Field Trips: Events for Educators

March

National Conference on Family Literacy

4-6, Orlando, Florida

All the latest on literacy for educators, administrators, and policy makers. Find out how to better serve your students and their families through comprehensive reading-education strategies, community events, and much more.

Celebration of Teaching & Learning

23-24, New York, New York

Join Al Gore and other big thinkers in the Big Apple for the largest NYC education conference in nearly a decade. This year's theme: "Science and Global Awareness."

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference

26-30, San Antonio, Texas

Learn how to prepare tomorrow's teachers to use technology in the classroom -- from computer simulations to Web communities -- at this international gathering of education experts.

National Science Teachers Association Conference

29-April 1, St. Louis, Missouri

One of the biggest science-education conferences around, this year's national meeting convenes to celebrate "Science: A River of Connections."

April

National School Boards Association Conference

14-17, San Francisco, California

Discover cutting-edge tools and strategies to raise student achievement, improve school policy, and more through workshops, discussions, clinics, and lectures.

Center for Summer Learning National Conference

19-20, Atlanta, Georgia

Learning doesn't end in June; at this annual forum, teachers, researchers, and policy makers build skills and collect resources for designing and implementing high-quality summer programs.

Massachusetts Initiative for International Studies Conference

25, Boston, Massachusetts

"Teachers Leading the Way: Global Education for the 21st Century" brings educators and other concerned parties together to showcase and discuss international education in U.S. schools.

May

Smaller Learning Communities Design Studio

2-4, North Berwick, Maine

Join the students and staff at Noble High School to observe and workshop the designs and strategies they've implemented that support student achievement.

Wireless Community & Mobile User Conference

30-June 1, Monterey, California, and Cleveland, Ohio

Welcome to the twenty-first-century conference: Live, interactive simulcasts enable leaders in the wireless world to discuss, in two places at once, uses of broadband technologies in areas such as health, economic development, and education.