Celebrating 50 years of teacher education and a commitment to the Common Good, Cabrini College convened on March 28-29, 2008 a Common Good Symposium around the theme of "Opportunities and Challenges in 21st Century Education."  Students do extraordinary things at Cabrini College, a residential Catholic college serving 2,300 men and women in undergraduate and graduate liberal arts and professional studies programs. Cabrini's serene 112-acre campus is just 30 minutes from Philadelphia.


Opportunities and Challenges in 21st Century Education
March 28-29, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008
9-10:15 a.m.	Opening Plenary: Paul Vallas, Superintendent, Recovery School District, New Orleans, LA, and former Chief Executive Officer of the School District of Philadelphia
10:30-11:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
12-1:30 p.m.	Lunch Plenary: Anabel Jensen, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Notre Dame de Namur; President of Six Seconds EQ Network; and a national authority on emotional intelligence
1:45-3 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
3:15-4:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
5-6:30 p.m.	Evening Plenary: Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities and Letters to a Young Teacher
Saturday, March 29, 2008
9:30-11:30 a.m.	Educators for Social Responsibility Workshop and other concurrent sessions
12-2 p.m.	Lunch and Plenary: Brother Raymond Fitz, S.M, Ph.D., Ferree Professor of Social Justice at the University of Dayton and Past President of the University of Dayton

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