February 2007

QUILT LogoEffective Questioning Training for Trainers
Nashville, TN • June 25-27, 2007

Engage Students From Across NCLB Subgroups
Bring the power of effective questioning to your school or district with QUILT—Questioning for Understanding to Improve Learning and Thinking. Attend our national training this summer, and you'll leave with everything you need to facilitate this nationally validated professional development program in your school or district. Learn more.


Program Evaluation: Becoming an Informed Consumer
If you missed our January webinar, visit the webinar archives and become a more informed consumer of evaluation services. Go to the Research & Evaluation section of our Web site to see Edvantia's portfolio of related services. Edvantia is a member of the American Evaluation Association and is included in the registry of outcome evaluators, published by the What Works Clearinghouse.

Edvantia Introduces National Faculty
Meet the members of our National Faculty—experts who work with Edvantia to expand our capacity to serve education.

Research Corner—Schools, Families, & Student Achievement
What kinds of school-family connections are more likely to produce higher levels of student achievement? Find out! Read Edvantia's monthly Research Corner page in District Administration magazine.

Get FREE Teaching Resources
Video and audio clips, activities, experiments, lessons, professional development, and more are available free from federal agencies at the newly designed Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Web site. Categories include math, science, history, language arts, arts and music, and health/physical education.

ARCC Logo March 3 Institute to Address Literacy Topics, Orlando, FL
Join Edvantia staff for a daylong institute at the National Center for Family Literacy's annual gathering. Institute topics will include 21st century literacy skills, authentic math literacy, the role of questioning in literacy, using universal design to enhance literacy, and creating an environment for literacy through cultural proficiency. For more information, visit the conference Web site.

Grants Update—February 2007
See a new listing of selected grants from federal, foundation, and other sources.

Edvantia Business News
Read about Edvantia's latest contracts, grants, and partnerships.

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