Historical April 1981 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The 25th anniversary celebration of the Conference on Education will be Tuesday, April 28 at The Cedars, 939 Lebanon Drive, across from Ralston Purina (10th and Choteau).
The program, which will run from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m., is open to the public.
For $5.00 those attending will hear the keynote speaker, Ronald Edmonds from Harvard University, and partake of hors d’oeuvres.
There will also be a cash bar.
An additional $11.00 will entitle a participant to dinner and performances by the Vocal Jazz Ensemble from the Visual and Performing Arts High School, as well as the String Ensemble from Hazelwood West High School.
There will be several guest speakers.
The Conference on Education, 5600 Oakland, is a dynamic coalition of citizens and professional educators. Established in 1956, as the St. Louis-St. Louis County White House Conference on Education, it is the only local organization still in operation which was developed out of a nationwide White House Conference on Education called by President Eisenhower in 1955.
The activities of the Conference are directed by a 36-member Board of Directors made up of one third professional educators and two thirds lay citizens representing a cross-section of the community.
The Conference on Education has demonstrated a unique ability to bring together policy makers from diverse constituencies to study, discuss, and resolve educational concerns.
The Conference has held 16 metropolitan conferences and been instrumental in the holding of three statewide Governor’s Conferences on Education.
The Conference has also conducted, during the past decade, two major outreach efforts to determine community educational concerns, encourage citizen involvement and establish priorities for future Conference efforts.
Coalitions developed out of these conferences and outreach efforts have played a key role in several major accomplishments, including the establishment of the St. Louis-St. Louis County Community College District, increased and more equitable state funding of public schools, and a passage of a bill for fair, statewide property tax reassessment.
The most recent projects of the Conference are a volunteer network to identify examples of effective teaching of the basic skills in area schools, the Employee/Management Task Force and the Voluntary Interdistrict Cooperation Committee.
The Conference also publishes a newsletter once every two months.
The Conference is funded totally by voluntary contributions from individuals and corporations.
A staff of only two persons provides coordination and support. Marcia Kerz of the 6100 block of Westminster is the new executive director.
Membership is free to any interested party.
For more information on the Conference or its 25th Anniversary Celebration call the Conference on Education office: 644-5035.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1981.
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