Credit: Mark Hicks

November

American Education Week

12-18, Nationwide

Join the National Education Association and teachers, students, and communities around the country to celebrate this year's theme: "Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility."

People of Color Conference

30-Dec 2, Seattle, Washington

The National Association of Independent Schools joins forces with educators and thinkers across the nation to support diversity, multiculturalism, and equity in education.

December

National Council for the Social Studies Conference

1-3, Washington, DC

This annual meeting of social studies scholars and educators features everything from an adult geography bee to ideas on how to engage your students in social studies, civics, and history classes.

TIES Education Technology Conference

2-5, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Connect, collaborate, and globalize" with Minnesota's largest education-technology collaborative. The future is global, so this is ed tech with an international edge.

January

Hawaii International Conference on Education

5-8, Honolulu, Hawaii

Meet, mingle, and collaborate with educators from across the globe on the balmy shores of Oahu.

International Association for Jazz Education Conference

7-10, New York, New York

Jazz it up in the Big Apple with evening concerts, teacher training sessions, and workshops on using new music technology in class.

Florida Educational Technology Corporation Conference

24-26, Orlando, Florida

Learn how to effectively integrate technology across the curriculum, create community partnerships, and much more at one of the nation's largest educational-technology conferences.