News from 2010
Alliance Evaluators and the American Evaluation Association >>
The Alliance will be well represented at this year's Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Held November 10–13 in San Antonio, Texas, over 2500 evaluators and practitioners from education, health, labor, social services and other areas will be sharing their work and ideas around the theme of Evaluating with Validity. (posted: November 12, 2010)
NEEAC co-sponsors the 15th New England Conference on Multicultural Education on October 14, 2010 >>
The New England Equity Assistance Center (NEEAC) co-sponsored the 15th annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME) on October 14, 2010. The conference, titled "Improving Student Achievement Through Multicultural Learning: Engagement and Success for All" was held at the Hartford Marriott in Farmington, Connecticut. (posted: February 10, 2010)
The New England Equity Assistance Center in collaboration with the Boston College Lynch School of Education (RtI School University Partnership Grant funded by the Teachers for New Era Grant) and the Massachusetts Association of Bilingual Education (MABE) held a forum and networking event. (posted: April 9, 2010)
May 19 webinar, "ECAL: Enhancing Content-Area Learning for ELLs" >>
This web briefing describes a professional development project The Education Alliance has initiated with three Massachusetts urban school districts. Under a 5-year Title III grant, Alliance staff are working with secondary content-area teachers in the three districts to enhance their teaching practice as it relates to English language learners. Presenters from the Alliance's Equity and Diversity division share their successes and lessons learned about critical factors at the district, school, and classroom levels to be addressed for professional development to be relevant and effective. (posted: April 5, 2010)
The Education Alliance has a new home >>
On March 22, 2010, The Education Alliance will be moving. After nearly 15 years in Providence's Jewelry District, we are moving to make way for Brown to convert our building on Richmond Street into a brand new Medical Education facility. (posted: March 4, 2010)
Project BRITE symposium held >> Project BRITE (Brown's Response to Improving Teacher Education) marked the completion of the first cohort of Education Alliance fellows with a symposium on January 22nd and 23rd at Brown University. The symposium gave the fellows an opportunity to report out on their work and to review a presentation by evaluator Dr. Elizabeth Brach. (posted: February 10, 2010)
February 25 webinar, "How Does Improving School Climate Support Student Achievement?" >>
Many schools and districts have entered into the conversation about school safety and bullying, but that conversation is really much broader—taking into consideration the many factors that constitute school climate, and the fact that research now shows that school climate is directly associated with student achievement. This one-hour, online briefing about school climate explores the question, "Which factors, among the many that constitute school climate, are more likely to support increased student achievement?" (posted: January 27, 2010)
The 22nd Annual Northeast Superintendents' Leadership Institute held >>
The 22nd Annual Northeast Superintendents' Leadership Institute was held at the Marriott Hotel in Newport, Rhode Island on April 28–30, 2010. The focus of this year's Institute was "District Leadership Strategies for Improving Teaching and Learning." (posted: February 10, 2010)
