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.
