January 24-25, 2002
Traditions of Scholarship in Education
30th Anniversary Conference
University Club of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, January 24
Michigan Room, 2nd Floor
6:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions Keynote Speaker: Richard Rothstein, Economic
Policy Institute & The New York Times
7:00 p.m.Reception and Dinner
Friday, January 25
Michigan Room, 2nd Floor
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Panel 1
Chair: Lee Shulman, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University
Three Decades of Research on Classroom Life: Illuminating the Classroom Communicative Lives of America 's At-Risk Students
Discussant: David T. Hansen, Teachers College, Columbia University
Lorrie A. Shepard, University of Colorado at Boulder
The Contest Between Large-Scale Accountability Testing and Assessment in the Service of Learning: 1970-2001
Discussant: Walter Haney, Boston College
9:30 a.m. Break 9:45 a.m.Panel 2
Chair: Paul D. Goren, The Spencer Foundation
Kurt W. Fischer, Harvard University
Cognitive Development and Education: From Dynamic General Structure to Specific Learning and Teaching
Discussant: Annemarie S.Palincsar, University of Michigan
Thomas A. Romberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Creating A Research Community in Mathematics Education
Discussant: Daniel Chazan, Michigan State University
Courtney Cazden, Harvard University
Language Development and Education
Discussant: Luis C. Moll, University of Arizona
11:45 a.m. Small Group Discussions: What Have We Learned?
12:45 p.m. Lunch ( Monroe Room, 2nd Floor)
1:45 p.m.Panel 3
Chair: Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University
James E. Rosenbaum, Northwestern University
Two Revolutions in Educational Attainment Research Over the Past 30 Years: Their Impact on Public Understanding and Social Policy
Discussant: Ricardo Stanton-Salazar, University of Southern California
Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Racing Against Race: Thirty Years of Educational Research On and About
Students of ColorDiscussant: Marta Tienda, Princeton University
2:45 p.m. Small Group Discussions: What Have We Learned?
4:00 p.m. Break
4:15 p.m. Closing
Session: Reflections On Three Decades of Education Research
Chair: Mary Patterson McPherson, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, President, The Spencer Foundation
Cynthia Greenleaf, Chicago Public Schools
Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University
Lyle Logan, Sr., The Northern Trust Company
Alejandro Portes, Princeton University
Lee S. Shulman, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
5:00 p.m. Adjourn