nathan
CES’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations and Reflections
New Orleans Panel Discussion
Equity Town Hall
Pre-Conference Service-Learning with the Crescent City Art Project
In solidarity with the people of New Orleans, join hundreds of students and educators in a service-learning experience designed to renew the city’s schools and communities co-created by CES and the Crescent City Art Project. Through Crescent City’s Paint the Change Program, service-learning participants join school communities to transform school landscapes from mundane environments to colorful, artistic places of learning.
Day-Long Pre-Conference Sessions and School Visits
CES offers a range of in-depth learning experiences and off-site school visits; more information on these opportunities coming soon.
Networking and Relationship Building
Fall Forum provides opportunities for team building and networking, including an interactive Opening Session on Thursday, November 5 followed by a reception. Meals and breaks are designed to support informal social gatherings for participants to meet, discuss their work, and build a network of professional support.
Youth Participation
We strongly encourage youth participation at Fall Forum, with content strands and session types specifically geared for youth, and a day-long Youth Forum on Thursday, November 5.
CONTACT US AND FURTHER INFORMATION
For more details about conference logistics or general Fall Forum information, contact Amy Rodriguez Lee at arlee@essentialschools.org or 510-433-1925.
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