McREL Board of Directors to Meet in Denver January 6-7
For immediate release
DENVER,
Colo. — The Board of Directors for Mid-continent
Research for Education and Learning (McREL) will meet in Denver on January 6-7. McREL is a nationally recognized, private, nonprofit organization located in Aurora, Colo. It is dedicated to improving education for all students through applied research, product development and service.
McREL’s 27-member
Board represents educators, policymakers and business people
from the seven-state region-Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming-that McREL serves through
contracts with the U.S. Department of Education. Through these competitive
contracts, McREL provides research-based products and services to
educators and policymakers.
In Colorado, for example, McREL has been analyzing
the state's alternative teacher preparation programs in partnership
with the Alliance for
Quality Teaching. McREL has also convened community dialogues
and focus groups on standards, testing and accountability as part
of its National Dialogue
on Standards-based Education. In early 2004, McREL and Denver-based
Education Commission of the States
will jointly publish a guide designed to help policymakers understand
and make use of education research.
Active McREL Board members from Colorado include
Dan Morris, co-director of The Colorado Center
for Teaching, Learning, and Technology; former Colorado Education
Association president Beverly Ausfahl; and Henry
Gonzalez, director of human resources at Fountain-Fort
Carson School District Eight.
In addition, Ken DeLay, executive
director of the Colorado Association of School Boards, and Pamela
Jo Suckla, who represents Colorado's 3rd Congressional
District on the state board of education, serve on McREL's policy
advisory team. Robert Adams, superintendent of
Aurora Public Schools; Joyce Bales, superintendent
of Pueblo School District, and Norman Ridder, superintendent
of Colorado Springs District 11; participate in McREL's network
of urban superintendents.
In 2003, McREL delivered services to clients
in 33 states and Canada and had annual revenues of more than $12.4
million. To learn more about McREL, visit our online newsroom.
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McREL is a nationally recognized, private, nonprofit
organization located in Aurora, Colo., dedicated to improving education
for all students through applied research, product development and
service. Its staff of highly respected educators and researchers
focuses on providing educators and policymakers with the highest
quality, field-tested, research-based products and services available
in PreK–16 education.
