We would like to invite you to attend our 20th Annual International Conference on Childhood Education during the dates of March 10 – March 14, 2013 at Oriel College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. Oriel College is one of the thirty-eight colleges that form the University of Oxford and was founded in 1326. We are pleased to invite you to become a member of this Round Table. Membership is limited to approximately thirty-five (35) interdisciplinary scholars who have a particular interest in this subject.

Twenty years ago, a highly successful Round Table was specifically designed to explore Childhood Education.  You are invited and encouraged to make a presentation and to provide a paper on a relevant aspect of the topic, however your participation as a member of the Round Table is not contingent upon presenting and you can serve on a panel or as a discussion leader. Papers presented at the Round Table may be subsequently submitted for publication in the Forum, a journal of the Oxford Round Table. Papers considered for publication in the Forum are evaluated by peer reviewers as to technical and substantive quality and for potential to make a significant contribution to new knowledge in the field. 

The topics for discussion at the session are:

Early Childhood Education

·         Early STEM Learning

·         Reading First

·         The Creative Child

·         Children’s Speech

·         At Risk Children

·         Preventive Health for Children

·         Planning the PreK-3 Programs

·         Technology and the Young Child

School Law

·         Undocumented Children

·         Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

·         Cyber bullying/Bullying

·         Home Schooling

·         Sexual Harassment

·         Civil Rights

·         Employee Benefits and Compensation

Children’s Literature

·         The Culture of Literacy

·         Religion in Children’s Literature

·         Magical Worlds

·         Slam Poetry

·         African-American Children’s Literature

·         Children’s Literature Innovations

·         Fantasy and Dreams

Special Education

·         Least Restrictive Environment

·         Stay-Put

·         Regression-Recoupment

·         Interface with NCLB

·         Inclusion

·         Related Services

·         Crisis Intervention

·         Parent Collaboration

·         Designing the IEP

·         Manifestation Decisions

·         Extended School Year

School Administration and Leadership

·         School Policy and Governance

·         The School Leadership Challenge

·         The School Board

·         School Improvement

·         Curricular Enhancement

·         Public School and Religion

·         Involving Parents in School Partnerships

·         Involving the Community

·         Teacher Rights

Elementary Instruction

·         Elementary STEM Learning

·         Reading Progress

·         English as a Second Language

·         Health and the Child

·         Improving Learning

·         Art Education

·         Music Education

·         Mathematics Assessment

·         Early Science Assessment

Secondary Instruction

·         Secondary STEM Learning

·         Advanced Placement

·         Deterrents to Learning

·         Bilingual Education

·         Library Technology

·         Science and Math Performance

·         Electronic Instruction

·         English as a Second Language

·         Curricular Enhancement

·         Improving Learning

·         Performance Measures

·         International Performance

School Governance

·         Government Accountability

·         Alternative Sources of Funding

·         Health and Drugs

·         Bullying

·         Structural Changes in Schooling

·         Traditional Public Schools

·         Measurement of Performance

·         Rationalizing Universal Education

·         Government Funding of Parochial Schools

·         Collective Bargaining

Instruction and Support

·         Educational Technology and Multimedia

·         Technology Support

·         Distance Learning

·         Counseling and Psychology

Alternatively, we are also hosting a few other sessions thoughout 2013 that may be of interest to you instead: