{"id":176375,"date":"2019-08-14T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=176375"},"modified":"2019-08-15T16:29:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T21:29:33","slug":"jamestown-high-school-to-host-gov-education-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=176375","title":{"rendered":"Governor’s Education Summit held in Jamestown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Update…<\/p>\n

Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi) Gov. Doug Burgum Wednesday kicked off the third annual Governor\u2019s Summit on Innovative Education, a two-day event focused on sharing best practices and addressing behavioral health challenges in the classroom.<\/p>\n

More than 500 people registered to attend the free public summit at Jamestown High School, including teachers, administrators, legislators, behavioral health professionals, parents and students.<\/p>\n

Burgum said, \u201cNorth Dakota continues to make tremendous progress in implementing and sharing innovative education practices as we build on the momentum of the previous two summits, the recommendations of the Innovative Education Task Force and related legislation.\u00a0 Highlighting the 2019 Legislature\u2019s passage of SB 2215, which creates a K-12 Education Coordinating Council. Applications for the council are now being accepted through the governor\u2019s website at www.governor.nd.gov\/boards\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201dThis year\u2019s summit also shines a spotlight on the significant challenges posed by behavioral health issues in the classroom.\u00a0 He added, \u201cBy sharing best practices and learning from one another, we can tackle these challenges, identify new opportunities to improve student outcomes and become a national leader in education.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second day of the summit will focus on behavioral health in an educational setting. Among the featured speakers will be Dr. Stuart Ablon, director of Think:Kids in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor and Thomas G. Stemberg Endowed Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who will address the topic of school discipline.<\/p>\n

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\"\"State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler said,\u00a0 “The Governor\u2019s Summit on Innovative Education helps to showcase the successes that we have in North Dakota public education, and how we are striving to improve it for our students and families. This involves listening to the voices of our students, our families, our educators and our taxpayers as we move forward. I am also grateful for the Summit\u2019s focus on behavioral health issues in our schools, which our educators have identified as something that needs to be addressed urgently.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive year, #InnovativeND Awards also were presented during the summit to recognize outstanding work being done by North Dakota educators to prepare students for success in a global economy being driven by rapid technological change. The recipients are:<\/p>\n