Denver in April

Interested in Social Change through Education? Then the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, from April 25-27, 2010 is for YOU!

Council on Foundations
2010 Annual Conference
Denver, CO
April 25-27, 2010
Monday, April 26th 10:30 AM

Getting Out of the Catch-Up Business: PreK-3rd as the First Indispensable Step
Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B/C, Third Level

By third grade, children must have the knowledge, skills, and disposition to succeed in school. By then, children must develop the skills to read, to learn, to understand and use mathematical concepts, and to be engaged in a learning community of peers and adults. Doing so requires that students begin early with quality pre-kindergarten and continue with instruction that builds on what children have learned and what they will be expected to learn. This approach (known increasingly as Pre-K-3rd) is being tried across the country. These years are the first, indispensable link in a Pre-K-16 education system that prepares all students for college.

Moderator: Ralph Smith, executive vice president, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Presenters: Jerry Weast, superintendent, Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools; Timothy Knowles, John Dewey director, Urban Education Institute, University of Chicago; Ruby Takanishi, president and CEO, Foundation for Child Development
Session Designer: Fasaha M. Traylor, senior program officer, Foundation for Child Development