School, union, and community leaders will have the opportunity to get to know leaders of EdWorks, First Things First, and the Institute for Student Achievement. These are intermediaries that have transformed urban high schools to improve graduation rates in other cities.

This session will be conducted by Institute for Student Achievement.

Institute for Student Achievement (http://www.studentachievement.org/)
The Institute for Student Achievement (ISA) is the lead intermediary for the Gates $4.6 million investment to transform large high schools in Atlanta into smaller learning communities, but it has also received Gate funding to help schools in New York, New Jersey and Louisiana.

Seven Principles define the work of ISA:

• College preparatory instructional program
• Distributed Counseling™
• Dedicated team of teachers and counselors
• Continuous professional development
• Extended school day and school year
• Parent involvement
• Continuous organizational improvement

Lawrence Tech University

21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM (ET)

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United Way for Southeastern Michigan

United Way brings communities together to focus on the most important needs in the community -- building partnerships, forging consensus and leveraging resources to make a measurable difference. If it requires fundraising, going to Congress, or just getting people to work together, that's what we do. We look at root causes - it's not enough to feed a hungry family, we look to change the conditions that led to hunger in the first place.