Member feedback to our committee has us focusing on the challenges, best practices, and needs related to High School Reform and the implementation of the Michigan High School Graduation Requirements. We have lined up a great slate of general session presenters including the following:

• Barbara Logan who is a trainer and consultant with the Efficacy Institute. The Efficacy Institute is a not-for-profit training and consulting Massachusetts based organization committed to developing all children to high standards, especially children of color and the economically disadvantaged.

• Charles Haynes of the First Amendment Center in Fairfax, VA. He will share with us issues that are happening across the nation related to First Amendment and the public schools, including what districts need to prepare for with policy, rules and regulations in an electronic age.

• Cynthia Board Schmeiser, President and COO, Education Division ACT. She will be speaking to Rigor at Risk: Reaffirming Quality in the High School Core Curriculum and what we can do to meet our requirements and raise student achievement.

• Bruce Hunter, Associate Executive Director of Public Policy for AASA. He will give us both an update on what is happening at the Federal level legislatively and take us on an interesting historical tour with his insightful and humorous perspective.

Registration information is on our MASA website. Let us know if you have any questions. If fact, there is still time to suggest a clinic session that would be of value to you and/or to recommend a resource that would be of benefit as we move forward with High School Reform.