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What is the best way to deal with a struggling school? Various restructure plans include closing schools, changing administrations, creating smaller schools within schools, or converting traditional public schools into charters. These approaches all have long range impacts on students, teachers and communities.

This conference will present research and policy about the best ways to deal with an unsuccessful school, considering the many practical issues that must be considered in order to ensure positive outcomes and mitigate negative effects.  

The Keller Center, the Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network, and Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in conjunction with Princeton’s Office of Technology Licensing, are pleased to announce the 7th Annual Innovation Forum. The purpose of the Innovation Forum is to showcase Princeton research that offers the potential to be commercialized.

For those willing to talk about a tough topic in a "safe place," come to the monthly Not in Our Town events, Continuing Conversations on Race, at the Princeton Public Library.

Between 5 and 8 PM on March 1st, art organizations on campus and around town present the first Princeton ArtWalk, a self-guided evening of drop-in art related activities in downtown Princeton.
Scheduled to take place on a quarterly basis, the Princeton ArtWalk will include programming at the Princeton University Art Museum, the Arts Council of Princeton, the Bernstein Gallery, Woodrow Wilson School, Firestone Library, the Lewis Center for the Arts, Historic Morven, the Princeton Historical Society, the Princeton Public Library, Small World Coffee, and Labyrinth Books.

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Part 1 of Getting through the college process with Radha Mishra, Associate Director of College Counseling at The Hun School of PrincetonCast: Princeton Community TelevisionTags: Radha Mishra, The Hun School and College

Part 2 of Getting through the college process with Radha Mishra, Associate Director of College Counseling at The Hun School of Princeton and Trish Fairweather, Assiant Director, Office of Undergraduate Addmissions, New York UniversityCast: Princeton Community Television

A discussion of Special Education with Agnes Golding, Director of Student Services, Princeton Regional Schools and Michelle Kelso, Supervisor of Special Education, Princeton Regional SchoolsCast: Princeton Community Television

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It’s official: Princeton Regional Schools is no more. Don’t get too panicked - only the name was traded in.

The Board of Education, at their meeting on February 7,  traded in PRS for the much more stylish PPS, which stands for Princeton Public Schools.

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The Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital Series will continue with a program entitled Mountain and Water in Music and Ink on Sunday, February 26 at 3 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton.  Admission is free.

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The Westminster Symphonic Choir will perform J.S. Bach’s Magnificat  BWV 243 and Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 3 p.m. at Princeton Presbyterian Church in Princeton, N.J.  The choir will be conducted by graduate students Melissa Richardson and Matthew Robertson under the supervision of faculty members Joe Miller and Amanda Quist.  The choir will be accompanied by organist Eric Plutz.

Journalism is explored with Donna Liu, founder of allprinceton.com and Victoria Hurley-Schubert of the Princeton PacketCast: Princeton Community Television

Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and world-renowned author and educator will hold an informal talk and Q&A session followed by a book signing. This event is open to the public. Free.

Carlos Eire, Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University, and winner of the National Book Award, will speak about his life as an "Operation Pedro Pan" kid in Cuba and discuss a new film project along with Princeton producers Joe Seldner and Dr. Mario Gonzalez. Light refreshments will be served. (Professor Eire will be giving a lecture at Princeton University on Thursday, February 16). Free

On Tuesday, January 31^st, the transition task force held a kickoff meeting that laid the groundwork to help bring Princeton one step closer to consolidation.

The meeting started with members of the team introducing themselves. The team is comprised of elected officials as well as six Princeton residents, three from the Borough and three from the Township, with a fourth resident from each municipality serving as alternate.

Opening Reception In conjunction with Princeton ArtWalk, a self-guided evening of drop-in visual art activities along Nassau and Witherspoon Streets in downtown Princeton. Artists In Drawing Beyond include: Eve Aschheim, Caroline Burton, Theresa Chong, Patti Jordan, William Kentridge and Sun K. Kwak. Guest curated by Marsha Levin-Rojer.

February 9th-- The Princeton Farmers Market's Winter Market from 11am to 5pm inside the Princeton Public Library’s Community room will bring our farmers and crafters together for your holiday choices. Winter produce, cheeses, honey, breads, desserts, breads, eggs, pasture fed beef, pork, and chickens, and more! www.princetonfarmersmarket.com

The Chamber warmly welcomes Kevin Kruse, founder and president of The Kruse Group, and formerly of AXIOM, Kenexa, and ACI. Kevin is also the co-author of the best-selling book We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement.

Third Annual African Soiree to benefit the United Front Against Riverblindness, Mackay Campus Center, Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street, Princeton. An African market, silent auction, authentic cuisine, fashion show, and dancers from the Garvey School. $50 ($25 for students) at www.riverblindness.org or call 609-924-2613.

 “Children at Risk: trafficking and enslavement of children today” will be the topic for a lecture-conversation led by Dr. Francesca Nuzzolese on Sunday, February 19, at 4 p.m. at Princeton United Methodist Church (PUMC), located at Nassau & Vandeventer. A professor at Palmer Theological Seminary, Dr. Nuzzolese has been a missionary and pastoral counselor in the United States, Europe, and Australia, and she has just returned from investigating child enslavement in south Asia.