9th Annual NAREN National Conference

February 21–23, 2012
at Edgewater Beach Resort, Panama City Beach, Florida

Please join us for our 9th Annual NAREN National Conference! Pre-conference seminar with Anthony Dallmann-Jones, and a post-conference seminar with Frank Kros, are also available!

PLUS! New for the 2012 NAREN National Conference, we have a triple theme: What Works in the Classroom?; Addiction in Youth; and Administrative Issues in Alternative Education.

• Pre-Conference Seminar Info & Schedule
• Conference Seminar Info & Schedule

  See also Conference Keynotes & Breakout Sessions

• Post-Conference Seminar Info & Schedule
• Conference Registration Forms
• Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities
• Download the Conference Flyer (in PDF format)

More Headlines...

For previous news stories see the NARENnews Archive!

• Deborah Phelps to Open NAREN 9th Annual Conference February 21, 2012!

• We Welcome Our Newest Advisory Board Member to NAREN: Dr. Ryan Champeau!

• Just Out! Brand new 2nd edition of the book, Shadow Children — Understanding Education's #1 Problem

• Raising Awareness: What Do We Know? (PDF)

  Private Corporations & Public Education — a NAREN compilation of recent publications describing what is going on in this sector of public education

• Breaking News! Kids Set to Firebomb Teachers in Tennessee! Report on High-Stakes Cheating by Educators Released! Month Long NAREN Survey and Study Produces Eye-Opener

  NAREN Central Office has released a startling and revealing report after administering a survey to a sampling of American teachers and administrators in early July of this year. Initiated by a bonfire of a story out of Atlanta where 178 educators in an organized "ring" were caught changing high-stakes testing scores. Similar stories out of Houston, Baltimore, and other cities began to surface. Newer allegations came forth regarding investigations of cheating by teachers in schools connected to the Race to the Top, high-stakes testing, merit-pay, and paying teachers based on test scores — even a SINGLE test score! Read more...

• Individualized Learning Center Earns Silver Level Certification

  The latest public school program for alternative education to receive an award for their completion of their self-study is the Individualized Learning Center in Rockwood, MO. Read more...

• Missouri has a State Chapter!

  On April 2, 2011, in Columbia, Missouri, at an open call meeting, Missouri launched its organization by approving a constitution, by‑laws and code of ethics, then electing its Executive Council. Read more...

How to Join NAREN

Join other dedicated at-risk education stakeholders like yourself. Become an associate of NAREN. Follow this link for a list of benefits and a sign-up form.

The NAREN Nine Facets of Quality At-Risk Education: The National At-Risk Education Network is the originator of the NAREN Nine, the only research-based set of criteria specifically for at-risk programs in the USA. The NAREN Self-Study Kit is used by districts in any of four ways:

1. How well IS your at-risk program doing? Assess your program against nine research-based criteria, and substantiate your greatness!
2. Program not going so well? Use the NAREN Nine to restructure your at-risk program according to research-based quality facets.
3. Want to build a new quality program for at-risk youth? Use the research-based NAREN Nine as a formative tool in developing new programs such that they will be excellent from the beginning.
4. NAREN offers the only process whereby you can certify your at-risk program against research-based criteria no matter what the rest of the school is doing. Authenticate and improve your at-risk program through the certification process, and then show it off to everyone!

Become a State Coordinator!

Would you like to join NAREN in its efforts to help at-risk children and youth? Become a coordinator for your state (or any of the outlying areas)! See our NAREN State Coordinators page for more information on the duties and responsibilities for coordinators, and what qualifications are required, not to mention the advantages and privileges that our coordinators enjoy!

If becoming a coordinator for your state (or outlying area) sounds right for you, then proceed to our How to Start a NAREN State/Territorial Chapter page for the application form.

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