Announcing the “Public School Choice: From Research to Practice” Webcast

Article Submitted by: Judith Stein

On November 19th, 2008 from 3:00 - 4:30pm EST, the United States Department of Education will sponsor a session entitled "Public School Choice: From Research to Practice" at the Florida Public School Choice Consortium (FPSCC) Annual Conference on November 18-19, 2008 at the Education Center at Nova Southeastern University in Orlando at the Millennia Mall location.  The FPSCC Annual Conference will be held before the annual Florida Charter School Conference at the Doubletree Universal in Orlando, Florida.

The FPSCC is a non-profit organization which provides technical assistance and networking to district choice professionals, teachers, professional choice organizations and parents in Florida.

The presentation will be hosted by Dr. Judith Stein, Nova Southeastern University and Florida School Choice Resource Center, and Dr. Mark Berends, Vanderbilt University National Center for School Choice, and will include representatives from the United States Department of Education (USDOE), The National Center on School Choice at Vanderbilt University, The Florida School Choice Resource Center, Wested, and Edvance Research, along with additional district administrators from across the state who will present "promising practices" from the Voluntary Public School Choice grants to the State of Florida in 2002-2007 and 2007-2012 that have improved student achievement.

The FPSCC Annual Conference will begin with strategic planning by Florida's new local and regional Parent Advisory Council members on the morning of the 18th.  In order to disseminate this presentation to a wider national audience, we will broadcast the presentation live in a webcast format.   The web cast with high level representatives from USDOE along with many other distinguished speakers, will include video clips, which will be available from the webcast and featured on www.buildingchoice.org and the websites for the State of Florida and Florida School Choice Resource Center/FPSCC at www.fpscc.net after the event.