Los Angeles, CA (May 4-5, 2011) ~ Described as a "coalition of the willing," eleven district/union teams from across the state accepted inviations to attend a first-ever labor/management conference, co-sponsored by CalTURN and WestEd (view agenda).

St. Charles, IL (May 4-5) ~ The spring meeting of Great Lakes TURN attracted 29 district/union teams from all six target states, plus one team from California to hear presentations and share updates on efforts to use value-added data to improve teacher effectiveness and appraisal systems.

Boston, MA ~  Southwest TURN piggy-backed its regional meeting on the to follow the national TURN meeting with a topic focus that also dovetailed the national agenda.  

Whereas the national meeting included a broad view of of Ford Foundation's funding priority of "Rethinking Time”, the regional meeting provided an opportunity to look at specific strategies for restructuring the school day and school year.