Upcoming Conferences

The No Child Left Behind Act and the Federal Role in Education:
Accountability and Equity in America’s Public Schools

A conference sponsored by the
Department of Educational Policy Studies
and co-sponsored by the
Department of Sociology and the LaFollette School of Public Affairs

University of Wisconsin-Madison
February 2-4, 2005
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.

Wednesday, February 2, 2005, Pyle Center (check Events Board for room location)

7:00 PM University Lecture

Kati Haycock, Director, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
"Achievement in America: The Need for a Strong Federal Role"

Thursday, February 3, 2005, Pyle Center (check Events Board for room location)

8:45-9:15 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:15-11:45 Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Moderator: Michael Fultz, Professor, Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison

Adam Nelson, Asst. Professor, Educational Policy Studies and History, UW Madison
"The Origins of the Public School Accountability Movement"

Andrew M. Reschovsky, Professor of Applied Economics and Public Affairs
"Is No Child Left Behind an Unfunded Federal Mandate? Evidence from Texas"

Mary Metz, Professor, Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison
"NCLB As a Tool to Build the Myth of a Single ‘American’ School System"

1:15-4:15 PM Politics and Practices

Moderator: Adam Gamoran, Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, UW- Madison

Patricia Burch, Asst. Professor, Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison
"Private Organizations, School Districts, and the Enterprise of High Stakes Accountability"

Michael Olneck, Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Sociology, UW-Madison
"The No Child Left Behind Act’s Abolition of Bilingual Education: Dismantling Progress or Furthering Opportunity?"

Michael Apple, John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison
"Conservatism Among the Dispossessed: Failing Schools, Choice, and Inequality"

Fran Schrag, Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Philosophy, UW-Madison
"When are High Stakes Tests Defensible?"

7:00 PM Distinguished Lecture

Elizabeth Burmaster, Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction
"The New Wisconsin Promise: Closing the Achievement Gap by Doing What We Know is Best"

Friday, February 4, 2005, Pyle Center (check Events Board for room location)

8:45 AM Continental Breakfast

9:15-11:45 Debates and Directions for the Future

Moderator: Harry Brighouse, Professor, Philosophy and Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison

Melissa Roderick, Assoc. Professor, School of Social Service Administration, and Co-Director, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago
"Lessons for NLCB: What We Have Learned From Ending Social Promotion in Chicago"

Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Family Professor in Urban Education and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison
"The ‘Simple Logic’ of the ‘Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom Provision’"

John Witte, Professor, Political Science and LaFollette School of Public Affairs, UW-Madison
"Accountability and Regulation in American Schools: A Critical Appraisal"

GENERAL INFORMATION

Registration and Fees:

The conference is free and there is no pre-registration.

Directions:

Go to http://www.uwex.edu/about/directions/parking/

Parking:

Public parking is available in the Lake and Frances St. ramps, and the Helen C. White public parking area. Limited parking closer to the Pyle Center is sometimes available for $9/day. To obtain a permit before the conference call the Pyle Center Front Desk at 608/262-1122.

For More Information:

Call the Department of Educational Policy Studies at 608/265-5956.

This conference is made possible by generous contributions from
the (UW) Anonymous Fund and the University Lectures Committee