March 11 12, 1999
Report on the Conference Collaborative Research for Practice
New Orleans, LA
Conference Organizers:
Judy Buchanan, Philadelphia Education Fund
Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, University of California, Berkley
Louis Gomez, Northwestern University
Sarah Michaels, Clark University
Thursday, March 11
Bayside A Room, 4th Floor,
Sheraton Hotel
4:00 p.m. Welcome: John B. Williams, Vice
President, The Spencer Foundation
4:15 p.m. Conference Overview and Introductions:
Rebecca Barr, the Spencer Foundation
5:00 p.m. Case Presentation: The ReNUE Project,
Northwestern University
6:00 p.m. Group Discussion of Focus Questions:
(1) What understandings come out of the collaboration, and what knowledge
is produced?
(2) What does it mean to have a research agenda with practice at the center?
6:45 p.m. Remarks: Patricia Albjerg Graham, President, The Spencer Foundation
7:00 p.m. Reception/Dinner, Waterbury Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Hotel
Friday, March 12
Tennessee Williams Room, 3rd Floor, Waterbury Conference Center
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks: Ramona Thomas, The Spencer Foundation
8:45 - 10:45 a.m. Case Presentations and Small Group Discussions
4th Floor, Waterbury
Three Concurrent Sessions of Two Presentations Each
Group I Mark Twain Room
(1) The Algebra Project (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
(2)Brookline Teacher/Researcher Seminar (Brookline, Massachusetts)
Group II Truman Capote Room
(1) Ganado Intermediate School (Ganado, Arizona)
(2) The M-Class Case (University of California, Berkley)
Group III William Faulkner Room
(1) Madison Metropolitan School District (Madison, Wisconsin)
(2) TAPAS: Teachers and Parents and Students (University of Pennsylvania)
10:45 - 12:00 p.m. Working Groups
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Working Lunch, Cafi Promenade, Sheraton Hotel
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Reflections About Knowledge Generated
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30-4:00 p.m. Panelists: Courtney Cazden, Hugh Mehan, Jim Minstrell,
Renee More, Jacqueline Jones Royster, Warren Simmons
4:00 p.m. Closing remarks
Adjourn