Creating Change in Urban Public Education,
December 7-8, 2000

Agenda

William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
James Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

Session I: Standards and Accountability

"Transforming urban public schools: The role of standards and accountability", Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University
Discussant: Thomas Payzant, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

Session II: Market-Based Choice

"Market-based reforms in urban education", Helen F. Ladd, Duke University
Discussant: Pedro Noguera, Harvard University

Session III: Whole-School Change and Literacy
"Success for all and comprehensive school reform: Evidence based policies for urban education", Robert E. Slavin, The Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Richard Weissbourd, Harvard University

Session IV: Comprehensive School Reform

"Good schools for big city children", Paul Hill, University of Wisconsin

Discussants: Sandra Feldman, President, American Federation of Teachers; Deborah Meier, Program Director, Mission Hill School; Michele Cahill, Carnegie Corporation.