[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 63345] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-30218] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL Meeting AGENCY: National Education Goals Panel. ACTION: Notice of meeting/press conference. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date and location of a forthcoming meeting of the National Education Goals Panel. This notice also describes the functions of the Panel. DATES AND TIME: Thursday, December 2, 1998, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: National, Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20045. (National Education Goals Panel Meeting, 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Ballroom.) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Nelson, Executive Director, 1255 22d Street, NW, Suite 502, Washington, DC 20037. Telephone: (202) 724- 0015. SUMMARY: The National Education Goals Panel was established to monitor, measure and report state and national progress toward achieving the eight National Education Goals, and report to the states and the Nation on that progress. Agenda Items The meeting of the Panel is open to the public. The National Education Goals Panel will convene a series of events on December 2 at the National Press Club. From 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. the Panel will discuss recommendations of the 10th Anniversary Conference and adopt an Action Statement. The Panel will also characterize Panel Field Hearings: ``Strategies for Achieving the Goals.'' From 11 to 12 there will be a press conference announcing the release of two new reports, Building a Nation of Learners 1999 and the Data Volume for the National Education Goals, 1999. The Building a Nation of Learner, 1999 report will illustrate the nation's progress in each of the 8 National Education Goal areas. The Data Volume will provide detailed information about each state's performance towards attaining the National Education Goals. Dated: November 15, 1999. Ken Nelson, Executive Director, National Education Goals Panel. [FR Doc. 99-30218 Filed 11-18-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4010-01-M