» 2009 Conference Information Posted: 11/18/08
NNER summer symposium will be held July 20-23 in Seattle.
This week long program will introduce participants to the NNER mission and its application in their work.
For details on application process and fees contact Ann Foster at annfoster@nnerpartnerships.org.
The National Network for Educational Renewal delivers leadership development and support to our growing membership of institutions of higher education, local education agencies, and communities. Our goal is to improve simultaneously the quality of P-12 education for thoughtful and informed participation in a democracy and the quality of preparation of educators for our schools.
The members of our network, called settings, include partnerships of university faculty in the arts, sciences and education, and public school educators. All are engaged as equal partners as we strive to pursue the Agenda for Education in a Democracy. The simultaneous renewal agenda, as outlined in Dr. John Goodlad's Teachers for Our Nation's Schools and in his Educational Renewal: Better Teachers, Better Schools, is based on the assumption that we will not have better schools without better teachers, but we will not have better teachers without better universities in which teachers can learn, practice and develop.
“Public schools are not merely for the public, but schools of publicness. They are the forges of our citizenship and the bedrock of our democracy.”
Dr. Benjamin Barber, political theorist and professor - University of Maryland.
» View a quick overview of the National Network for Educational Renewal’s work.
NNER Announcements:
» The NNER 2008 Annual Report is now available.
» League of Democratic Schools Newsletters 12/02/08
» Introducing Education in Democracy: A Journal of the NNER - Call for Manuscripts 11/24/08
Colorado State University - Director, School of Education 02/24/09
» September, 2008 Governing Council & Executive Board Minutes 10/29/08
Thanks and appreciation to the University of Texas at Arlington for hosting the 2008 conference. The theme, "Looking to the Past to Inform the Future" and strands that provided an in-depth picture of the NNER's beginning, current collaboration, and future challenges received very positive feedback and created renewal opportunities for participants. Read Tony Smith's talk on the future challenges. 10/28/08
Congratulations to Dennis Potthoff elected by the Governing Council to serve on the Executive Council and to Caren Town and Roy Blakeney the newly elected Tripartite Council arts and science and public school representatives to the Governing Council. 10/28/08
» Clark and Michelli Award Winners 10/17/08
» Job opening at Maryville University 10/14/08
» New Teacher Stories posted. 09/02/08
Elen Ward, our program manager, will no longer be working with the NNER with the program changes at the IEI. During this transition the main contact person will continue to be Ann Foster and, as always, she can be reached at 206-850-2017 and annfoster@nnerpartnerships.org.
And, beginning today (September 1) the mailing address for the NNER will be:
National Network for Educational Renewal
2125 1st Avenue, #2305
Seattle, Washington, 98121
Fax: 206-441-5697
» Job opening at University of Connecticut Posted: 06/30/08