In response to Tennessee’s First to the Top Initiative, this event will engage school and district leadership teams in exploring evidence-based recommendations on college readiness. The event is organized around the IES (Institute for Education Sciences) Practice Guide,
Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do. The event will include presentations by expert researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, as well as school/district team discussion, reflection, and planning to boost college readiness and access in Tennessee secondary schools.
Please
click here to register for the event. The registration deadline is October 30, 2012.
This event is sponsored by the Regional Education Laboratory (REL) Appalachia in partnership with the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the Tennessee Organization for School Superintendents (TOSS), the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), the Tennessee Department of Education (TN DOE), and SCORE.