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Check out the up-to-the-minute agenda for the EEP-NAN Education Convention: April 2nd and 3rd in NYC

on Mar 26, 2009 by Team EEP

National Action Network and Education Equality Project Present:  Education Sections of NAN Annual Convention  
April 1st – April 4th, 2009
Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers

Thursday, April 2nd  
10:00 ‐11:00 am:  Plenary Session: Arne Duncan, United States Secretary of Education
6:00 ‐ 7:30 pm:  American Conversation: Reverend Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich
 
 
Friday, April 3rd  
10‐11:30 am: Panel: "How to ensure a high‐quality education for your child"
Featuring:
Joe Williams, Democrats For Education Reform
Virginia Walden Ford, D.C. Parents for School Choice  
Kyesha Bennett, Harlem Parents United  
Bill Jackson, GreatSchools.net
 
11:30 am ‐ 2:30 pm:  Luncheon ‐ A Conversation on Education  
Featuring:     
James Mtume, Radio Personality  
Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor, Los Angeles
Adrian Fenty, Mayor, Washington, DC
 Kevin Johnson, Mayor, Sacramento
Claudio Sanchez, National Public Radio
Reverend Al Sharpton, President/Founder, National Action Network  
Joel Klein, Chancellor of New York City Public Schools  
Margaret Spellings, Former United States Secretary of Education  


4:00‐5:30 pm Panel: "Schools that work"
Featuring:
Kevin Chavous, Former Chair of the Washington D.C. Council Education Committee  
David Whitman, Author of Sweating the Small Stuff  
Jarvis Sanford, Dodge Renaissance School  
Ben Chavis, American Indian Public Charter School   
Ryan Hill, KIPP TEAM Schools
 
Join us!  All sessions are free and open to the public.
 
 
 

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