10:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Media Office

10:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Registration Desk

10:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Cyber Cafe

1:00 PM -- 3:30 PM
Tour Philadelphia's School of the Future

3:30 PM -- 4:30 PM
Optimizing Your ECS Experience

5:30 PM -- 7:30 PM
Off-Site Welcome Reception

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Registration Desk

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Media Office

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Cyber Cafe

7:30 AM -- 10:00 AM
Tough Choices, Tough Times: Does Our Education System Need To Be Rebuilt?

10:00 AM -- 10:15 AM
Break

10:15 AM -- 12:00 PM
Plenary Dialogue Breakout: Getting It Done - How to Institute Education Reform Politically and Philanthropically

10:15 AM -- 12:00 PM
Educating Today's Adult Workforce

10:15 AM -- 12:00 PM
Accountability for Pre-K: The Role of Assessments

10:15 AM -- 12:00 PM
State Success Stories in High School Reform

10:15 AM -- 12:00 PM
Student Engagement - Policy, Pedagogy and Partnerships

10:15 AM -- 12:00 PM
Understanding and Addressing the Equitable Teacher Distribution Challenge

10:15 AM -- 12:00 PM
Plenary Dialogue Breakout: Tough Choices, Tough Times: Moving From the Report to Results

12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM
Plenary Lunch: Student Unit Records: New Elephant in the Room?

2:00 PM -- 2:15 PM
Break

2:15 PM -- 3:45 PM
The Impact of School Finance Studies on State Policy

2:15 PM -- 3:45 PM
Providing a Solid Foundation for STEM Education: K-12

2:15 PM -- 3:45 PM
Plenary Dialogue Breakout: State Student Information Systems and Their Implications for K-12 Schools

2:15 PM -- 3:45 PM
Plenary Dialogue Breakout: Postsecondary Issues with Student Unit Record Data Systems

2:15 PM -- 3:45 PM
Student Engagement: Why Aren't We Listening?

2:15 PM -- 3:45 PM
Evaluating Teachers Based on What They Do

2:15 PM -- 3:45 PM
Increasing College Readiness: Reinventing the Role of Postsecondary Education

6:00 PM -- 7:00 PM
General Reception

7:00 PM -- 8:45 PM
James Bryant Conant Award Banquet

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Registration Desk

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Media Office

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Cyber Cafe

7:30 AM -- 9:30 AM
Chair's Breakfast: Great Teachers for Tomorrow

9:30 AM -- 10:00 AM
Break

10:00 AM -- 11:30 AM
First Steps into the P-16 Education Pipeline: P-3 -- What it is and Why it's Important

10:00 AM -- 11:30 AM
School Finance 101

10:00 AM -- 11:30 AM
Transforming Education through Leadership, Policy and Practice - Mississippi's Mission

10:00 AM -- 11:30 AM
Helping to STEM Brain Drain and Spur Economic Growth: How Best Can State Policymakers Work with the Business and Philanthropic Communities?

10:00 AM -- 11:30 AM
Improving Working Conditions for Teacher Retention and Student Success

10:00 AM -- 11:30 AM
P-16 Partnerships: Are They Achieving Results?

11:30 AM -- 11:45 AM
Break

11:45 AM -- 1:45 PM
Plenary Lunch: Annual Discussion with Today's Education Governors

1:45 PM -- 2:00 PM
Break

2:00 PM -- 3:30 PM
Levers and Landmines of Restructuring Schools

2:00 PM -- 3:30 PM
Early College High Schools: Promise and Perils

2:00 PM -- 3:30 PM
NCLB: Gearing Up for Reauthorization

2:00 PM -- 3:30 PM
Cutting to the Core: Identifying the Real Frustrations With Education

2:00 PM -- 3:30 PM
Changing Demographics, Changing Needs

4:00 PM -- 5:30 PM
ECS Commissioners' Business Session

7:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
Registration Desk

7:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
Media Office-Tear Down

7:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
Cyber Cafe

8:00 AM -- 12:30 PM
Aligning P-16 Education