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Monday, October 27, 2008

Audio Conference: Impact of New Regulations for NCLB

Audio Conference: Impact of New Regulations for NCLB
October 29, 7:30 pm EDT

How will the new regulations to NCLB impact education in 2009?
Join Richard Long, IRA Director of Government Relations, as he discusses the impact of new regulations for NCLB that will effect NCLB's cell size calculations, use of growth models, graduation rates and other parts of NCLB.

This will be a free service, but registration is limited.

Register by Tuesday, October 28 (the day the new regulations are being announced) with btierney@reading.org to receive the call-in number and a Power Point set of slides that will be sent 10/29. Dr. Long will brief callers for 20 minutes and then answer questions.
E-mail concise questions in advance to btierney@reading.org. (We cannot guarantee that all questions will be answered during the call. We will try to answer all questions by e-mail.) Include your name and affiliation when posting your questions.
__________________________________________________________________________________________If Listen in to the US Department of Education's briefing on the new regulations-- sign up for one of these services:

1) IN-PERSON BRIEFING
When: Tuesday, October 28, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ET
Where: U.S. Department of Education's Auditorium (400 Maryland Ave.,S.W., Washington, D.C.)
Deputy Secretary Ray Simon, Assistant Secretary for Elementary andSecondary Education Kerri Briggs, and Assistant Deputy Secretary forInnovation and Improvement
RSVPs are not required.

2) CONFERENCE CALL
When: Tuesday, October 28, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. ET
Phone #: 1-800-779-8307
Passcode: EDUCATION
Deputy Secretary Ray Simon, Assistant Secretary for Elementary andSecondary Education Kerri Briggs, and Assistant Deputy Secretary forInnovation and Improvement
Again, RSVPs are not required.

3) LIVE WEBCAST
When: Thursday, October 30, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. ET
Senior Department officials will host this event. More details to follow.

<http://www.ed.gov/>http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/10/10282008.html.

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