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2008 Press Releases
07/01/2008	SEDL Contributes to Civic Index that Measures Factors to Support & Sustain Quality Public Schools
06/18/2008	Art Contest Winner Lucy Wang to Visit SEDL
06/12/2008	National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning Receives Top Award for AfterWords
05/14/2008	SEDL Is Finalist in Distinguished Achievement Award Competition
05/06/2008	Now Online: Guide to Low-Cost, No-Cost Technology Resources for Afterschool Programs
04/10/2008	Dedication of SEDL’s “Green” Headquarters Held on April 10
03/31/2008	SEDL Staff Present at AERA Annual Meeting
02/08/2008	Partner in National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning Wins CINE AWARD
02/04/2008	SEDL's Hord & Sommers Release New Book About Leading Professional Learning Communities
01/30/2008	SEDL Names Winners in National Student Art Contest
01/10/2008	SEDL Starts the New Year with New Name, in New Headquarters

2007 Press Releases
11/30/2007	New Book by SEDL Program Director Shows How Technology Can Change Teaching, Learning, and Schools
11/27/2007	SEDL Mourns the Loss of Carola Garcia Lemke
11/20/2007	"Reading: Practices to Improve Instruction" Now Available
10/31/2007	Madison Parish, Tallulah Head Start, and SEDL Team Up for the Bright Futures Early Reading First Program
10/12/2007	SEDL's Southeast Comprehensive Center is on the Move
10/04/2007	SEDL Parent Tips: Encouraging Children to Become Comfortable with Math
09/06/2007	SEDL Delivers Literacy Training to All 900 Recovery School District Teachers: Physical Education and Music Teachers Learn to Facilitate Literacy
08/28/2007	SEDL Quickly Identifies Needs of Teachers, Principals Through AT&T Grant
08/21/2007	Tips for Parents: Easy Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Read
08/14/2007	A Good Afterschool Program Will Ensure Your Child Won't Be Home Alone
08/01/2007	Christine Moses to Lead SEDL's Growing Communications Initiatives
06/20/2007	SEDL Staff Member Chris Ferguson Published in New Book for Teachers
05/21/2007	New Curriculum Searchable Databases Help Afterschool Programs Across the Country
05/11/2007	Afterschool Training Toolkit for Technology Teaches More Than Just Computer Skills
01/23/2007	Making Research Relevant in the Classroom

2006 Press Releases
11/29/2006	Promising Practices in Afterschool Arts Programs Shown in Online Toolkit
11/01/2006	New SEDL Letter Examines Creating a Culture of Data
10/31/2006	Community Breakfast Celebrates 40 Years of School Improvement
10/17/2006	SEDL Wins National Institute for Literacy Contract
10/06/2006	SEDL and Harvard to Team Up to Serve as National Coordinator for Parent Centers
08/14/2006	Consumer's Guide to Afterschool Science Resources Now Available Online From SEDL's National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning
07/24/2006	SEDL Breaks Ground on New Facility at Mueller on August 2
07/06/2006	Science Promising Practices for Afterschool Programs Featured Online
06/21/2006	SEDL Celebrates 40th Anniversary in Austin
06/14/2006	New Manuals for the Concerns-Based Adoption Model Are Now Available
02/15/2006	New Study Shows High-Performing After-School Programs Share Five Common Characteristics
01/23/2006	SEDL's National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research Receives Federal Funding
01/05/2006	December Issue of SEDL Letter Discusses Leadership for Learning

2005 Press Releases
11/23/2005	SEDL Honored with Marketing and Communication Awards
10/03/2005	SEDL Wins Competitions to Head Two Regional Comprehensive Centers
09/20/2005	Reaching Out to Diverse Families is the Topic of New SEDL Strategy Brief
09/16/2005	New SEDL Strategy Brief Focuses on the Transition from Pre-K to Kindergarten
09/01/2005	New Toolkit Teaches Afterschool Providers Innovative Ways to Support Student Learning
08/17/2005	SEDL Strategy Brief Focuses on Engaging Families at the Secondary Level
08/03/2005	SEDL Board Member Brenda Hatfield Appointed New Orleans CAO
07/27/2005	SEDL Launches Redesigned Web Site
05/27/2005	New SEDL Letter Focuses on "Meeting Our Reading Goals"
05/25/2005	SEDL's Haidee Williams Appointed to NAEP Committee, TEA Task Force
04/05/2005	SEDL Scholar Emerita Shirley Hord Receives NSDC Award
03/04/2005	Collaborative Approach Can Connect Schools, Families and Communities
02/23/2005	RUSH Project Announces Research Utilization Award Funding
02/18/2005	Study Examines State Education Databases as Decision-Making Tools
01/21/2005	Early Experience in School Sets the Stage for Later Progress

2004 Press Releases
12/20/2004	National Center for School Reform & Improvement Is SEDL's Newest Project and Partnership
03/29/2004	SEDL CEO Testifies Before Congress
01/31/2004	School Report Cards Can Help Parents Support School Improvement

2003 Press Releases
12/30/2003	SEDL Synthesis Examines School, Family and Community Connections Among Diverse Populations
12/17/2003	SEDL President Wes Hoover Selected as NEKIA's Board Chair
11/24/2003	New SEDL Letter Focuses on Mathematics and Science Achievement
11/24/2003	SEDL School Improvement Work Highlighted in New Book
10/01/2003	SEDL Helps Parents Prepare for Parent-Teacher Conferences
10/01/2003	SEDL ayuda a preparar a padres para las conferencias con maestros
09/26/2003	SEDL Awarded Contract to Support Quality in Afterschool Programs
08/04/2003	Back-to-School Parental Involvement Media Kit
07/14/2003	Hord Named SEDL Scholar Emerita
02/01/2003	National Science Foundation (NSF) Southwest Regional Conference Proceedings Available Online

2002 Press Releases
12/01/2002	SEDL Board Member Reports Arkansas Success Story for The Achiever
05/01/2002	SEDL Resources Demystify Reading Instruction and Assessment

2001 Press Releases
12/01/2001	Dr. John Westbrook Named to Board of the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center