11TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS CONFERENCE

Sacramento Convention Center    w   March 29 - 31, 2004

Pre-conference Workshops & Events - Saturday/Sunday, March 27th & 28th


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Conference Speakers

The conference will feature a stellar line-up of speakers with a high level of commitment, responsibility and knowledge of education issues and solutions affecting California and the rest of the country.


Featured guest speakers include:
 (in order of appearance)








RICHARD RIORDAN, California Secretary of Education - Riordan, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, and a long time champion of public education, will speak about the future of education in California.  Monday, March 29th, 9:00 am.  (Keynote Speaker)




JACK O'CONNELL, Superintendent of Public Instruction, will be joining us at the conference.  He will be speaking about his goals for the future of education in California.  Monday, March 29th, 9:30 am.  (Keynote Speaker)


JERRY BROWN, the Mayor of Oakland and former California governor, is well known to those active in the charter school movement for his spearheading of the Oakland High School of the Arts and the Oakland Military Institute, as well as his continuous championing of the promise that this movement offers.  Brown is one of the most dynamic public speakers you will hear.  Tuesday, March 30th, 9:00 am.  (Keynote Speaker)


MARTA REYES, a charter founder and a veteran leader in our community, has recently been named director of the Charter Schools Office for the California Department of Education.  We are all eager to hear about her goals and how she will use her new position to help advance our movement.  Wednesday, March 31st, 11:00 am.  (Keynote Speaker)



ELEANOR BRALVER, the oldest full-time active teacher in California, and perhaps the United States.  She teaches (appropriately enough) Health Science.  At 90 years of age, Eleanor teaches a full lineup of high school classes each day.  (Teacher Day & General Session)


HOWARD FULLER, Founder and director for the Institution for the Transformation of Learning, at Marquette University, Wisconsin, will address this concept:  Charter schools are a powerful source for empowering parents, teachers and students to create quality education environments for students.  The question is, are we up to the challenge?  (General Session)




BRIAN JONES, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, will speak about innovation, accountability, promising educational practices and the charter school movement--from a Federal perspective.



BRIAN CROSBY, author of The $100,000 Teacher, will speak about teachers as professionals and their roles as educational leaders.  (Teacher Day)



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