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Sharing Knowledge to Enable Effective Parenting:
Messages and Mechanisms from Research and Practice
A Research-to-Practice Conference
Co-Convened by the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University
and the Children’s Defense Fund
Wednesday June 29th and Thursday June 30th 2011
Harvard University
AGENDA
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| DAY ONE Wednesday, June 29th |
8:00 – 8:45 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:45 – 9:00 |
Welcome from AGI Faculty Director Ronald Ferguson and CDF President Marian Wright Edelman – Building on the Premise that All Parents Care
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9:00 – 10:15 |
What Parents Should Know from Brain Research
Richard Nisbett, University of Michigan
John Ratey, Harvard Medical School
Margaret Sheridan, Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital, Boston
Nadine Gaab, Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital, Boston
David Grissmer, University of Virginia
Lead Questioner: William Dickens, Northeastern University and the Brookings Institution
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10:30 – Noon |
What Parents Should Know about Developing Literacy & Mathematics Skills
Susan Landry, University of Texas, Houston
Ursula Johnson, University of North Texas
Elizabeth Gunderson, University of Chicago
Susan Levine, University of Chicago
Lead Questioner: Richard Murnane, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Noon – 1:00 |
Lunch
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1:00 – 2:20
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Helping Parents Manage Stress and Promoting Healthy Child Development
Steven Gortmaker, Harvard School of Public Health
Carol Leitschuh, University of Minnesota
William Beardslee, Harvard Medical School
Portia Kennel, Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago
Lead Questioner: James Quane, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
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2:20 – 3:40 |
What Parents Should Know about Adolescent Development
Stephanie Jones, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ronald Ferguson, The Achievement Gap Initiative
Richard Lerner, Tufts University
Steven Sheldon, Johns Hopkins University
John Diamond, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lead Questioner: Rick Weissbourd, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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4:00 – 5:20 |
Organizational Structures for Reaching Parents
Judy Langford, Center for the Study for Social Policy
Jamilah R. Jor’dan, Chicago State University
M. Elena Lopez, Harvard Family Research Project
Michele Brooks, Parent University, Boston Public Schools
Lead Questioner: Ronald Ferguson, The Achievement Gap Initiative
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AGENDA FOR DAY TWO, Thursday, June 30th |
8:00 – 8:45 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:45 – 9:00
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Reflections on Day One |
9:00 – 10:20 |
Parent Talk
Jennifer Baily, Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative, Cambridge
Theresa Lynn, ReadBoston, Boston
Susan Goldin-Meadow, University of Chicago
Mariela Paez, Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Lead Questioner: Rick Weissbourd, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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10:40 – Noon |
Home Visitation Programs
Robert Ammerman, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Rick Weissbourd, Harvard Graduate School of Education (Three-to-Third)
Darrell Armstrong, Institute for Clergy Training (IFCT), Trenton
Karen Kalish, Teacher Home Visit Program, St. Louis
Lead Questioner: Julie Boatright Wilson, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
Noon – 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 – 2:30
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Communication Strategies for Reaching Parents
William Jackson, Great Schools, Inc.
Rocio Galarza, Sesame Workshop
Michele Stephenson and Joseph Brewster, Rada Film Group
Lead Questioner: Joe Blatt, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
2:50 – 4:00 |
Review and Synthesis Panel: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
Tiffany Manuel, Frameworks Institute
Heather Weiss, Harvard Family Research Project
Ronald Ferguson, The Achievement Gap Initiative
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4:00 |
Adjourn |
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