Education Summit 2000 to Address Education Reform Challenges

How do you replicate the success of one public school at other schools around the country? It's one of the biggest challenges today in education reform, a challenge Dr. Lorraine Monroe is determined to address through the School Leadership Academy Education Summit 2000.

"The School Leadership Academy Education Summit 2000 will be a transformative experience for serious educational leaders," said Monroe, Founder and Executive Director of the School Leadership Academy and veteran New York City educator.

The summit, to take place August 3-4 in San Francisco, will focus on practical techniques and strategies that educational leaders can use immediately to create superb schools for children. The summit's theme is "Demonstrating Excellence: What School Leaders Need to Know and Do."

Outcomes and results oriented, the education summit will offer 10 workshops which will help school leaders navigate the oftentimes bumpy terrain of school management, according to event organizers. The workshops will provide leaders and their teams the opportunity to learn and practice the tools and techniques which are used by School Leadership Academy principals in New York and New Jersey. Monroe will deliver the opening and closing keynotes.

In 1991, Monroe founded the Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem. There, she transformed what had been considered by many educators as a failed institution with rock-bottom achievement into one of the nation's finest schools, which today ranks third in New York City and sends graduates to leading universities and colleges.

When Monroe established the School Leadership Academy at the Center for Educational Innovation in 1997, it was with the mission of helping other urban public school leaders achieve the kind of success she'd brought to the Frederick Douglass Academy. The result? During the 1999-2000 school year alone, SLA will impact the lives of more than 15,000 students and 128 school leaders.

Through a partnership with Gap Foundation, SLA recently launched the Demonstration Schools 2000 Project. Demonstration Schools will serve as teaching models, where teachers and administrators can be trained in Monroe's leadership principles just as medical professionals learn in teaching hospitals.

For more information on the Education Summit 2000, call SLA at 212.808.6547 or visit http://lorrainemonroe.com/. Registration deadline is June 1.

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