REGIONAL SUMMIT ON INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION: EMPOWERING THE GRASSROOTS WITH EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS

Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00am – 5:00pm (Registration begins at 8:00am) Robert Treat Hotel and Conference Center 50 Park Place Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 622-2153

The No Child Left Behind Act, the Charter Schools Program, the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program and other federal initiatives have expanded educational options for disadvantaged students on a national scale. New initiatives at the state and local levels have also increased opportunities for parents to choose among public and private school options. In fact, there are now 24 programs in 13 states providing financial assistance in the form of vouchers, tax credits, and tax deductions. There were only seven such programs a decade ago.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and the Office of Innovation and Improvement will conduct a regional summit on March 13, 2008, to highlight educational innovations throughout the northeast. The summit will showcase educational options at the local level and seek to empower community leaders and parents with information, ideas, and successful models that can be replicated elsewhere.

This summit will bring together parent advocates, public and private school representatives, state education officials and faith-based and community leaders from Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey to share educational innovations going on in the region.

To register online for this regional summit, please go to www.fbci.gov; click on “Department of Education” (right side of screen); select “News and Events” (center box); click on “Regional Summits on Innovations in Education;” scroll down; click on “Registration Form;” select summit location; complete form; click on “Submit.” (Or click here for direct link.)

Please register by Tuesday, March 11.

If you are unable to register online or have questions, please call (202) 219-1741.

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