Symposiums

You won’t want to miss the exciting lineup of speakers we have booked to discuss leadership and how NCPTA can be a leader for important issues communities are facing across the state. Topics will include The Leandro Report (adequate school funding), violence in the community, and racial injustice. Saturday, February 29 9am-3pm Durham Public School’s Staff Development Center 2107 Hillandale Rd, Durham, NC 27705 Cost: $10 (includes continental breakfast and lunch) Learn more and register.

National PTA participated in the White House Symposium on Transformative Family Engagement last month. Hosted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the White House, the goal of the July 31 symposium was to expand the national conversation about transformative family engagement as a major contributor to children’s school readiness and success. Philanthropic, research and other experts met with a small group of administration officials—including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Munoz and Deputy Assistant to the President for Education Roberto Rodriguez—to discuss achieving educational equity for children, particularly those from low-income families, through