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 Education reform is topic of CREDE Research Institute at NABE 2002

CREDE will present a research institute on education reform on Thursday, March 21, in Philadelphia, PA, at the annual convention of the National Association for Bilingual Education.

Effective Educational Reforms for Diverse Student Populations

I. Morning Session: 9:45 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.
"Programmatic and Schoolwide Educational Reform"

1) "The Language Arts Program for English Language Learners" — Claude Goldenberg, Professor, California State University, Long Beach

2) "Newcomers: Language and Academic Programs for Recent Immigrants" — Deborah Short, Research Associate and Project Director, Center for Applied Linguistics and Justine Hudec, Research Assistant, Center for Applied Linguistics.

3) "Does Two-Way Immersion Program Model Make a Difference?: Comparing Preliminary Language and Literacy Findings from 90/10 and 50/50 Programs" — Liz Howard, Research Associate, Center for Applied Linguistics and Donna Christian, President, Center for Applied Linguistics.

4) "Successes and Challenges in Implementing Externally Developed School Reforms in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Contexts" — Sam Stringfield, Principal Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University and Marisa Castellano, Associate Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University.

II. Afternoon Session: 3 to 5 p.m.
Classroom and Teacher-Training Educational Reform

1) "School Reform in a High-Stakes Testing Environment: Alternative Approaches for Professional Development" — Yolanda Padròn, Professor of Education, University of Houston and Co-director, CREDE; Hersholt Waxman, Professor of Education, University of Houston and Ann Brown, Assistant Researcher, University of Houston.

2) "The CREDE/Starlight Model: Reform Through Equity, Pedagogy, and Professional Development" — Noni Reis, Principal, Starlight Elementary School.


3) "Improving Pedagogy and Student Achievement in Six Bilingual and Multilingual Classrooms" — Peggy Estrada, Associate Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz.


4) "The Effectiveness of CREDE's Five Standards in Teaching Native Americans and English Language Learners" — Will Doherty, Assistant Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz.

5) "Teacher Education for Diverse Student Populations: The National Survey and an Exemplary Case Study" — Priscilla Walton, Associate Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Natalie Kuhlman, Professor, San Diego State University.

 

 

 

 
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