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Steve Barnett from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and Libby Doggett with the Pew Center on the States joined us. Watch Steve and Libby's presentations here:
Alabama School Readiness Alliance Coalition Meeting Agenda November 10, 2010 29th Floor of the RSA Tower Regions Training Center
11:00 a.m. Registration
11:30 am Pick up lunch
12:00 noon Welcome and Video
Caroline Novak, President, A+ Education Partnership and Chair, Alabama School Readiness Alliance
12:15 p.m. State Landscape for Pre-K
Marquita Davis, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Children’s Affairs
12:45 p.m. The Latest Research on Effective Early Childhood Programs
Steve Barnett, Co-Director, National Institute for Early Education Research
1:30 p.m. The National Landscape for Pre-K
Libby Doggett, Deputy Director, Pew Center on the States
2:00 p.m. Panel on Community Engagement
Denise Berkhalter and Lissa Tucker, Alabama Association of School Boards
Ann Sikes, Montgomery Education Foundation
Linda Blassingame, Just4, Mobile
2:30 p.m. ASRA Update
Jan Hume
3:00 Adjourn
November 11th, 2010
South Alabama Business Leader's Summit on Early Childhood Investment, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.