IBSC 19th Annual Conference The 19th annual conference will take place at Scotch College, Melbourne, Australia, 9-12 July, 2012. Along with IBSC schools in Melbourne and throughout Australia, Scotch College looks forward to welcoming everyone! The conference takes inspiration from its overarching theme, Unearthing Creativity, and especially from the creative spirit of boys in our schools. Boys are many things, but they are surely the creative makers of their lives. They like to create and to make things happen: create music, poetry and art; create games and sports; engage ...

NCGS 2012 Annual Conference, June 25-27, 2012 The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX LINK

Images of a Girl: Diversity, Dilemmas and Future Possibilities Date: 25 to 27 May 2012 Venue: Melbourne Girls Grammar Program details and Registration will be available soon. Members will need to log in to be able to access the member discounts and to have your School's details pre-filled. We welcome groups of participants from member schools and hope you will encourage many of your colleagues to attend. LINK

The National Coalition of Girls' Schools and the Young Women's Leadership Network are proud to announce the inaugural National Conference on Girls' Education being held on February 10-12, 2012 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington D.C. The National Conference on Girls' Education (NCGE) will bring together girls' schools, girls' program leaders, academics, researchers and others committed to the healthy intellectual, social, and emotional development of girls and young women, and will shine the spotlight on ...

Barbara Belfi, Mieke Goos, Bieke De Fraine, Jan Van Damme. Educational Research Review, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62–74 Abstract:  In the field of educational effectiveness research, the influence of a class’ student body on students’ individual achievement scores has been a popular research interest for many years. Yet, few studies have focussed on the effects of class composition on students’ non-achievement outcomes, and up to now, hardly any attempts have been made to summarize the findings of previous studies on this topic by conducting ...