National Association of Public Charter Schools annual convention in New Orleans

The National Association of Public Charter Schools, which I'm on the board of, is having its annual conference this week in New Orleans.  I'm flying there tomorrow aft and return Thursday.  Below is further information -- I wish I could have been there from the start on Sunday!

Highlights of the conference will include general session keynote addresses and special presentations by:

·        Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana 

·        Mary Landrieu, US. Senator 

·        Danny Glover, actor and education activist

·        Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone

·        Petra Nemcova, supermodel and founder “Happy Hearts Fund”

·        Paul Pastorek, Louisiana State Superintendent of Education

·        Paul Vallas, New Orleans School District Superintendent

 

The four-day conference is the largest gathering of educators and other professionals involved in the public charter school movement from around the nation. Currently, there are more than 4,300 public charter schools serving 1.2 million students in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Charter schools have grown rapidly in number since the first charter school was established in Minnesota in 1991. 

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NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS EXPECTED TO HOST RECORD NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS JUNE 22-25

 

Governor Jindal, Senator Landrieu, Petra Nemcova, Danny Glover and Geoffrey Canada among Conference’s Highlighted Speakers

  

Washington DC - In a sign of the growing popularity of public charter schools in the United States, a record 2,800 participants are expected to gather in New Orleans, Louisiana June 22-25 for the Eighth National Charter Schools Conference, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools President Nelson Smith announced today.