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Reforming High Schools: Tools to Help Promote Change
From Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs   
20090424HighSchoolReformWWS2A conference for school administrators, designed in conjunction with the latest journal issue of The Future of Children `America`s High Schools`
Pt 1 - Research
Pt 2 - Reform Model Themes
Pt 3 - Improvement Tools
Pt 4 - Keynote
Pt 5 - Collaborative Work

 

 

 

 

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(Apr 24, 2009 at Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  Sponsored by the Education Research Section and The Future of Children)

Agenda:
Pt 1: WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH HAVE TO SAY?
Moderator: Lisa Markman-Pithers, Ph.D., Acting Director, Education Research Section, Outreach Director, Future of Children Journal, Princeton University
Speakers:
- Vanessa M. Coca, MPP, Research Analyst, Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago (Download ppt)
- James Kemple, Executive Director, Research Alliance for New York City Schools (Download ppt)
- John Tyler, Associate Professor of Education, Public Policy and Economics, Brown University (Download ppt)

Pt 2: COMMON REFORM MODEL THEMES
Moderator: Sheri H. Ranis, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Research &Data, U.S. Programs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Speakers: (Download ppt)
- Becky A. Smerdon, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Vice President and Deputy Director, U.S. Education and Workforce Development Academy for Educational Development
- Nettie Legters, Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools, and Co-Director of the Center's Talent Development High Schools (TDHS) program.

Pt 3: IMPROVEMENT TOOLS
Moderator: John Webb, Dir., Teacher Preparation Program, Princeton University
Speakers:
- Martha Foote, Director of Research, New York Performance Standards Consortium (Download ppt)
- Diana Moon, Ph.D. Focused Leadership Solutions, Denver, CO (Download ppt)
- Thomas Wilson, Principal Partner, Catalpa Ltd., Performance Based Inquiry (Download ppt)

Pt 4:  KEYNOTE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Moderator: Willa Spicer, Deputy Commissioner of Education of New Jersey
Speaker: Pascal D. Forgione, Jr., Ph.D., Superintendent, Austin Independent School District (Download ppt)

Pt 5: PROMOTING COLLABORATIVE WORK IN YOUR SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS
Moderator: John Webb, Director, Teacher Preparation Program, Princeton University
Speakers:
- Mary Ann Pitcher, Project Director, Network for College Success, the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago (Download ppt)
- Joseph Di Martino, Center for Secondary School Redesign (Download pdf)