CUBE 42nd Annual Conference


Dates: October 8-10, 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Topic: Governing Urban Schools in an Era of Change

The Council of Urban Boards of Education’s (CUBE) 42nd Annual Conference explored the bold actions urban school districts are undertaking to meet the challenge of a new federal direction.Participants experienced three days of interactive learning with urban school board practitioners and superintendents who worked to make a difference in the academic lives of children in urban communities across the nation.Participants also networked with expert keynote speakers in the field of urban education, and learned cutting edge strategies and techniques for improving their skills as school board policymakers.

 

Presentations

Wake County Public Schools: Healthy Schools and Continuous Improvement Objectives and Policy
Presentation by Kevin Hill

Focus on Austin Independent School District Briefing
Presentation by Dr. Paul Cruz

Disruptive Demographics: Implications for K-12 Education
Dr. James H. Johnson

Jefferson County Public Schools
Presentation by Dena Dosset

The Vanishing Class – Drastically Improving Urban Graduation Rates: National Landscape
Presentation by Andrew Moore

Green Jobs Training Center - American Youthworks
Presented during The Vanishing Class-Drastically Improving Urban Graduation Rates session by Richard Halpin

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - Implementation Update
Presentation by Deborah Rigsby

CUBE Districts - Best Practices
Presentation by the Atlanta Public Schools

Childhood Obesity: Meeting the Challenge in Urban Schools through Partnerships and Collaboration
Presentation by Emily Kujawa

Health is Academic
Presented by Carey Dabney

We Have A Solution: The Community Makes it Happen in Houston Public Schools
Presented during the Childhood Obesity session by Rose Haggerty

 
 
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