Article: Public Education Network to Gather Community Education Leaders To Focus on Promoting Excellence in Teaching.

Local Education Funds Highlight Effective Programs

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens report, in poll after poll, that their primary concern is about the quality of America's public schools. But how do local communities mobilize to improve school quality? What role do teachers and educators play in increasing student learning? These and dozens of other pressing issues will be the focus of dialogue and debate among participants in the Public Education Network's 9th Annual Conference. Teachers & Teaching will be held November 14 - 16, 1999, at the Washington Monarch Hotel, 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The conference will provide a national forum to ...