Welcomes

David Conley
on "College Readiness
for All Students"

Thursday, February 14, 2008
5 to 7 p.m.
University of Houston Hilton
4800 Calhoun St. (map)
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Join Houston A+ Challenge for our ongoing National Speaker Series, when David Conley, Educational Leadership Professor and Director of the University of Oregon's Center for Educational Policy Research, will discuss:

• What does "college readiness" mean for today's students?
  
  
• What knowledge and skills are most critical for students to successfully navigate the high school-college transition?
  
  
• What can schools and students do to foster and develop college readiness?

This event is free and open to the public. The next day, Mr. Conley will lead a private, day-long workshop for New Visions in Leadership Academy participants and alumni.

David T. Conley, Ph.D., teaches and researches topics including the high school-college transition; standards-based education; systemic school reform; educational governance; and adequacy funding models. He has also developed adequacy-funding models for Oregon, Hawaii, and Washington.

Dr. Conley's most recent publication, Toward a More Comprehensive Conception of College Readiness, commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gives schools and districts a clear, cohesive definition of college readiness and a helpful roadmap of indicators and ideas to prepare students for success beyond high school.

His other books include: Understanding University Success, College Knowledge, and Who Governs Our Schools?