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American Education Week Conference

Embracing the Future: Equity-Driven Perspectives on Leadership and Policy Analysis

Thursday, November 18, 2004 – The Pyle Center

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Keynote Address

Michael Kirst, Professor, Stanford University

Dr. Kirst's talk will focus on the history and effectiveness of federal and state policies to improve schools. The talk will start by discussing what types of reforms historically tend to last and which are ephemeral, or ebb and flow. It will follow with a look at successive waves of federal and state reforms in terms of their strategy and impact. Dr. Kirst will then conclude with a detailed analysis of the standards-based reform, its key components, and future outlook.

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The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis is pleased to join the School of Education’s annual celebration of American Education Week with a day-long conference addressing critical issues of educational leadership and policy.

We have much to celebrate with the conference:

1) Our new name: Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA);
2) The addition of Continuing and Vocational Education (CAVE) to our department’s programmatic offerings;
3) The career of Professor Jacob (Jay) Stampen, who retired last year after 22 years of service to the Department.

Conference Schedule:

(for detailed description of the events, please see Schedule page)

Time	Events
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.	Welcome from Dean Charles Read Panel Discussion: Leadership and Policy Challenges - Edward Holmes, Madison West High School - Brian Rowan, University of Michigan - Carlos Reyes, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Terry Gibson, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Luther Olson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
10:45 a.m. – noon	Breakout Session: - Technology and Leadership - Pathways to College for Underserved Students: What the Research Tells Us - Developing Economic Opportunity: Recent Research on the Work-Related Learning Experiences of Underserved Populations with Implications for Educational Practice and Policy
noon – 1:30 p.m.	Luncheon Keynote Address - Arnold Mitchem, President of the Council for Opportunity in Education
1:45 – 3:00 p.m.	Breakout Session: - Master Administrator Capstone Certificate (MACC) Program - A Status Report on African American Leadership in Higher and Post-Secondary Education - Learning in Virtual Worlds
3:15 – 4:30 p.m.	Breakout Session: - Trends in K-12 School Finance: A National, State, and Local Perspective - Self-Efficacy in the Career Development of Physician-Scientists: The Role of Gender - Student Access and Success: Improving the Investment in Higher Education
4:30 – 5:45 p.m.	Break
5:45 – 7:15 p.m.	Dean’s Reception in Celebration of American Education Week
7:30 – 9:00 p.m.	Public Address Michael Kirst, Professor of Educational Policy, Stanford University Great Hall, Memorial Union

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