Abbott Leadership Institute Series 17:
What is Good Education? Wanted: Schools that produce students
who can think, create, achieve & believe in themselves. Two Saturdays
a month, February through May, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Conklin Hall Room
100, Rutgers University–Newark. Classes are free. For more information,
contact Kaleena Berryman at 973-353-3560 or at
kaleenab@rutgers.edu,
or visit
www.abbottleadership.org.
Special Education for Children in Foster
Care Advocacy Training, for interested
attorneys, Thursday, February 25, 9:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m., Edison Public Library, Plainfield
Avenue. Free training cosponsored by the
Association for Children of New Jersey, the
Education Law Center, the New Jersey State
Bar Association's Children's Rights
Committee, the Rutgers University School of
Law - Newark's Child Advocacy and Special
Education Clinics, and Volunteer Lawyers for
Justice. Registration required. For more
information about this training and other
Foster Care Initiative programs, contact
Lauren Michaels at 973-624-1815, ext. 15, or
lmichaels@edlawcenter.org.
Visit the website of the
Statewide Parent
Advocacy Network (SPAN) for a calendar of upcoming SPAN trainings
and other workshops and meetings around the state of interest to parents,
families and school professionals:
http://spannj.org/upcoming_events.htm.
Our Children/Our Schools Monthly
Meetings, Thursday, February 18, 10 a.m.
to noon, at Education Law Center, Newark,
focusing on charter schools and vouchers;
Thursday, March 18, 10 a.m. to noon, at
Education Law Center, Newark, focusing on the
state budget and school funding. For more
information, contact
info@ourchildrenourschools.org.
