NCLB and Early Childhood Education (E&S)
Subject: The New America Foundation will host a forum, “No Child Left Behind and Early Education: Prospects for 2008.”
Participants: Amy Wilkins, Education Trust; David Hoff, Education Week; Kathy Patterson, Pre-K Now; Nina Rees, Knowledge Universe Education; and Sara Mead, New America Foundation.
Time and Location: 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.; New America Foundation, 1630 Connecticut, Avenue, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, D.C. Contact: RSVP to communications@newamerica.net with name, affiliation, and contact information.

Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) (E&S)
Subject: The Alliance for Excellent Education will host a forum, “Losing Our Edge: American Students Unprepared for the Global Economy”, to discuss the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s release of the 2006 Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) results.
Participants: Andreas Schleicher, head of the Indicators and Analysis Division, OECD’s Directorate for Education.
Time and Location: 8:30 am to 11:00 a.m. (breakfast served at 8:00 a.m.); National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.
Contact: RSVP to all4ed@all4ed.org, with "RSVP: December 4th PISA Event" as the subject line, or call Kathleen Crymble at 202.828.0828 by Wednesday, November 21, 2007.

Technology in Education (E&S, H)
Subject: The National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training will host a forum, “Rethinking Education: Technology and 21st Century Skills.”
Participants: Emilio Gonzales, Verizon Communications; Jessica Korf, legislative assistant, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA); Susan Patrick, president and CEO, North American Council for Online Learning; Michael Golden, vice president, Administration & Planning, Pearson Corporate Member, Partnership for 21st Century Skills; Ryan Imbriale, assistant principal, Perry Hall High School, Perry Hall, MD and past-president, Maryland Instructional Computer Coordinators Association and board member, International Society for Technology in Education; and Mary Ann Wolf, executive director, State Educational Technology Directors Association.
Time and Location: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (lunch provided); B-345 Rayburn HOB.
Contact: RSVP to adorman@nctet.org by November 30, 2007.

Extended Day (E&S)
Subject: The Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency will host a Webcast discussion, “Extended Day: Threat to the Future of Afterschool or Opportunity to Grow the Field?”
Participants: Jennifer Davis, co-founder and president, Massachusetts 2020 Foundation; Gil Noam, Ed. D, associate professor, Harvard University and founder and director, Program in Education, Afterschool, & Resiliency (PEAR) at McLean Hospital and Harvard University; Dale Blyth, Ph. D., director, Center for 4-H Youth Development, University of Minnesota Extension; Sam Piha, founder and principal, Temescal Associates; and Eric Schwarz, president and CEO, Citizen Schools.
Time and Location: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Contact: Register for this Webcast at http://www.pearweb.org/webinars/index.html, or call Erin Cooney at 617.855.3513, or e-mail ecooney@mclean.harvard.edu.

Teacher Quality (E&S, H)
Subject: Education Week and the American Institutes for Research will host a research policy forum, “Searching for Solutions: An Evidence-Based Dialogue on Teacher Quality”, to review evidence in the field that can be used to improve teacher performance, and to discuss how that evidence can be used to shape effective policies.
Participants: Beatrice Birman, American Institutes for Research; Alice Johnson Cain, senior education policy advisor, House Committee on Education and Labor; Dan Goldhaber, University of Washington; Susan Moore Johnson, Harvard University; Kerstin Carlson LeFloch, American Institutes for Research; Michelle Rhee, chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools; Brad Thomas, professional staff member for the minority, House Committee on Education and Labor; and Lynn Olson, Education Week.
Time and Location: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Contact: RSVP by calling Patrick Kelly at 202.403.5274.

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