Task Force Meeting on Black and Latina Young Women and Girls

• Empowering Black Girls Through Dismantling Historical Inequities in Schools- Columbus City Schools

Below are the presentations from the Conference Sessions (All Presentations will not be available)

You've Got a Friend in Me: Welcoming and Supporting Newcomer Students to Urban Schools

• Welcoming Newcomer Refugee Students in Metro Nashville Public Schools
• Rethinking Service to Newcomer Population in Fresno Unified School District

A Friend Like Me: Addressing Achievement Gaps with Effective Tutoring Practices

• Teens as Tutors- Duval County Public Schools
• High Dosage Tutoring and University Partnerships- Guilford County Schools

A New Hope: Mental Health and Trauma Care Responses From Our Great City Schools

• Managing the Message: Strategies to Destigmatize Mental Health Servies- School District of Palm Beach County

A Spoonful of Sugar: Sweetening The School Offerings For Urban Students

• Extended Learning Time and Academic Recovery - Guilford County

A World of Laughter, A World of Tiers: Grounding Urban School Instruction Within an MTSS Framework

• Don’t Remediate, Accelerate: Using Frontloading Strategies to Reduce Achievement Gaps for Underrepresented Students - Orange County
• Accelerating into the Future - Leveraging ESSER Funding for Student Success - Palm Beach

Big Hero: Developing Innovative Professional Development Opportunities to Turnaround Urban Student Performance

• Portland Public School’s Equity-Driven Shifts in Teacher Professional Learning - Portland

Brave: Creating Safe and Supportive Learning and Work Environments in Our Great City Schools

• Social Emotional Learning in EBRPSS - East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools
• ReTHINK - Memphis - Shelby County

Circle of Life: Navigating the Ongoing Budget and Procurement Process in Urban Public Schools

• Best Practices in Procurement - Orange County Public Schools

Communities Assemble: Creating Stronger Communications With Urban School Stakeholders

• Reframing the Dialogue: Navigating Crises, Rebuilding Trust, and Improving Stakeholder Perception - Houston Independent School District

Do You Want to Build a Snowman: Boosting Urban Student Performance Through Outdoor Learning

• Outdoor Learning and its Impact on Student Achievement in an Urban School District - Albuquerque Public Schools

Heigh-Ho, Its Off to Work We Go: Improving Urban School Facilities and Operations

• Envision SPPS: A Well-rounded Education for All Students - Saint Paul Public Schools

Hocus Pocus: Using Data to Enhance Urban School Instruction 

• Data Sharing Throughout the County - Milwaukee Public Schools

Honor Us All: Increasing Civic Engagement Among Urban Students

• Closing the (Voting) Gap: One District's Approach to Fostering Civic Engagement - Guilford County Schools

I Just Can't Wait to Be King: Identifying Future School Leaders in Our Great City Schools

• Keeping Time: Supporting Instructional Excellence - New Leaders

Its a Small World After All: Promoting Dual Language Programs in Urban Schools

• Dual Language Immersion Program Expansion in Fresno Unified School District - Fresno Unified School District

Jedi Training: Intention and Equitable Practices That Support Exceptional Urban Students

• Ensuring Equitable Services for Dually Certified English Learners - Metro Nashville Public Schools

Jumping into Hyperspace: Developing Interoperability Practices in the Great City Schools

• Improving cross-functional decision-making and successfully implementing technology-related initiatives - Council of the Great City Schools

Just Keep Swimming: Wraparound and Student Support Systems to Aid and improve Student Success

• Supporting School Age Parents through equitable practices - Milwaukee Public Schools

Let it Go: Replacing Outdated Models With Equity Focused Leadership Strategies in our Great City Schools

• From Learners to Leaders: Cultivating Leadership in Others - Orange County Public Schools

Lightyear: Ensuring Stem Opportunities for All Urban Students 

• Scaling STEM Education as a part of a PK-20 College and Career Readiness Continuum - Fort Worth Independent School District

Love and Thunder: Using Diversity and Partnership to Advance Urban Learning

• It's a Marathon - Not a Sprint - How we Improved Teacher Staffing to 99% in 2022 - Cleveland Metropolitan School District
• Diversifying the Teaching Profession Through AmeriCorps Service: City Year’s Teacher Pathway Initiative - City Year

One Jump Ahead: Infusing Equity and Conclusion into Urban school Culture

• Transforming Ways in Which We Operate: Systemic Equity - Saint Paul Public Schools

One Little Spark: Effective Literacy Strategies for Young Readers in Urban Schools

• Building Data Visualizations in support of Early Literacy Gaps - Baltimore City Public Schools
• WINN-What I Need Now: A Saint Paul Public Schools Initiative to Improve Literacy Achievement - Saint Paul Public Schools

Onward and Upward: Impacting Urban Performance Through Enhanced Professional Development

• Combating the Opportunity Myth: Equipping All Teachers to Deliver Standards-Aligned, Grade-Level Instruction - Duval County Public Schools
• MTSS PD/PL (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Professional Development/Professional Learning) - Saint Louis Public Schools

Part of Your World Recruiting and Retaining Urban School Teachers 

• Proven Strategies for Increasing Teacher Retention - Arlington Independent School District
• Finding, Attracting and Keeping Foreign Language Teachers - Dallas Independent School District

Remember the Titans: Using Coaching Models to Drive Success

• Developing and Implementing School-wide Instructional Coaching Systems - Orange County Public Schools
• Student Success Coaches: Building Partnerships that Accelerate Achievement - City Year

Spirit : Urban District Approaches to Multilingual Learning

• TK-12 STARSS (support tutoring, acceleration and reclassification for student success) L.A. Unified Leadership Cadre - Los Angeles Unified School District

Submarine Voyage: A Deep Dive into Strategic Planning in Urban Schools

• Powered by Possibilities in the Arlington ISD - Arlington Independent School District

The Force Awakens: How Urban School Districts are Addressing Educator Shortages

• Using Higher Education Partnerships to Build Teacher Pipelines: Lessons from Ft. Worth ISD - Fort Worth Independent School District

The Incredibles: Creating Access to Advanced Coursework for All Urban Students

• Bilingual Education Programs are the Conduits of Increasing Student Access to Advanced Coursework and Closing the Achievement Gaps - School District of Palm Beach 

The Rescuers: Best Practices in Research to Deliver Results in Urban Schools

• Integrating District Systems to Make All Those Partner/Vendor/Research Requests Work for You - Jefferson County Public Schools

To Infinity and Beyond: Strategic Planning and Decision-Making Processes Moving Urban education into the Future. 

• Leveraging the Strategic Direction through American Rescue Plan Resources - Saint Paul Public Schools

Up: The Significant Strides that urban Schools are Making to Reset Discipline and Restorative Practices

• ReSET - Memphis - Shelby County Schools

We're All in This Together: Building Inclusive and Supporting Programs for Urban Students with Disabilities

• Examining Staff Role in the Disproportionate Identification of Children of Color in Special Education - Milwaukee Public Schools

• Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent
• Jose Antonio Vargas, immigration advocate & journalist
• Brittany Packnett Cunningham, social justice advocate
• National Town Hall Meeting on Politics and Public Education moderated by Education Week editor-in-chief Beth Frerking
• Green-Garner Award Ceremony