What Do We Know? New Research on Education: In collaboration with AERA

What Do We Know? New Research on Education: In collaboration with AERA March 24-26, 2008 New York City Application Deadline: February 15th, 2008 The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association brings together as many as 16,000 scholars to share and discuss the latest research on the gamut of issues in American schools and colleges. For journalists, the conference is a rich resource of data and findings to bolster local or national reporting on education. The Hechinger Institute and the AERA are collaborating on a three-day Symposium that will provide journalists a guide to the best sessions and plenty of time to attend them. This year's AERA meeting will feature some 2,400 peer-reviewed sessions with the nation's top scholars on math and science education, the changing landscape of education in the suburbs, how schools build strong communities and much more. Journalists also will have an opportunity to debrief with one another and will get a chance for one-on-one discussions with some of the nation's most interesting and productive scholars. The Symposium sessions will span three days, but the journalists selected to participate will be registered for the AERA Annual Meeting and will be able to attend the entire five day event. The Hechinger Institute will arrange and pay for two nights at one of the AERA Meeting hotels. (The Institute will provide airfare for journalists and cover two hotel nights.) Tapping Into Education Research A Hechinger Institute-American Educational Research Association Collaboration March 24th - 26th, 2008 Sheraton New York ~ Liberty Suite 3, 3rd floor New York City Underwritten by the Spencer Foundation, Chicago, IL Monday, March 24th 10:45 amAERA Pressroom Opens Liberty Suite 2, Sheraton New York 3:00 pmSeminar Sign-in 3:30pmWhy are we here? Liberty Suite 3, Sheraton New York Richard Lee Colvin, Hechinger Institute Helaine Patterson, American Educational Research Association 3:45How to get the most out of an AERA annual meeting Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Boston College 4:30Connecting Journalism and Education Research Deborah Stipek, Stanford University 6:00Dinner Strada57 ~ 315 W 57th street on 57th between 8th and 9th 7:30Dinner Speaker: Spin Cycle: Research, Journalism, and Consequences Jeffrey Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University 8:30Adjourn for evening Tuesday, March 25th 8:15 amContinental Breakfast and Preview of day Liberty Suite 3, Sheraton New York 8:45A Research Conversation: High School, Math and Equity Eileen Foley, Policy Studies Associates Camilla Persson Benbow, Vanderbilt University William Trent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 10:15 Attend AERA sessions 12:15 pmLunch with Senior Scholars Michael Feuer, National Academy of Sciences Donald Heller, Pennsylvania State University Vivian Gadsden, University of Pennsylvania Amy Stuart Wells, Teachers College, Columbia University 1:45Attend AERA sessions 4:45What did you learn today at the AERA sessions? (Discussion) 6:00Finding a Wider Audience for Education Research:What Journalists Can (and Can't) Do To Help Waldorf Astoria ~ 301 Park Avenue Nicholas Lemann, Journalism School, Columbia University 7:00 Spencer Foundation Reception Waldorf Astoria ~ 301 Park Avenue 8:00Dinner on your Own Wednesday, March 26th 8:15 amContinental Breakfast Susan Fuhrman, Teachers College, Columbia University 9:00Anatomy of a journal article Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin - Madison Robert J. Sternberg, Tufts University 10:00Evaluation 10:15Attend AERA sessions Directions from JFK Airport to AERA Seminar Hotel Directions from LaGuardia Airport to AERA Seminar Hotel Directions from Newark Airport to AERA Seminar Hotel

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