WEBINAR: Taking Stock of Private Education with Laura Colangelo

When:  Oct 11, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (ET)

webinar-2016.png

Presenter:  Laura Colangelo, Executive Director, Texas Private Schools Association

Bio:  Laura Colangelo is the Executive Director of the Texas Private Schools Association, an advocacy organization representing the over 800 private, accredited, non-profit schools in Texas in the state legislature and in DC.  In this role, she is the “public voice for private schools in Texas.”Laura is also the Executive Director of the Texas Private Schools Accreditation Commission where she oversees the 15 accrediting commissions that accredit private schools in Texas.She is active in the Council for American Private Education and comes to AISAP representing this organization.

Prior to this role, she was the head of a private Episcopal preschool in Austin, Texas, focused on providing a quality early childhood educational experience in a historically under-served population.  Her focus was on providing an individualized and developmentally-appropriate curriculum with an eye to school readiness.  This approach resulted in exponential growth for the school and the community.   

Laura received her Bachelor's Degree from Duke University and her Master's in Education at the University of Kentucky.  After teaching middle and upper school Spanish in both public and private schools in Houston, she focused her University of Texas doctoral work in curriculum and instruction on the integration of minority students in private schools.  She is able to use both her experience and research not only to represent the interests of private schools, but also to advance education policy focused on quality outcomes for all students in Texas.


Description:  

This session will look at the state of private schools from a national perspective. Participants will gain a greater understanding of data and trends in American private schools, get some clarity on the issue of religious freedom and how that affects the autonomy of all private schools, and understand the concept of school choice and the differences in approaches to this idea in the states.

Contact Info:

Laura can be reached by email at laura@texasprivateschools.org

Location

Dial-in Instructions:
Event Image

Contact

Whitaker Willocks
203-421-7051
programs@aisap.org