Upcoming Events:
The National
Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP)
Fifth Annual National Conference
Paving the Road Ahead: Improving
Student Achievement, Schools and Communities.
San Francisco, CA
July 17-20, 2005.
The
purpose of this conference is to highlight the importance of K-16
education/community partnerships and the accomplishments of the Gaining
Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). The
conference also serves to facilitate the forging of new alliances among
K-16 practitioners; learning about other federal and foundation
sponsored college awareness efforts as well as other academic and
student support programs; and discovery of new ways to engage local
communities, businesses, and professional associations in the work of
GEAR UP partnerships.
If you are interested in submitting a conference presentation proposal,
you can find the thematic parameters and the application on the website
at:
http://www.edpartnerships.org/Template.cfm?Section=2005_NCCEP_Annual_Conference.
(Proposal deadline is November 19th.)