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Conference Schedule Monday, October 20
8:00-8:30 am | Breakfast | 8:30-10:45 am | Welcome, Opening plenary & World cafe dialogue:
Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Is Education Reform the Answer? As education funders, we can agree that inequities continue to exist in society today—that poverty in this country is to a large degree intergenerational, and that many students enter the education system at a gross disadvantage. We likely also can agree that access to a high-quality education is critical in breaking the cycle of poverty. Yet is education alone the great equalizer? Can great schools overcome the effects of poverty – and if so, then how? At our opening plenary dialogue, hear three smart, passionate education analysts debate the evidence about whether our education system can close the achievement gaps —and which out-of-school supports and other social and economic policy levers might be equally or even more important than education reforms in both closing the gap and in alleviating poverty. Following their dialogue, you’ll have a chance to reflect in a round robin World Café conversation that kicks off a thought-provoking start to your conference experience—and to our collective learning. Eleanor Clift, Newsweek Pedro Noguera, Steinhardt School of Education at New York University Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute David Whitman, freelance journalist | | 11:15 am-12:15 pm | Spotlight sessions Eyes on Alignment: Getting Serious About P-20 Systems - and the Cracks in Education Pipelines Anthony Berkley, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Tammi Oyadomari-Chun, Hawai'i P-20 Partnerships for Education Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: The Promise and practice of Community Organizing as a Tool for Improving Schools
Christine Doby, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Kavitha Mediratta, Annenberg Institute for School reform Roads to Prosperity:Schools as Catalysts for Comprehensive Community Change
Salin Geevarghese, The Annie E. Casey Foundation | 12:30-1:30 pm | Networking lunch | 1:45-3:15 pm | Concurrent sessions College Choice: Improving Degree Attainment Rates for Low-Income Students
Rosanna Castro, Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University Jenny Nagaoka, University of Chicago Joshua Wyner, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Creating Pathways to Educational and Economic Opportunity: A Focus on 6-16
Michele Cahill, Carnegie Corporation of New York Ronald Chaluisan, New Visions for Public Schools Timothy Daly, The New Teacher Project Restoring Hope: Detroit's Making the Grade Initiative
Kristen McDonald, The Skillman Foundation Sharif Shakrani, Education Policy Center
Roadmap to Afterschool for All: Assessing Current Investments and Mapping Future Needs
An-Me Chung, C.S. Mott Foundation Jennifer Rinehart, Afterschool Alliance , The Finance Project
School Creation as a Lever for System Change: Baltimore's Secondary Reform Initiatives
Robert Balfanz, Center for Social Organization of Schools , Blaustein Philanthropic Group , Baltimore Freedom Academy Foundation , Baltimore City Public School System Social Justice and School Reform: The Role of Philanthropy in Building Capacity for Fair and Equitable Schools
Jacqueline Berrien, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. , Council of the Great City Schools State-Level Policy Advances in Connecting Early Care & Education with K-12 Systems
Janice Gruendel, Office of Governor M. Jodi Rell , Office of Liutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund The Urgency of Liberal Education for All
Blouke Carus, Hegeler Institute | 3:45-5:15 pm | Concurrent sessions Citywide Approaches to Improving Out-of-School Time Quality: What's the Idea...and What's the Investment
Nancy Devine, The Wallace Foundation | Jean Grossman, Public/Private Ventures | Audrey Hutchinson, National League of Cities Developing a Diverse and Skilled Workforce: Lessons from the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Experience
Julia Coffman, Consultant | Melinda Green, Consultant | Barbara Reisman, Schumann Fund for New Jersey Race and Education: Developing Structural Solutions to Produce Schools that Work for Everyone
john powell, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity | Lori Villarosa, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity | Maya Wiley, Center for Social Inclusion Redesigning Developmental Education: From Remediation to Acceleration
Elaine Baker, Colorado Lumina Initiative for Performance | Pamela Burdman, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | Diego Navarro, Cabrillo College | Raymund Paredes, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board The Role of Law in Improving Public Education for All
Todd Cox, The Ford Foundation | Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights | Lynn Huntley, Southern Education Foundation | Steve Suitts, Southern Education Foundation
Straight Talk: How Young Advocates are Changing Systems for Today's Highly Mobile Students
Jolanda Burton, Norfolk State University | Barbara Dexter, Anchorage School District | Barbara Duffield, National Association for the Education of Homeless | Nathan Duran, University of San Francisco | Naomi Caren Fairbanks, Northern Kentucky University | T'airra Johnson, YWCA Early Learning Center | K. Randy Kurfis, University of Colorado-Denver | Tiffany Smith, Waycross College | Susan Weiss, Casey Family Programs Sustaining School Improvement through Educational Reform Networks
Mark Conrad, Expeditionary Learning Schools | Margo Quiriconi, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | Jeff Thielman, Cristo Rey Network
| 6:30-8:30 pm | Host event Eat, drink and be dazzled at GFE’s special evening reception at the Baltimore School for the Arts. Dreams are forged through hard work and high standards at this one-of-a-kind school – one of the nation’s top public performing arts high schools – housed in a renovated hotel. You’ll mingle with your colleagues over cocktails and conversation, then enjoy a performance by some of the school’s stars. You’ll also have a special chance to hear from Dr. Andrés Alonso, Baltimore’s dynamic and visionary new schools CEO. |
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