More to come!
Thursday, May 13
1-4:30 p.m.
Orientation for Reporters New to the Beat -- Linda Perlstein, EWA Public Editor; David Hunn of St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Beth Shuster, Los Angeles Times
1-2:15 p.m.
New Media session -- Online 201 -- Alan Gottlieb of Education News Colorado; Linda Lenz, Catalyst Chicago; Louis Freedberg, California Watch
Special Seminar on Strategic Communications for Associate Members Part 1 - Getting into the Fray - What's the Role of Interest Groups - David Greising, Chicago News Cooperative
2:15-3:30 p.m.
New Media Session - Social Media Reporting Tools -- Mark S. Luckie
Special Seminar on Strategic Communications for Associate Members Part 2 - Bay Area Media Non-profits Launch to cover the News - Louis Freedberg, California Watch, others
Tracking Education Stimulus -- Matt Waite, St Petersburg Times; Nirvi Shah, Miami Herald
School Finance -- Tom Parrish and Larisa Shambaugh, American Institutes for Research
3:45 - 5 p.m.
Tracking Federal Data on the Higher Ed Beat -- Laura Horn, MPR Associates
Special Seminar on Strategic Communications for Associate Members Part 3 - The New EWA - the new Executive Director and Board Members
School Finance -- Tom Parrish and Larisa Shambaugh, American Institutes for Research
Tracking Education Stimulus -- Matt Waite, St Petersburg Times; Nirvi Shah, Miami Herald
5-7 p.m.
Dinner sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Innovation, Gaming and Assessment - Connie Yowell of MacArthur, Dan Schwartz of Stanford and James Gee of Arizona State University
7 P.M.
EWA Opening Session - Davis Guggenheim, Waiting for Superman
8:30 -- 10 p.m.
2010 Opening Reception - Sponsored by the First Five Years Fund
Friday, May 14
8 - 9 a.m.
Breakfast Briefing on Coming Changes in the Graduate Record Exams and the Future of Graduate Education - Tom Van Essen - Sponsored by the Educational Testing Service
9 - 10:15 a.m.
A) What is Innovation? are the federal priorities the right ones? -- Peter Cunningham, US Department of Education; Rick Hess, American Enterprise Institute; Ed Haertel, Stanford University; Charles Barone, Democrats for Education Reform
B) Getting There from Here: The 2020 Goals -- Mohammad (Mo) Qayoumi, president of California State University East Bay; Art Hauptman, finance consultant; Terry Hartle, American Council on Education
10:45 a.m - noon
A) Can testing measure teacher quality? -- George Noell, Louisiana State University; Henry Braun, Boston College; Dennis Van Roekel, National Education Association
B) Can Community Colleges Meet the Goals? Cassius Johnson, Jobs for the Future; Gail Mellow, LaGuardia Community College; Rick Mattoon, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
12:15 p.m.
Roundtable on the Future of Education Journalism -- Steve Barr, Green Dot Schools; Richard Colvin, Hechinger Institute; Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed; Alan Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur; David Greising, Chicago News Cooperative
2:15 -3:30 p.m. Concurrent sessions:
A) Evaluating charter schools -- Kit Lively, Vanderbilt; Eva Moskowitz, Harlem Success Charter Schools; Margaret Raymond, Stanford University
B) Early Education: How can you tell if you're seeing quality programs? Lisa Vahey, First Five Years Fund; Kira Hamann, Chicago Public Schools
C) How to track college budgets - Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Josh Keller and UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Fellow Ryan Gabrielson
D) Reporters Roundtable: Polarization of Education - EWA Public Editor Linda Perlstein, USA Today's Greg Toppo and New York Times's Jennifer Medina
3:45 - 5 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:
A) 10 Higher Education Story Ideas - Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed
B) Judging Assessments -- Stanley Rabinowitz, WestEd; Tom Van Essen, ETS
C) Speed Sourcing with Researchers -- Bruce Fuller, University of California Berkeley; Rick Hess, American Enterprise Institute; Laura Horn, MPR Associates; Tom Parrish, American Institutes for Research; Steve Schneider, WestEd; Terry Vendlinski, CRESST
D) How to tell if Your Teacher Pension Plan is Underfunded - Stuart Buck, University of Arkansas; John Abraham, American Federation of Teachers
Saturday, May 15
8 a.m.
The New EWA - A Meeting for All - 2010 Business Meeting
9 -10:15 a.m.
A)Turning Around Failing Schools - Justin Cohen, MassInsight; Andy Smarick, Fordham Institute; Nancy Guzman, Charlotte Public Schools
B) Crossing the Finish Line: where do low-income high-achieving kids go to college and why. Matt Chingos, Harvard University, Jenny Nagaoka, University of Chicago; Karen Cardenas, college student
10:45 a.m. - noon
A) National Standards -- Are they the right ones? Mitchell Chester, Massachusetts Department of Education; Mike Cohen, Achieve; Jack Jennings, Center for Education Policy
B) The Future of Humanities in Higher Education: Beginning of the End? Debra Humphreys, Association of American Colleges and Universities; James Cantanzaro, Chattanooga State Community College
C) Bridging Gaps: Connecting the early years with the early grades - Marci Young, Pre-K Now; Linda Sullivan-Dudzic, Bremerton, WA public schools; Raph Smith, Casey Foundation
12:15 p.m
Awards Banquet Sponsored by the American Institutes for Research
2:30-3:45 p.m.
Optional Sessions
A) EWA Databases-- Matt Waite, Linda Perlstein, Raven Hill
B) Author, Author -- Writing Books Roundtable-- Ben Wildavsky; Beth Fertig; Helen Thorpe