PrESS Meeting Agenda for January 20, 2005

Friends,

Below is a tentative agenda for our meeting next Thursday. I have suggested two short readings from Rethinking Schools with their appropriate links as conversation starters for the evening.

In the spirit of “Not one damn dime day”--a nationwide, economic protest to the inauguration for which we are urged to not purchase anything on 1/20--I will not be purchasing coffee for the evening, but will do my best to get some made here and have some on hand. If you choose to and are able to bring a dessert, might I suggest one that is homemade and not purchased (at least purchased that day). J

I’m really looking forward to reconnecting and getting started with you in this new year.

Peace. adam

PrESS Network
1-20-05
7:00 – 9:00
Lenihan Hall

Welcome Back
Intros
Discuss Readings and what’s happening in our work
Where we might begin with teaching (William Ayers, v19, #1):

Taming the Beast (Stan Karp, v18, #4):
PrESS Network Action
Beth and Rachel—Service project
Angela—linking with SUNY, book project regarding progressivism within standards-driven education system (“Struggling together”?)
Website
LLC status
http://www.fairtest.org/
Conferences
Choices and Changes (registration begins 1/3/05, http://www.kycid.org/)
IERG (Vancouver, July 13-16, proposals due 2/4/05, http://www.ierg.net/)
NCEA (http://www.nceaonline.org/)
Rouge Forum (http://www.rougeforum.org/)
AESA (Charlottesville, November, proposals due April)
Next meeting: 2/10 in Lenihan


Adam Renner, Ph.D