When: | Tuesday, June 21
10:30-11:30 a.m. EDT | | | Where: | Dial 888-390-3983 to participate. Please call in 5-10 minutes before the conference is scheduled to begin. | | | Why: | - Learn why family engagement in education is an important contributor to early literacy development and later academic success,
- Learn more about the new bipartisan Family Engagement in Education Act of 2011 (S.941/H.R.1821) and what it will mean if it is passed,
- Hear about a cost-effective, evidence-based early childhood literacy and parent engagement model that is producing results across the country, and
- Find out what a large urban school district is doing to get parents more involved in their children’s education.
*Media will have the opportunity to ask questions in this interactive, media-only audio call. | | | Who: | - Caroline Hendrie, Executive Director, Education Writers Association (moderator)
- Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, (D-NY4) (tentative)
- Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT and advisor to The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
- Gabrielle Miller, Ed.D, National Executive Director,Raising A Reader
- Tomas Hanna, Associate Superintendent of Academic Support, Philadelphia Public Schools
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Please RSVP by Friday, June 17 via email to: kathleen@thehatchergroup.com |
