American students are achieving academic success until they reach middle school.
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is proud to host this timely debate on why the middle grades have become "the place where achievement goes to die." Dr. Cheri Pierson Yecke (newly appointed Chancellor of K-12 Education in Florida and author of the new Fordham report, Mayhem in the Middle) will join leading middle school researchers and practitioners to discuss the necessary steps for bringing children in this age group back on track before they reach high school. Joining (and debating) Dr. Yecke will be: Dr. James Beane (Professor in the National College of Education, National Louis University), Sondra Cooney (Consultant, Making Middle Grades Work, Southern Regional Education Board), Susan Schaeffler (Executive Director and Founding Principal, KIPP DC) and moderator Richard Whitmire (USA Today). Please RSVP no later than Monday, September 12, 2005, at 5 pm via phone at 202-223-5452 or email [email protected].
When
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
9-11 am (Continental breakfast available at 8:30 am)
Where
National Press Club
Holeman Lounge (13th Floor)
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC
For more information, click here.