While the National Education Summit takes place in multiple formats and locations, our host location is the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. For more information on each of our locations, visit our Venues page.

Using Art to Connect Past and Present 

These sessions will examine the ways in which history and culture are depicted through various art forms and media. Sessions will demonstrate the role of art in mirroring historical events, social movements, and cultural shifts, and offer practical methods for educators to use visual media analysis and creation to engage students in connecting past and present. 

Inclusive Storytelling

These sessions will emphasize the importance of diverse perspectives in storytelling. By recognizing absence, asking questions that ensure the inclusion of diverse voices, and intentionally sharing more equitable stories across subject areas and grade levels, educators provide insight into the value of multiple perspectives and experiences in teaching and learning.  

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally 

These sessions highlight how educators are equipping students with the knowledge and skills to understand the world's most pressing issues and to become agents for change in their own communities. From climate change to global migration and from bioethics to energy, these compelling issues provide a motivating context in which students can learn scientific practices that will better serve them as active citizens in their communities and a global society. 

Youth Taking Civic Action 

These sessions will spotlight models of learning that require students to use what they learned to inspire, change behaviors, solve a problem, or serve an audience through civic action. While the process of taking informed action is contact agnostic, it often requires students to consider different perspectives on an issue, ways to address it, and the potential impact of their actions. Examples range from art activism used to inspire and inform, to historical case studies providing context to contemporary issues, to advocating with local community members and stakeholders through presentations or novel approaches.