2008 K-12 Education Summit

7:00- 9pm

Welcome Reception
Café/North Pool

8:30 - 9:45pm

After Dinner Documentary Showing of Flunked
Hosted by Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Grande Ballroom C

7:00am

Registration
Convention Desk
Technology Innovation Lab & Resource Room

7:30 - 8:00am

Breakfast
Terraza

8:00 - 10:00am

Plenary Session: Strategy
Grande Ballroom C, D

• Scott Jensen, Alliance for School Choice
  
• Robert Enlow, The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
• Matt Ladner, Goldwater Institute
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• Robyn Bagley, Parents for Choice in Education
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10:15 - 11:45am

Concurrent Sessions:

Polling & Messaging
Grande Ballroom C

• Moderator: Paul DiPerna, The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
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• Wes Anderson, OnMessage Inc.
• Andrew Campanella, Alliance for School Choice
  
  

Education Data & Research
Grande Ballroom D

• Moderator: Charles Hokanson, Alliance for School Choice
• Patrick Wolf, PhD, University of Arkansas
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• Paul Peterson, Harvard University

12:00 - 1:30pm

K-12 Education Reform Summit Opening Lunch
Terraza

Introduction by Gerard Robinson, Black Alliance for Educational Options

Dr. Howard Fuller, Black Alliance for Educational Options

1:45 - 2:15pm

Plenary Session: Show & Tell
Grande Ballroom C, D

• Moderator: Robert Enlow, The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice 
  
• Lance Izumi, Pacific Research Institute
• Lisa Snell, Reason Foundation
• Andrew Coulson, Cato Institute
• Gregory McGinity, The Broad Foundation
• Kara Hornung Kerwin, The Center for Education Reform

2:30 - 3:30pm

Concurrent Sessions:

Special Needs Scholarships
Grande Ballroom D

• Moderator: Lori Drummer, Alliance for School Choice
• Ben Wallerstein, Dutko Worldwide
• Steve Hicks, Coalition of McKay Scholarship Schools

Using New Technologies to Advance K-12 Reform
Grande Ballroom C

• Moderator: Liz Dreckman, Alliance for School Choice
• Derrell Bradford, E3
• Dan Lips, The Heritage Foundation
• Bridget Kelly, Slay & Associates, Children's Education Alliance of Missouri (CEAM)

3:45 - 5:15pm

Plenary Session: Strategies for State Legislators
Grande Ballroom C, D

• Moderator: Scott Jensen, Alliance for School Choice
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• St Rep Jason Fields, Wisconsin
• St Rep David Casas, Georgia

5:30 - 9:00pm

Closing Dinner

Arizona BBQ hosted by the Goldwater Institute

Pinnacle Peak Patio Steakhouse & Microbrewery

Held off-site - busses depart at 5:30 from conference hotel

9:00 -10:30pm

After Dinner Reception

Pinnacle Peak Patio Steakhouse & Microbrewery

9:00am - 12:00pm

Phoenix School Visits

• The Arizona School for the Arts
• Millennium Worldwide Academy
• BASIS Schools

Busses leave the hotel at 9:15 am.

Advance registration required. Contact Liz Dreckman, Alliance for School Choice (schoolchoicelady@cox.net)