The Oxford Round Table will hold 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:

March 17 – 21, 2013 – Higher Education

March 17 – 21, 2013 – Women and Education

July 28 – Aug 1, 2013 – Critical Public Issues

July 28 – Aug 1, 2013 – Religion

Aug 4 – 8, 2013 – Health, Aging and Nutrition

Aug 4 – 8, 2013 – General Education

Members of the Oxford Round Table have access to an array of academic, cultural and social resources, including the Oxford Union Debating Society, colleges and halls of Oxford dating back to 1204, museums, theatres, bookstores, college chapels, river boating, literary pubs, political clubs and may, on recommendation, become official readers of the venerable Bodleian Library of the University, founded by Duke Humphrey circa 1440 and refounded by Sir Thomas Bodley 1602. A free afternoon and evening will be available on Tuesday for independent travel to London (one hour south of Oxford), Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Cambridge or many of the other cultural sights in England.

The conference will run from Sunday night through Thursday morning. We will have drinks and dinners in the Olde Dining Hall on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday nights where the Oxford professors and students dine when university is in session. Lunches are provided on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday along with tea/coffee/biscuit breaks during the meeting. You can also reserve a room in the Oxford University dormitory at Oriel College where students stay during term time. More detailed information concerning the schedule of events and the registration fee can be found on our web site.

In order to ensure that you are registered in a timely and accurate manner, we recommend that you register on our website at www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk. Should you be unable to attend, we would welcome your nomination of a colleague to attend in your place. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please direct all inquiries to: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Coordinator Oxford Round Table 5150 East Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 200 Long Beach, California 90804 Tel: 866-ORT-3411 Fax: 866-244-8833 E-mail: coordinator@oxfordroundtable.com Web Site: www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------