June 25 - 27, 2002
Needs and Opportunities in Education Research, 2002-2012
30th Anniversary Conference
University of Chicago's Gleacher Center
Chicago, Illinois
Tuesday, June 25
Hotel Intercontinental, 505 N. Michigan Avenue, 3rd Floor
6:00 p.m. Welcome (Camelot Room)
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, The Spencer Foundation
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable David S.Tatel
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
7:00 p.m. Reception (Hall of Lions)
Dinner (King Arthur Court)
Wednesday, June 26
Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Executive Dining Room, 6th Floor)
8:30- 10:00 a.m. Panel: Consensus? What Do We Agree We Know? (Room 100)
Chair: Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University
Panelists: DeborahLoewenberg Ball, University of Michigan
Mathematics Instruction
Joseph P. McDonald, New York University
School Reform
Catherine E. Snow, Harvard University
Reading Instruction
Sarah E. Turner, University of Virginia
Higher Education Finance
Discussants: James Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel Fallon, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Deborah Kerdeman, University of Washington
10:00- 10:45 a.m. Small Group Discussions: What Do We Agree We Know?
(Breakout Rooms on 2nd Floor)
Discussion Leaders: Horace Mann Group Room 222
Eric A.Hanushek, Stanford University
J.B. Conant Group Room 226
Jennifer L.Hochschild, Harvard University
Emma Willard Group Room 230
Andrew C. Porter, University of Wisconsin-Madison
John Dewey Group Room 240
Suzanne M. Wilson, Michigan State University
10:45- 11:15 a.m. Break (Refreshments available in Room 100 Foyer)
11:15 - 12:45 p.m. Panel: Current Needs for Knowledge in Education (Room 100)
Chair: RobertFloden, Michigan State University
Panelists: MichaelFeuer, National Research Council
Marshall S. Smith, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
DavidWeiman, Barnard College, Columbia University
Discussants: MagdaleneLampert, University of Michigan
Charles Payne, Duke University
Meredith Phillips, University of California, Los Angeles
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Lunch (Executive Dining Room, 6th Floor)
Invited Speaker: Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Small Group Discussions: What Do We Need To Know?
Breakout Rooms on 2nd Floor
Discussion Leaders: Horace Mann Group Room 222
Eric A.Hanushek, Stanford University
J.B.Conant Group Room 226
Jennifer L.Hochschild, Harvard University
Emma Willard Group Room 230
Andrew C. Porter, University of Wisconsin-Madison
John Dewey Group Room 240
Suzanne M. Wilson, Michigan State University
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Break (Refreshments available in Room 100 Foyer)
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Reports from Small Groups (Room 100)
Chair: Mary Patterson McPherson, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
6:30 p.m. Reception and Dinner (Executive Dining Room, 6th Floor)
Thursday, June 27
Gleacher Center
7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Executive Dining Room, 6th Floor)
8:00 a.m. Invited Speaker: Arne Duncan
Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools
8:30- 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Discussion Groups (Breakout Rooms on the 2nd Floor)
Group #1: Improving the Federal Role in Education Research, Room 222
Chair: Carl F.Kaestle, Brown University
Discussants: G. Reid Lyon, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Kent McGuire, MDRC GaryOrfield, Harvard University
Group #2: Improving Research Training in Education, Room 226
Chair: Lauren Jones Young, The Spencer Foundation
Discussants: P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley
Julie A. Reuben, Harvard University
Group #3: Understanding Education Research in Comparison to Other Fields, Room 230
Chair: Larry V. Hedges, University of Chicago
Discussants: Richard J.Shavelson, Stanford University
Jonathan L. Zimmerman, New York University
Group #4: Linking Research to Policy and Practice, Room 244
Chair: Paul Goren, The Spencer Foundation
Discussants: Cornelia Brunner, Education Development Center
AdamGamoran, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michael S. McPherson,Macalester College
Carol H. Weiss, Harvard University
10:30- 11:00 a.m. Break (Refreshments available in Room 100 Foyer)
11:00-12:00 p.m. Large Group Discussion: Next Steps (Room 100)
Moderators: Howard Gardner, Harvard University
EllenCondliffeLagemann, The Spencer Foundation
12:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch (Executive Dining Room, 6th Floor)
1:00 p.m. Adjourn