California Department of Education sponsors the

Achievement Gap Summit
November 13-14, 2007
Sacramento Convention Center

This summit will bring together educators from across the state to address a major crisis facing public schools in California and throughout the nation: the systemic gap between our highest- and lowest - performing students. In an effort to narrow this achievement gap, teachers, administrators, policymakers, and others are invited to hear from experts as well as to propose workable solutions for improving academic achievement for all students. This issue is a critical one for Californians.

Keynote speaker: Tavis Smiley - broadcaster, author, advocate and philanthropist. Smiley hosts the late night television talk show, Tavis Smiley on PBS, and his radio show The Tavis Smiley Show on public radio.

The cost to register is $50.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen