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Links to 2002 presentation materials have been removed. If you are interested in any of the materials or recordings listed below, please feel free to contact GFE and we will be happy to provide you with the information.
Monday, October 7
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OPENING PLENARY: What we know about education gaps in access, resources, and achievement
Keynote Address: Philanthropy's role in closing education gaps
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Richard Rothstein, New York Times columnist (A recent speech making similar points to Rothstein's presentation at GFE conference is available)
Research Report: Defining the gaps through data
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Tom Loveless, Brooking's Institution's Brown Center on Education Policy (Loveless PowerPoint presentation is available.)
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Donald Hernandez, Center for Social and Demographic Analyses at the State University of New York-Albany (Hernandez PowerPoint presentation is available.)
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SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS: What causes the gaps?
Presentations from selected sessions:
Session 2: Attitudes vs. Attributes
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Richard Lamm, former Governor of Colorado (A "reading list" suggested by Lamm is available)
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John Ogbu,
University of California-Berkeley
(Ogbu's most recent paper on the achievement gap is available)
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Leonard Valverde,
Hispanic Border Leadership Institute (learn more at www.asu.edu/educ/hbli)
Session 3: Cost vs. Curriculum
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Patrick Callan, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (learn more at www.highereducation.org)
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David Conley, Center for Education Policy Research at the University of Oregon (learn more at www.s4s.org)
Session 4: Educators vs. Environment
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CLOSING THE GAP: BREAKOUT SESSIONS #1
Given what we know about education gaps and their causes, which strategies will make a difference? Available presentations and handouts include:
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Assessing Students' Learning, Increasing Institutional Accountability: Lessons from College-level Science and Mathematics Programs
Responding to national trends, several groups are developing models for gauging and promoting high quality science instruction for all undergraduates.
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Sue Daffinrud, LEAD Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Daffinrud PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Ronald Henry, Georgia State University (Henry PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Richard Mccray, University of Colorado (McCray PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Integrating Early and Elementary Education: A Primer for the K-12 Funder
Increasingly, funders and policymakers are focusing on early education, especially pre-K and full-day Kindergarten, to address inequalities at the starting gate and to provide a firm foundation for elementary grades.
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Kristie Kauerz, Education Commission of the States (Kauerz PowerPoint presentation is available; learn more at www.ecs.org)
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Richard Clifford, Frank Graham Porter Child Development Institute (Clifford PowerPoint presentation is available; learn more at www.fpg.unc.edu)
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Ruby Takanishi, Foundation for Child Development (A bibliography prepared by Takanishi is available)
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Scholarships and Financial Assistance for College Students: What Works, What Doesn't
Representatives from major scholarship programs that serve a variety of student populations with a range of programs share lessons learned and provide perspectives on their processes and programmatic designs.
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Strategies for Closing the Education Gap: Systems Level Change in Support of Improved Outcomes for Children Birth to Eight
The education achievement gap has roots in the quality and availability of early care and education opportunities for children ages birth to eight.
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Amy Wilkins, the Trust for Early Education (Wilkins' two handouts are available)
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What Funders Need to Know: A Primer on College Access and Success
Before gaps can be closed in postsecondary access and achievement, the primary issues that inhibit broader college participation and success need to be understood.
- Derek Price, Lumina Foundation for Education (Price PowerPoint presentation is available)
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CLOSING THE GAP:
BREAKOUT SESSIONS #2
Given what we know about education gaps and their causes, which strategies will make a difference? Available presentations and handouts include:
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Attracting and Retaining Teachers for High-Poverty Schools: Strategies That Work Developing Incentives to Attract and Retain Teachers to High Poverty Schools
The projected need for two million teachers within the next eight years has spawned a number of efforts to increase the teaching pool.
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Beyond Admission: Innovative Efforts to Promote Minority Student Success and Satisfaction on Campus Ensuring Students' Success in Higher Education: Lessons from the Field
At many colleges and universities, success for students of color remains an elusive goal. Panelists will discuss program models and collaborative strategies that promote minority student satisfaction, leadership, and academic achievement.
