10:00 AM -- 2:00 PM
Media/Press Office

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

12:00 PM -- 5:30 PM
Cyber Cafe

6:00 PM -- 7:30 PM
Opening Welcome Reception at Hotel

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

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

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

7:30 AM -- 8:30 AM
Networking Breakfast Buffet

8:30 AM -- 9:30 AM
Opening Plenary Session

9:30 AM -- 9:45 AM
AM Break

9:45 AM -- 11:45 AM
Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Involving Students in Policymaking

9:45 AM -- 11:45 AM
The Postsecondary Challenge: Increasing Student Success, Ensuring Affordability and Maintaining Costs

9:45 AM -- 11:45 AM
Policy Levers You Can Promote on Monday (to reduce the achievement gap)

9:45 AM -- 11:45 AM
Needed: More and Better K-12 Math and Science Teachers – Are America’s Universities Responding?

11:45 AM -- 12:00 PM
Break

12:00 PM -- 1:30 PM
"A Nation Still At Risk -- What Now?"

1:30 PM -- 2:00 PM
PM Break

2:00 PM -- 4:00 PM
Having the Funding Follow the Student ... Can it Work?

2:00 PM -- 4:00 PM
Why Do Some Schools Do Better? How Do We Bridge the Gap Between Research and Policy for English Language Learners

2:00 PM -- 4:00 PM
"You Want Fries with That? Improving High School Graduation Rates in the States”

2:00 PM -- 4:00 PM
Developing and Delivering a Statewide Coaching Program for School Leaders

4:00 PM -- 4:15 PM
Break

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #1 – Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America’s Middle Class

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #2 – On a Razor’s Edge: Funding Education in Bad Economic Times

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #3 – Child Care Quality Rating Systems

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #4 – Flash Round: Current Changes and Next Steps in High School Reform

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #5 – Estimating a State’s Math and Science Teacher Supply and Demand

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #6 – Helping Low-Income Students Succeed In Higher Education

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #7 – Challenges Facing Rural Schools

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #8 – Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative: Analytic Framework

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #9 – Lessons Learned From State Data Systems

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #10 - Pre-K Guidelines and the TEEM Model

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #11 - A New Day for Schools

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #12 - Working Holistically to Improve School Systems

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #13-State Scholars Initiative

5:15 PM -- 6:15 PM
ECS Commissioners' Business Session

6:00 PM
Board Buses to Off-Site Reception at Bob Bullock History Museum

6:30 PM -- 8:00 PM
Off-site Reception at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

7:00 AM -- 2:30 PM
National Forum Registration Desk

7:00 AM -- 2:30 PM
Media Office

7:00 AM -- 2:30 PM
Cyber Cafe

7:30 AM -- 9:30 AM
James Bryant Conant Award Breakfast

9:30 AM -- 10:00 AM
Learning What Works

10:00 AM -- 10:15 AM
AM Break

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
Creating the 21st Century Community College: Aligning Policy and Practice to Increase Student Success and Meet Workforce Needs

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
No More Parallel Play: Governors’ Symposia on Early Learning and the Early Grades

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
Preparing and Supporting Teachers for Urban Schools

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
Using Growth Models to Measure Student Performance

12:15 PM -- 12:30 PM
Break

12:30 PM -- 2:15 PM
Benchmarking Internationally: The Need Confronts the Reality

2:15 PM -- 2:30 PM
PM Break

2:30 PM -- 5:30 PM
In It to Win It – High-Leverage (Yet Often Overlooked) Elements of P-20 Reform