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EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ADVOCATES TO MEET IN MIAMI FEB. 7-9

CONTACT: Alberto M. Carvalho
305-995-4638

January 26, 2001


More than 400 educational-equity and school-reform advocates from around the country will gather in Miami from Feb. 7-9 for the 21st annual National Association for Educational Equity Conference at the Wyndham Miami-Biscayne Bay Hotel, 1601 Biscayne Blvd.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) and the Southeast Center for Desegregation will host the event, to feature tours of successful M-DCPS programs, a keynote speech by Magnet Schools of America Executive Director Judith S. Stein, and discussions on such issues as desegregation, gender equity and accommodating students with special needs.

For more information, contact Diana Venturini of the M-DCPS Bureau of Community Services at 305-995-1215.

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