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Shirley Collado, The Posse Foundation (learn more at www.possefoundation.org)
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Eugene Cota-Robles, University of California-Santa Cruz (Cota-Robles handout and a description of the Consortium for High Academic Performance are available)
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Sharon Herzberger, Trinity College (Two handouts from Herzberger are available; learn more at www.trincoll.edu/depts/student-services/chas)
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Richard Williams, American Indian College Fund (Article by Williams is available; learn more at www.collegefund.org)
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Inequalities at the Starting Gate: State Efforts to Promote School Readiness
In order to meet the goals of the newNo Child Left Behindact, states are strengthening their efforts to prepare children for school and to prepare schools for children.
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Don Bailey, Frank Graham Porter Child Development (learn more at www.fpg.unc.edu)
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Cary Kennedy, Educare Colorado (Kennedy PowerPoint presentation is available; learn more at www.educarecolorado.org)
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Making the Market Work: Parent Information Strategies to Enhance School Choice
Schooling choices (charter schools, voucher initiatives, etc.) will continue to expand in the coming years; how can parents make the right choices for their children and become better advocates for quality options?
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Robert Aguirre, Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (learn more at www.hcreo.org)
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Lawrence Patrick III, Black Alliance for Educational Options (Patrick PowerPoint presentation is available; learn more at www.baeo.org)
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Quality Counts: Raising the Bar for Early Education Providers
How can funders improve the quality of a large, decentralized education system?
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Gerrit Westervelt, Educare Colorado (Westervelt PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Transforming Teacher Unions to Become Agents of Reform
Education philanthropy has tended to overlook how teacher unions can be positive forces for school improvement; this session will explore the work and effectiveness of the Teacher Union Reform Network.
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Adam Urbanski, Rochester Teachers Association and Teacher Union Reform Network (A for handout about TURN is available)
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Brad Jupp, Denver Classroom Teachers Association (Two handouts from Jupp are available)
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Lynn Liao, Broad Foundation (learn more at www.broadfoundation.org)
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TUESDAY, October 8
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MORNING PLENARY: Scaling up our work: How can funders replicate successful programs?
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J. Gregory Dees, adjunct professor of social entrepreneurship Duke University (Dees PowerPoint presentation is available)
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CLOSING THE GAP: BREAKOUT SESSIONS#3
Given what we know about education gaps and their causes, which strategies will make a difference? Available presentations and handouts include:
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Beyond the Almighty Dollar: Weighing the Impact of Non-financial Barriers to College Access
Financial aid is an essential but insufficient tool to bridge the gap between high school and college. Many other factors including preparation, aspiration, encouragement, awareness and information influence students' postsecondary opportunities. This session will provide theoretical and practical advice on strategies for overcoming non-financial barriers to college access.
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Carrie Besnette, Daniels Fund (Besnette PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Ann Coles, The Education Resources Institute and Pathways to College Network (A copy of Coles handouts and a brochure on Pathways to College Network are available; learn more at www.pathwaystocollege.net)
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Scott Gillie, Encouragement Services, Inc. (Gillie PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Robert McCabe, League for Innovation in the Community College (McCabe paper is available)
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Community Organizing for Education Reform: Issues, Strategies, and Evaluation
This session will present recent research findings that illustrate the importance of community organizing in mobilizing parents and the community to hold school districts accountable for equitable educational outcomes.
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Chris Brown, Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform (Brown PowerPoint presentation is available; learn more at www.crosscity.org)
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Norm Fruchter, New York University's Institute for Education and Social Policy (Fruchter PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Confronting preK-12 Teacher Shortages: What Funders Need to Know about the Emerging Role of Community Colleges
With the pressing need for high quality educators in the preK-12 system, community colleges are playing a new role in training educators from early education professionals to K-12 teachers.
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Educating Today's Children: Strategies for Building Teachers' Diversity Skills
This session will explore the role of cultural bias in teaching and its impact on student achievement.
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Odie Douglas, Elk Grove School District California (Douglas PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Improving Special Education: What Funders Need to Know
With federal special education laws up for renewal, competing ideas are being proposed for how to improve the program so that it best serves students for whom it was designed.
