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| to the website of the National Conference on Science & Technology in Out-of-School Time being held September 17-19, 2008 at the Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. This first-ever conference will bring together a national cross-section of program providers, researchers, and policy-makers in the growing movement for science and technology in out-of-school time. Sessions will include research-based best practices, curriculum development and evaluation, with a particular focus on equity and access issues for underrepresented populations. Learn more... |
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| KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
| Eric Jolly, Ph.D. - President, Science Museum of Minnesota |
| FEATURED PRESENTERS |
| Harold Asturias - Director, Center for Mathematics Excellence and Equity, Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley |
| Maggie Daley - First Lady of the City of Chicago and Chair of After School Matters. More |
| Robert L. Horton, Ph.D.,Professor, Educational Design, The Ohio State University. More |
| Jane Butler Kahle, Condit Endowed Professor of Science Education, Emerita |
| Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the College and Chair of the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago. More |
| Leon M. Lederman, Ph.D. - 1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics; Director Emeritus, Fermilab; Pritzker Professor of Science of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology. More |
| Gabrielle Lyon, Cofounder and Executive Director, Project Exploration. More |
| Diane Miller - Senior Vice President, School and Community Partnerships, Saint Louis Science Center. More |
| Jane Quinn - Assistant Executive Director for Community Schools, Children's Aid Society. More |
| Paul Sereno, Ph.D. - Paleontologist, University of Chicago; National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence; President and Co-founder, Project Exploration. More |
| Laura S. Washington - Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor at DePaul University in Chicago, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a senior editor at In These Times. More |
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