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Cultivating Success
2009 California Summit for School Achievement and Accountability
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Attendees

SI&A Professional Development

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Attendees

A Team Effort

An effective conversation starts with everyone at the same table. We invited attendees to bring their leadership team — superintendents, school site leaders, cabinet officials, business partners, board members, and policy makers — ready to work together on both ideas and implementation.

Summit Agenda

Day One — Thursday, September 17

8:15 AM to 6:15 PM

8:15 – 9:15 Registration and Refreshments

Sponsored by American Fidelity Assurance Company

9:15 – 10:15 Opening Remarks
“Perspectives from the Obama Administration” — Jim Shelton (Scott Pearson substituted for Mr. Shelton)

Sponsored by American Fidelity Assurance Company

10:15 – 10:45 Hospitality Break
10:45 – 12:00 “Transforming School Culture” — Dr. Anthony Muhammad

Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

12:15 – 1:45 Welcome Luncheon with Speaker
“Raising Student Achievement” — Kati Haycock

Sponsored by Kaplan K12 Learning Services

2:00 – 3:15 “ARRA Overview” — Leigh Manasevit
3:15 – 3:45 Hospitality Break

Sponsored by The Learning Springs

3:45 – 5:00 “California: The State of Reform” — Ted Mitchell
5:15 – 6:15 Reception and Q&A with Leigh Manasevit

Sponsored by ZUK Solutions

Day Two — Friday, September 18

8:30 AM to 2:15 PM

8:30 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15 “The Changing Landscape of American Mathematics” — Uri Treisman, Executive Director, Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin
10:15 – 10:45 Hospitality Break

Sponsored by Action Learning Systems

10:45 – 12:00 Panel: “The PACE of Reform in California: Commentary on New Efforts to Change California's Public Education Systems”
Moderated by David Plank
12:15 – 1:15 Luncheon with Speaker
“Crisis and Opportunity” — Jack O'Connell
1:30 – 2:15 Closing Remarks
Scott Hill — Vice President, Education Policy, School Innovations & Advocacy