More than 2,000 students from area schools, along with parents, educators and community leaders, are expected to attend Education Summit 2001 Sept. 13-15, sponsored by the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati.

        The summit will be held at the Albert B. Sabin Cincinnati Convention Center downtown and at Christ Emmanuel Christian Fellowship Church, 2324 May St., Walnut Hills.

        The summit is designed to improve the academic and social development of youth, said Rochelle Morton, senior director for the league's Campaign for African American Achievement.

        “Our goal is to educate parents and community leaders about the education accountability movement,” Ms. Morton said. “The workshops at the summit
teach children how to fight negative academic peer pressure.”

        She said the summit is free. Children will be bused to the convention center, where they will participate in workshops.
       

Paige to speak
               Topics include methods to assess the quality of teaching and learning, strategies for successful school-community collaboration, and helping children understand and believe that achievement matters.

        U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige will address the group at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at Christ Emmanuel.

        The KnowledgeWorks Foundation downtown is sponsoring a reception for Mr. Paige from 5-6:30 p.m. that day at the church.

        More than 2,250 people attended the summit last year and gained knowledge about the importance of after-school and summer programs, Ms. Morton said.

        Two students interviewed who attended last year said they learned about school, themselves and how to cope with situations. Both plan to attend this year.

        “It was great,” said Chris Thornton, 13, an eighth-grader at Finneytown Middle School. “We had a motivational speaker who talked to us about how to get out of bad situations and get on the right track.”
       

Values stressed
               Brittany Nelson Turner, 14, a ninth-grader at Seven Hills Upper School in Madisonville, said, “I think the best part of the program was where we learned the importance of being responsible.”

        Ms. Morton said information about the summit is sent to area schools. Each school chose two teachers to select students to attend the summit.

        For more information, call the league at 281-9955 or 487-6506.

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