Albury’s teaching community will celebrate ten years of student research and dedication at the 2006 ECON conference, hosted by final year early childhood education students with Charles Sturt University’s Murray School of Education on Friday 3 November. The annual educational conference, for primary school teachers, early childhood educators and interested parents in the Border region, will address such questions as: Is childhood becoming extinct? Who's watching their weight? Is homework of value in primary school? and What are the challenges for beginning teachers? Guest speakers as this 10th anniversary meeting include former ABC TV Play School presenter Benita Collings and early childhood education experts Sue Dockett and Susan Groundwater-Smith. The conference, to be held between 11am and 3.30pm, will cost $12 on the day and includes a barbeque lunch and afternoon tea. It will be staged in the Cliff Blake Theatres on CSU Albury-Wodonga Campus, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.