Field Trips: Events for Educators
Places to go, people to see, things to do.
by Edutopia Staff
June
Teaching for a Change
18–20, Park City, Utah
Teaching touches us one life at a time, so Teaching for a Change’s approach -- simple but vital -- promotes an active individualized approach.
National Forum to Accelerate Middle
Grades Reform
21–23, Washington, DC
A great conference on a volatile age group: young teens struggling through awkward middle school years.
National Media Education Conference 2007
23–26, St. Louis, Missouri
“iPods, Blogs, and Beyond: Evolving Media Literacy for the 21st Century.” The NMEC is the biggest and longest-running event of its kind.
National Educational Computing Conference
24–27, Atlanta, Georgia
Don’t miss this year’s ed-tech blowout.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Summer Teacher Institute
25–29, Cleveland, Ohio
Something entirely different: Work with arts-education specialists, historians, and curriculum designers to see how strands of popular music can be woven into the classroom.
Model Schools Conference
30–July 3, Washington, DC
The nation’s premiere conference on K–12 education reform. Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it features innovative, rigorous, and relevant methods to succeed.
July
Reaching At-Promise Students National Conference
8–11, San Diego, California
Come to San Diego to see how best to equip struggling students with the tools and confidence they need to succeed.
I Teach K! National Kindergarten Teacher Conference
9–12, Las Vegas, Nevada
The kindergarten classroom is one of the most demanding and formative spots in any educational environment. Enroll this year to see how to best equip yours.
Public School Planning and Design
11–12, Cambridge, Massachusetts
This conference at Harvard University examines the entire conception-to- matriculation process of public school development in the increasingly green and conscientious twenty-first century.
