Good morning, school library people! Big news! Peter W. Cookson, Jr. is going to join our already star-studded NESLA Leadership Conference line-up. Currently, Cookson is a board member of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and holds the Katsuso Miho Scholarship in Peacemaking at Yale Divinity School. His research focuses on educational policy, reform, school choice, and the integration of technology into learning environments. His forthcoming book is Sacred Trust: An Education Bill of Rights (Corwin). Here is link to his latest article regarding teaching in the 21st century in the September 2009 issue of Educational Leadership .
Cookson’s past is also quite dazzling. He was the dean of the Graduate School and a professor of educational administration at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, as well as the associate dean of the School of Education at Adelphi University. He is the author of numerous books on educational policy, including Preparing for Power: America’s Elite Boarding Schoolsand Making Sense of Society, both cowritten with Caroline Hodges Persell. He has taught in both public and private schools. He holds a Ph.D. in the sociology of education from New York University.
We are VERY excited that Dr. Cookson is going to join us. Now, the question is, are YOU going to join us? That is correct. The early bird registration for Leadership Conference must be postmarked by today! Of course, you won’t be left out if you register for Leadership tomorrow or the next day. You will pay a little bit more, but at least you will be there! We look forward to seeing you.