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Don Bailey, Frank Graham Porter Child Development Institute (Bailey PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Andrew Rotherham, Progressive Policy Institute (Rotherham PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Strategies for Closing the Gap: Lessons from Four Urban School Districts
The Council of the Great City Schools and the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) sought to learn what four different urban school districts did in common that could account for their progress in closing the achievement gap.
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Sharon Lewis, Council of the Great City Schools
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Jason Snipes, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (Combined Lewis-Snipes Douglas PowerPoint presentation is available; learn more at www.cgcs.org)
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PLENARY SESSION AND BUSINESS MEETING:
A national agenda for education philanthropy
Keynote Address
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SPECIAL INTEREST CONCURRENT SESSIONS
The following sessions respond to the varied interests of GFE members. Available presentations and handouts include:
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Designing After-School Programs with Impact: Lessons from Evaluations
This session will review what we know about the success of after-school initiatives, with a focus on the challenges of evaluating these programs and ensuring they positively impact both student achievement and program capacity.
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Elizabeth Reisner, Policy Studies Associates (Reisner PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Scaling Up Reform: Ensuring a Framework for Success
A big
challenge facing educators and grantmakers is taking promising practices
to the secondary level and to scale. Kansas City and the Ewing Marion
Kauffman Foundation introduced "First Things First," an initiative that is
getting results on achievement and other student outcomes. (Report on First Things First is available)
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When Funding is Finite but the Problem Isn't: Using Formative Evaluation to Add Value to Existing Grants
This session designed to help grantmakers make the most of their investments examines the design and use of mid-course or formative evaluation as a grant management tool to enable funders and grantees to assess progress, share lessons learned, and make mid-course corrections.
Shari Golan, SRI International
Kris Mayer, Stuart Foundation
Nichole Rowles, Pew Charitable Trusts
Janet Kroll, Pew Charitable Trusts
(Four handouts from this evaluation session are available)
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Accelerating Digital Opportunities: Closing Technology Access Gaps
Community Technology Centers are on the frontline of the battle to bridge the "digital divide," or gaps between those with and without access to computers and the internet.
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Norris Dickard, Benton Foundation (Dickard PowerPoint presentation is available)
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Designing Evaluations to Increase Their Utilization
How can grantmakers design evaluations so they'll actually be used?
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Beverly Raimondo, Prichard Committee's "Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership" (Raimondo PowerPoint presentation and a report from Pritchard Committee-Pew Trusts are available)
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The Role of Philanthropy in Improving Student Achievement in Urban High Schools: Lessons from Baltimore, Chicago and New York
The achievement gap in urban schools is most apparent in high schools, where test scores and graduation and college attendance rates tell stories of massive failure. In Baltimore, Chicago, and New York, national funders, local grantmakers, and community agencies have initiated large-scale efforts to address these issues.
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Frances Van Voorhis, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (A handout from Van Voorhis is available)
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The Second Wave of Charters and Choice: Charter School Management Organizations
Advocates believe charter schools will only become a lever for improving access and achievement if charter school systems can be created with economies of scale and focused support instruction and management. This panel will focus on the potential opportunity to build consistently high-quality public charter schools through the creation of scaleable, non-profit charter school management organizations.
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Kim Smith, New Schools Venture Fund (Smith PowerPoint presentation is available in PDF)
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Universal Curriculum Design: Harnessing Technology to Reach All Learners
This session will introduce the concept of Universal Design for Learning, a major federally-supported initiative that harnesses the power of modern technology to transform the general curriculum.
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Klare Shaw, Barr Foundation (Shaw presentation is available)
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David Rose, CAST, Inc. (Two handouts from Rose are available)
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WEDNESDAY,October 9
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CLOSING PLENARY: Leveraging change in schools: How organizations change
What does it take to overcome organizational inertia and effect widespread change in education systems? What are the roles for outside advocates and funders? And have philanthropists learned anything about their efforts to improve schools?
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Peter Hutchinson, Public Strategies Group (A paper by Hutchinson with similar points to his remarks at the conference is available)
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