The National Council of La Raza NCLR)—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—hosts Achieving the American Dream in a New Century.

The Alliance for Excellent Education hosts its 2006 Breakfast Forums on Promising Practices in Secondary Education in Washington, DC.

Innovative Approaches in Civil Rights and Education: The Link Between Data-driven Decisionmaking and Promising Practices is presented by the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Civil Rights Working Group.

This national meeting will examine key policy issues related to accelerated learning options, such as Advanced Placement, dual/concurrent enrollment, early college high schools, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) is holding its 10th annual summit in Raleigh, North Carolina.

On this day in 1995, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.