NALEO CONVENES ELECTED OFFICIALS IN NATION'S CAPITOL FOR LATINO EDUCATION SUMMIT


For Immediate Release September 15, 2008	Contact: Eric Wagner (213) 747-7606, ext. 4427 Email: ewagner@naleo.org

NALEO CONVENES ELECTED OFFICIALS IN NATION'S CAPITOL FOR LATINO EDUCATION SUMMIT Officials Consider Strategies to Close Academic Achievement Gap for Latino Students
WASHINGTON, DC -–The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, the nation’s preeminent Latino leadership organization, will convene around 50 Latino elected officials, including state legislators, municipal officials, community college trustees and school board members from across the country at the group’s 4th Annual National Summit on the State of Latino Education, taking place September 22-25, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The event is open to the media. The Summit is a three-day intensive seminar in which elected officials participate in informational panels, working sessions and strategy groups designed to enhance their knowledge of education issues. Participants will have access to the nation’s leading policy experts from the public, private and non-profit sectors and will engage in structured discussions on the state of Latino education. The Summit will feature insight from national leaders and organizations on the latest education trends, research, policy recommendations, promising practices and model programs for accelerating the academic success of Latino students. Immediately prior to this year’s Summit, Latino state legislators from throughout the United States will participate in a Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades on Capitol Hill, where they will hear new research from the nation’s leading experts on Latinos and early childhood education. The hearing is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the potential of an approach focusing on high-quality Pre-K through 3rd grade programs to close persistent school readiness and achievement gaps for Latino students. The Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades and the 4th Annual National Summit on the State of Latino Education are sponsored by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Foundation for Child Development, Pre-K Now, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and State Farm Insurance Companies. The National Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) and the National Hispanic Caucus of School Board Members are convening partners of these events. For a complete agenda and list of presenters, please visit the NALEO website at: http://www.naleo.org/Education_Summit2008.html
What:	NALEO Educational Fund’s Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades and 4th Annual National Summit on the State of Latino Education
When:	Tuesday, September 22-24, 2008 Monday, September 22, 2008 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Summit Registration 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. Summit Welcome Remarks: Introduction & Program Overview Opening Remarks: The State of Latino Education 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Opening Reception Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Summit Registration and Breakfast 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Travel to U.S. Capitol for Latino Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Legislative Hearing Welcome Remarks - House Ways & Means Committee Room, Longworth House Office Building 8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Co-Chair Opening Remarks and Legislative Introductions 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Panel I – The Importance of Pre-K and the Early Grades (pre-k to 3rd) for Latinos: Dispelling Myths, Reviewing Facts 10:15 – 1:30 p.m. High School Equity Advocacy on Hill 10:15 – 11:30 a.m. Panel II – Programs That Work: Case Studies of Various State Approaches 11:30 – 12:15 p.m. Panel III – Approaches to Funding Pre-K to 3rd at the State Level 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Moderated Strategy Session, Comments & Adjournment 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Capitol Luncheon 3:00 p.m. Departure for Doubletree Hotel Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Plenary Remarks: Latino Student Achievement and School Wellness 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Session I – English Language Learner Success in the Middle School Years 10:30 – Noon Session II – Redesigning the American High School: Providing Latino Students with Excellent School Leaders and Teachers Noon – 1:30 p.m. Keynote Luncheon - Latino Education in the Age of No Child Left Behind 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Session III – Increasing Latino College Participation: K-12 and Higher Education Partnership Case Study 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. P-20 Strategy Sessions 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Dinner & Closing Address
Where:	Doubletree Hotel 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005
About NALEO Educational Fund:	The NALEO Educational Fund is the nation's leading non-partisan, non-profit organization that facilitates the full participation of Latinos in the American political process, from citizenship to public service.
###
© 2008 National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund Unsubscribe from our list

For Immediate Release
September 15, 2008

Contact: Eric Wagner (213) 747-7606, ext. 4427
Email: ewagner@naleo.org

NALEO CONVENES ELECTED OFFICIALS IN NATION'S CAPITOL
FOR LATINO EDUCATION SUMMIT
Officials Consider Strategies to Close Academic Achievement Gap for Latino Students

WASHINGTON, DC -–The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, the nation’s preeminent Latino leadership organization, will convene around 50 Latino elected officials, including state legislators, municipal officials, community college trustees and school board members from across the country at the group’s 4th Annual National Summit on the State of Latino Education, taking place September 22-25, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The event is open to the media.

The Summit is a three-day intensive seminar in which elected officials participate in informational panels, working sessions and strategy groups designed to enhance their knowledge of education issues. Participants will have access to the nation’s leading policy experts from the public, private and non-profit sectors and will engage in structured discussions on the state of Latino education. The Summit will feature insight from national leaders and organizations on the latest education trends, research, policy recommendations, promising practices and model programs for accelerating the academic success of Latino students.

Immediately prior to this year’s Summit, Latino state legislators from throughout the United States will participate in a Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades on Capitol Hill, where they will hear new research from the nation’s leading experts on Latinos and early childhood education. The hearing is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the potential of an approach focusing on high-quality Pre-K through 3rd grade programs to close persistent school readiness and achievement gaps for Latino students.

The Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades and the 4th Annual National Summit on the State of Latino Education are sponsored by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Foundation for Child Development, Pre-K Now, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and State Farm Insurance Companies.

The National Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) and the National Hispanic Caucus of School Board Members are convening partners of these events.

For a complete agenda and list of presenters, please visit the NALEO website at:
http://www.naleo.org/Education_Summit2008.html

What:

NALEO Educational Fund’s Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades and 4th Annual National Summit on the State of Latino Education

When:

Tuesday, September 22-24, 2008

Monday, September 22, 2008

3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Summit Registration

6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Summit Welcome Remarks: Introduction & Program Overview
Opening Remarks: The State of Latino Education

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Opening Reception

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Summit Registration and Breakfast

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Travel to U.S. Capitol for Latino Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Legislative Hearing Welcome Remarks - House Ways & Means Committee Room, Longworth House Office Building

8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Co-Chair Opening Remarks and Legislative Introductions

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Panel I – The Importance of Pre-K and the Early Grades (pre-k to 3rd) for Latinos: Dispelling Myths, Reviewing Facts

10:15 – 1:30 p.m.
High School Equity Advocacy on Hill

10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Panel II – Programs That Work: Case Studies of Various State Approaches

11:30 – 12:15 p.m.
Panel III – Approaches to Funding Pre-K to 3rd at the State Level

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Moderated Strategy Session, Comments & Adjournment

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Capitol Luncheon

3:00 p.m.
Departure for Doubletree Hotel

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration & Breakfast

8:30 a.m.
Plenary Remarks: Latino Student Achievement and School Wellness

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Session I – English Language Learner Success in the Middle School Years

10:30 – Noon
Session II – Redesigning the American High School: Providing Latino Students with Excellent School Leaders and Teachers

Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Keynote Luncheon - Latino Education in the Age of No Child Left Behind

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Session III – Increasing Latino College Participation: K-12 and Higher Education Partnership Case Study

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
P-20 Strategy Sessions

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dinner & Closing Address

Where:

Doubletree Hotel
1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005

About NALEO Educational Fund:

The NALEO Educational Fund is the nation's leading non-partisan, non-profit organization that facilitates the full participation of Latinos in the American political process, from citizenship to public service.

###