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Wednesday, July 6

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-QuEST ER&D Network Conference (Pre-registration required)
1 p.m.-5 p.m. Pre-QuEST Mini-Institutes (Pre-registration required)

Thursday, July 7

8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Pre-QuEST ER&D & Pre-QuEST Mini-Institutes
8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Registration and Education Expo open
11 a.m.-noon

Orientation for Teams 
(Monroe Ballroom)
Orientation for New Attendees (International Ballroom West) 

1 p.m.-2:15 p.m.

McElroy

 Opening Plenary Session (International Ballroom)
AFT president EDWARD J. McELROY
2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.  Workshops
4:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Vilsack

 Plenary Session
(International Ballroom)
GOV. TOM VILSACK (D-Iowa) 
7:30 p.m. -9 p.m.  Creative Coalition--Teachers Who Made a Difference
(International Ballroom)
9 p.m.-10 p.m. Reception with Actors
(International Ballroom Concourse Foyer)
10 p.m.-12 a.m. Dance Party
(International Ballroom)

Friday, July 8

8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.  Registration and Education Expo open
9 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Workshops
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Spellings

Plenary Session
(International Ballroom)
U.S. Department of Education Secretary MARGARET SPELLINGS

Solidarity Strike Commemoration (1980-2005)

12:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. 

Lunch on your own

Viewing of The Fire Next Time
(International Ballroom)

2 p.m.-5 p.m. Workshops and Seminars
8 p.m.-10 p.m. Union Label Fashion Show
(International Ballroom)

Saturday, July 9

8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Registration and Education Expo open
9 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

Plenary Session
(International Ballroom)
JACK JENNINGS, Center on Education Policy
ESEA: Looking Back, Moving Forward Forty years ago, a former school teacher named Lyndon Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into law. Join Jack Jennings, one of the law's pioneers, as he takes us behind the scene for an insider's look at events leading up to the enactment of the ESEA; the fights we have engaged in to preserve it; and the struggles we have yet to overcome.

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Workshops
12:15 p.m. Remainder of the day free

Sunday, July 10

9 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Workshops
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Plenary Session and Brunch
(International Ballroom)
Teacher, SALOME THOMAS-EL
"I Choose to Stay" Soon to be a Disney movie, I Choose to Stay--A Black Teacher Refuses to Desert the Inner City is the stirring story of one teacher's commitment to his students, his profession and his city. Hear author Salome Thomas-EL recount the trials and triumphs of teaching in the innter city. Join him as he challenges us to stay committed to teaching and celebrates the work we do. This promises to be an inspiring session for that you don't want to miss.

1:30 p.m.  Adjournment

 

 
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