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Fifth Annual
Research to Practice Conference
June 2009
Why Teachers Improve (and How):
High School
Supervision and Professional Community
Toward Excellence
with Equity
| Monday June 29 |
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8:00 – 9:45
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:45 – 10:15 |
Welcome from AGI Co-Chairs Ron Ferguson, Richard Murnane and Conference Co-Chair Stacey Childress
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10:15 – Noon |
Key Ideas and
Issues for the Conference
Moderator: Stacey Childress, Harvard Business School
Ronald F. Ferguson, “Seven Strategic Propositions from Last Year’s AGI Conference.” Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Kennedy School (Author of Toward Excellence with Equity, Harvard Education Press, 2007)
Jon Saphier, “Why Improving High School Instruction is so Difficult.” Research for Better Teaching, Acton MA. (Co-Author of The Skillful Teacher, Research for Better Teaching)
Karin Chenoweth, “Problems in High Schools that Attempt to Improve.” The Education Trust (Author of It’s Being Done, Harvard Education Press, 2007)
Ronald F. Ferguson, “Profiles of Progress and Performance at the Conference’s Featured High Schools.”
Discussant: Thomas Payzant, Harvard Graduate School of Education, former Superintendent, Boston Public Schools
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Noon – 1:30 |
Lunch
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1:30 – 3:00 |
High Schools that do Project Based Learning
Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School, Cincinnati, OH
Naperville Central and North High Schools, Naperville, IL
Manor New Technology High School, Manor, TX
Interviewers: Jon Saphier and Richard Murnane
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3:00 – 3:30 |
Break
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3:30 – 5:00 |
High Poverty and Vocational
Schools with High Achievement Gains
Brockton High School, Brockton, MA
Worcester Technical High School, Worcester, MA
Brighton High School, Boston, MA
Interviewers: Jon Saphier and Richard Murnane
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| 5:00 – 6:00 |
Reception
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Tuesday June 30 |
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| 7:30 – 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
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8:30 – 10:00 |
Exemplary Progress
in English Language Arts
Randolph High School, Randolph, MA
Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA
Boston Latin Academy, Boston, MA
Interviewers: Karin Chenoweth and Thomas Payzant
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Break
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10:30 – Noon |
Exemplary Progress
in Math
TechBoston High School, Boston, MA
Lynn English High School, Lynn, MA
Naperville Central and North High Schools, Naperville, IL
Interviewers: Karin Chenoweth and Thomas Payzant
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Noon – 1:15 |
Lunch
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1:15 – 2:45 |
Other Examples of
Leadership for Instructional Improvement
Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School, Washington, DC
Paint Branch High School, Montgomery County, MD
Lee High School, Houston, TX
Interviewers: Richard Murnane and Jim Connell
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2:45 – 3 :00 |
Break
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3:00 – 4:00 |
What Have We
Learned in These Two Days?
Marian Brooks, Executive Director, Cambridge Education and HLSP
Cambridge, UK and Westwood, MA
Karin Chenoweth, Senior Writer, The Education Trust
Washington, DC
Jim Connell, President, Institute for Research and Reform in Education
Philadelphia, PA
Richard Murnane, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA
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