Teachers and administrators from across Kansas will meet Friday at Kansas University to discuss education strategies in the age of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

“By tapping into the best of what is happening in schools and districts across Kansas, as well as the most current research on topics that can help educators, this conference is designed to aid the work in districts all across the state,” said Rick Ginsberg, dean of KU’s School of Education.

The school, the Kansas State Department of Education and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation are sponsors of the conference “Strategies for Educational Improvement: No Child Left Behind 2008 and Beyond.”

Teachers, principals, superintendents, university faculty and state and national policymakers will examine the law, which requires all students to be proficient in reading and math by 2014.

The conference will include a briefing on how the law’s regulations will change for the upcoming school year.

KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway, Ginsberg, and Kansas Education Commissioner Alexa Posny will give opening remarks at 8:30 a.m. at Budig Hall, and U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., is the keynote speaker.

A panel of teachers and administrators will discuss how the law has affected their jobs. Andy Tompkins, the Pittsburg State University education dean and former Kansas education commissioner, will moderate the discussion, which is scheduled to include Sam Rabiola, a Free State High School English teacher.

The rest of the day will include sessions at Joseph R. Pearson Hall, where participants will discuss ways to help teachers and schools.

For more information, visit the School of Education’s Web site, http://soe.ku.edu/nclb/.