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

View the conference sessions. 

View the videos from the 63rd Annual Fall Conference in Louisville, October 23-27, 2019  

1. National Town Hall Meeting on the 2020 Census
2. Rodney Robinson, 2019 National Teacher of the Year
3. Valerie Jarrett, Former Presidential Adviser
4. Jon Meacham, Presidential Historian and Author
   
   
   

All of the breakout sessions and materials can be viewed on the Fall Conference Mobile app at: https://crowd.cc/s/3d7gE

Council Chair Eric Gordon welcomed conferees to the Fall Conference. Read his remarks.

Click here to view videos from the 2018 Fall Conference in Baltimore, October 24-28, 2018  

1. National Town Hall Meeting on Students Speak Out Ahead of Elections
2. JIll Biden, Professor and Former Second Lady
3. Michelle Alexander, Civil Rights Advocate and Author of The New Jim Crow
4. Khizr Khan, Constitutional Advocate
5. Larry Feldman, Chair of the Council
6. Queen Smith Award Recipient

All of the breakout sessions and materials can be viewed on the Fall Conference Mobile app at: https://crowd.cc/s/233c0

• Bill Gates, philanthropist
• Van Jones, political commentator
• Darienne Driver, Council chair and Milwaukee superintendent
• National Town Hall Meeting on the Urban Education and the Presidential Campaign moderated by Van Jones

All of the breakout sessions and materials can be viewed on the Fall Conference Mobile app at: https://crowd.cc/s/10iZK

 View videos from the 2016 Fall Conference in Miami, October 19-23, 2016  

1. Dan Rather, Broadcast Journalist
2. Sal Khan, Founder and CEO of the Khan Academy
3. 27th Annual Green-Garner Award Banquet
   
   

All of the breakout sessions and materials can be viewed on the Fall Conference Mobile app at:https://event.crowdcompass.com/cgcs2016

 View videos from the 60th Annual Fall Conference in Long Beach, Calif. October 7-11, 2015  

1. National Town Hall Meeting on Urban Students Speak Out at Town Hall on Education, Race and Their Futures
2. Fareed Zakaria, CNN Host
3. Jose Fernandez, Former Astronaut
4. George McKenna, Educator
5. Khizr Khan, Constitutional Advocate
6. Richard Carranza, Chair of the Council
7. Green-Garner Award Ceremony
8. Queen Smith Award Recipient
   
   

All of the breakout sessions and materials can be viewed on the Fall Conference Mobile app at: https://event.crowdcompass.com/cgcs2015

• Download the 11-page agenda-at-a-glance conference program for the Fall Conference in Long Beach.
  
• Download the 45-page conference program for the Fall Conference in Long Beach.

View videos from the 57th Annual Fall Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico October 30-November 3, 2013  

1. Tony Dungy, Author and Football Coach
2. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, Leadership Expert 
3. David Gergen, Political Analyst
4. Valeria Silva, Council Chair Address
   
   

Town Hall Meeting Video on Race, Language and Culture, hosted by Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree

2013 CGCS Conference Mobile App

 Fall Conference Program

   

Click here to download the 12-page Agenda-at-a-glance from the Fall Conference program.	Click here to download the 48-    page Fall Conference program,   including information on all of   the sessions.