A carpenter cannot build a skyscraper without tools.
Likewise educators require tools to offer students an education of equity and excellence.
The Midwest Desegregation Assistance Center hopes to add to educators' tool boxes through a variety of institutes it will be offering. After attending an institute, educators should leave with both the knowledge and the skills to apply what they've learned. The institutes will be smaller and more intense than conferences or inservices, and follow-up performance indicators will be an important component of the institutes. Not only will participants evaluate the institutes at the time they attend, but MDAC staff will gather information about how participants implement the information and skills after they return to their districts. In November the Midwest Center sponsored an institute for faculty and staff in the Norfolk, Neb., school district.