UPCOMING U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EVENTS

UPCOMING U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EVENTS

 

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, at 3:00 p.m. local time, Americans are asked to stop what they are doing and spend one minute in a Moment of Remembrance.  The mid-afternoon time was chosen because it is when a majority of Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the holiday.  FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO http://www.remember.gov/.

 

The Department is conducting a web conference on ARRA data quality and recordkeeping, “Avoiding Reporting Pitfalls,” on June 7 at 2:00 p.m. ET.  This presentation will help grantees improve the quality of their data collection and analysis, to meet the reporting requirements of their federal grants, as well as the requirements for retaining records related to grant activities and expenditures.  The presentation will also share information on common data quality pitfalls identified during reviews of Section 1512 reports.  FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/rms-web-conferences.html.

 

July 19-21, the Department will convene the 2010 Reading Institute in Anaheim, California (http://www.mikogroup.com/2010readinginstitute/).  And this year, for the first time, the Department of Education is joining with the Department of Health and Human Services to offer an Early Learning and Development Strand at the Institute (http://www.mikogroup.com/2010earlylearningdevelopmentstrand/).  This strand will feature sessions on developmentally appropriate practices in language and literacy for children from birth-to-third-grade and planning and building comprehensive early learning systems and infrastructure.  Federally funded grantees, educators, state and local policymakers, and other stakeholders in early learning are encouraged to attend.  There is no registration fee for the Institute or its specific strands.

 

Meanwhile, two upcoming webinars will provide a foundation for participation in the early learning strand.  First, on June 16 (1:00-2:30 p.m. ET), the Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families will host a Pre-Anaheim 2010 Institute webinar on the state of early learning for children from birth-to-third-grade.  Then, on June 29 (1:30-2:30 p.m. ET), the National Institute for Early Education Research and the National Title I Association will host a Pre-Anaheim 2010 Institute webinar on trends in pre-kindergarten and the implications for transition to kindergarten.  Both webinars are available free of charge.  FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO http://www.mikogroup.com/2010earlylearningdevelopmentstrand/whatsnew.htm.

 

June 10-13, the Department will exhibit at the National PTA Convention in Memphis.  If you are attending this event, please stop by the Department’s booth.

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