A group of Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy students have been invited to address a breakout session during the 2011 Leadership for Equity Forum sponsored by the Equity Alliance at Arizona State University. The students have been working with their instructor Charles Mentken to prepare discussions and information on various aspects of equity from a high school student perspective. They will share personal observations and situations including bullying, gender-bias, classroom issues, peer pressures and many other "real-life" ways that equity is alive in the hallways of their school and others. As they share the experiences, they will also share ways the Expeditionary Learning model has helped them with academic pursuits and personal victories. Their stories will be followed by a question and answer period for the audience to ask about specific situations or school model implementation.

This is particularly unique, as there are no other student presenters on the agenda for the two day conference. Keynote speakers include Juan Sepulveda (Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans), Willis D. Hawley (Professor Emeritus of Education and Public Policy at the University of Maryland) and many other prestigious educators and policy makers from around the USA. Participants will represent all facets of education from the K-12 schools to the colleges and universities as well as politicians and those who study the field of equity based services.

The conference is to be held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Phoenix. The student session is scheduled for Monday afternoon. More conference information can be found at http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/ea/conference/overview

Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy is an independent, charter high school located in Prescott, AZ. Northpoint serves students in grades 9 through 12 who are seeking a rigorous and compelling, college-prep curriculum. Class sizes are small, hands-on, active pedagogy is the norm and students spend time using their school issued laptop computer for research and discovery. Northpoint is affiliated with the nationally recognized Expeditionary Learning Schools model and has a track record of 100% college acceptance rate. More information can be found at www.northpointacademy.org

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