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.

Save the Date! Our Children/Our Schools Education Forum on Saturday, April 24, in Newark. More information will be available soon.

Send announcements of upcoming events for the Our Children/Our Schools Calendar to info@ourchildrenourschools.org.

 
 
   
 

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