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Summit on Education Reform and Hispanic Education Attainment

Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008
Barnard Auditorium
U.S. Department of Education

Program
PDF, 1.4 MB

8:30 a.m.

Registration

9 a.m.

Welcome

Sara Martinez Tucker
Under Secretary of Education
U.S. Department of Education

9:15-9:45 a.m.

NCLB and the State of Hispanic Education Attainment

Susan Aud
Senior Advisor
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
U.S. Department of Education
MS Powerpoint, 7.8 MB | PDF, 52 KB

9:45-10:30 a.m.

Partnership to Address Hispanic High School Dropouts

Adam Chavarria
Executive Director
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

Charles Hiteshew
Chief Operating Officer
America's Promise Alliance
MS Powerpoint, 2.6 MB | PDF, 1.5 MB

10:30-10:45 a.m.

U.S. Department of Education Communication and Outreach Resources

Lauren M. Maddox
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach
Office of Communications and Outreach
U.S. Department of Education

10:45-11 a.m.

Morning Break

11-11:45 a.m.

Early Childhood Development and School Readiness

Sharon E. Yandian
Early Language Specialist
Educational Development and Partnership Division
HHS/ACF/Office of Head Start

Maria Lopez
Director
Institutional Advancement
El Valor
MS Powerpoint, 6.3 MB | PDF, 2.1 MB

Clara Lopez
Vice President
Children's Services
El Valor

11:45 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

Parent and Family Involvement

Doug Mesecar
Assistant Deputy Secretary
Office of Innovation and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education

David Valladolid
President and CEO
Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)
MS Powerpoint, 1.3 MB | PDF, 2.1 MB

Ana Burns
Parent and PIQE Graduate

12:30-1 p.m.

Lunch

1-1:15 p.m.

Remarks

Augustine Martinez
President and CEO
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

1:15-1:45 p.m.

Address

Anna Escobedo Cabral
Treasurer
U.S. Department of the Treasury

1:45-2:30 p.m.

NCLB: From Policy to Practice

Kerri Briggs
Assistant Secretary
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education

Eduardo Cancino
Superintendent
Hidalgo Independent School District
Hidalgo, Texas
MS Powerpoint, 4.6 MB | PDF, 1.6 MB

2:30-3 p.m.

Keynote Address

Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Education
U.S. Department of Education

3-3:10 p.m.

Afternoon Break

3:10-3:55 p.m.

Academic Preparation and College Completion

Cheryl Oldham
Acting Assistant Secretary
Office of Postsecondary Education
Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary
U.S. Department of Education

James Montoya
Vice President
Higher Education Relationship Development
The College Board
MS Powerpoint, 2.3 MB | PDF, 1.2 MB

3:55-4:25 p.m.

National Math and Science Initiative

John Winn
Chief Program Officer
National Math and Science Initiative
MS Powerpoint, 1.5 MB | PDF, 409 KB

4:25-5:10 p.m.

Hispanic STEM Education

Valerie Reyna
Cognitive Psychologist
College of Human Ecology
Cornell University
Member
National Mathematics Advisory Panel

Mike Acosta
Director
U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC) Border Office
The University of Texas at El Paso
MS Powerpoint, 505 KB | PDF, 181 KB

5:10 p.m.

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Last Modified: 09/23/2008