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Mobile,
Alabama—
October 17-19, 2001
States: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Reno, Nevada—
November 13-15, 2001
States: Alaska, Arizona, California,
Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam,
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau
San Antonio, Texas—
December 17-19, 2001
States: Arkansas, Colorado,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin
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The U.S. Department of Education has announced
the Eighth Annual Regional Conferences on Improving America's Schools
(IAS). These conferences will bring together teachers, principals,
parents, superintendents, state and local education officials, representatives
of community-based educational organizations, and others to learn
more about how to integrate federal programs with state and local
efforts and to use resources to implement comprehensive school reform.
Participants will gain an understanding of the Department's new
priorities and initiatives, learn about the latest education-related
research and data, receive information about funding opportunities,
and share ideas with Departmental staff.
Registration
Conference participants may register
online, by phone at (800) 552-0722, ext. 1022, or on-site at
the conference. Please note the conference dates, locations, and
regional assignments in the box below.
IAS Priority Sessions
- Achieving High Standards Through Accountability
and Flexibility
- Putting Reading First
- Promoting Strong Cognitive Programs in
Early Childhood
- Boosting Teacher Quality
- Creating Safe Schools
- Improving Math and Science Instruction
- Enabling Limited English Proficient Students
to Achieve English Fluency
- Promoting Parental Options and Innovative
Programs
- Enhancing Education Through Technology
- Reauthorizing IDEA
IAS Institute Topics
- Accountability and High Standards
- Using Assessment Data to Inform Instruction
- Strong Core Reading Instruction
- Cognitive Development in Pre-K and Head
Start
- Reading Interventions for Struggling Readers
K-12
- Teacher Quality/Professional Development
- Enhancing Teaching and Learning With Technology
- Achieving English Language Fluency
- Rethinking High Schools
- Education for Diverse Learners
- Families Engaged in Student Learning
- Safe Schools
- School Leadership
- Mastering Math
- Using Alternative Schools and Small Learning
Communities to Keep Secondary School Students Engaged
- Adult and Family Literacy
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