Welcome to the web page of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) 2006 Conference.

What is the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement? The International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) was created to provide a forum for researchers, policy makers, school leaders, teachers, district administrators, and professional developers to share ideas, to promote research, and to encourage practices that will enhance the quality and equity of education for all students. ICSEI’s goal is to learn from one other through research, dialogue and development opportunities how best to address issues of equity and excellence in schools across contexts as varied as Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, North and South America and Europe.

ICSEI was founded in January 1988, with the first ICSEI congress held in London. Two major vehicles spurred its growth: annual conferences held at sites throughout the world and an international journal. Previous conferences have been held in London (1988), Rotterdam (1989), Jerusalem (1990), Cardiff (1991), Victoria, Canada (1992) Norrkoping (1993) , Melbourne, Australia (1994), Leuwarden (1995), Minsk (1996), Memphis (1997), Manchester (1998), San Antonio, (1999), Hong Kong (2000), Copenhagen (2001), Toronto (2002), Sydney (2003), Rotterdam (2004) and Barcelona (2005). Over the years, the ICSEI conferences have grown in membership and diversity. In total, people from more than 70 countries have attended ICSEI conferences.

The 2006 Conference was held on January, 2006 the 19^th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the center of south Florida’s vibrant multicultural community.  It provided the perfect meeting place to discuss its theme - Embracing Diversity: New Challenges for School Effectiveness and Improvement in a Global Learning Society. This web site is an archive documenting the keynote speeches, presentations, and papers presented. The conference featured 9 keynote presentations, 16 refereed papers, 47 non-refereed papers/ presentations, 150 presenters, and 500 participants. The archive documents the conference proceedings in various ways: Synced Video to PowerPoint presentations, Video, PowerPoint, Word Documents, and PDF files, and features a fully searchable interface. If you would like to purchase a copy of this conference archive please contact us at icsei2006@fau.edu.