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What's Gone Wrong In America's Classrooms? And How to Fix It
February 24, 1997 - February 25, 1997
Stauffer Auditorium
Herbert Hoover Memorial Building
Stanford University
Identifies key failures in modern American education and then show how parents, policymakers, and teachers can make changes that will raise the level of student performance
Agenda
Monday, February 24
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| 1:00 PM | Welcome |
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John Raisian, Director, Hoover Institution |
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| Introduction |
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Williamson Evers |
| 1:15 PM | Fundamental Issues |
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Williamson Evers- From Progressive Education to Discovery Learning |
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John R. Anderson- Cognitive Psychology and Instruction |
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Bonnie Grossen- Research- Based Educational Reform |
| 3:15 PM | Core Subjects |
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Jack M. Fletcher- Reading: A Scientific Approach |
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Louisa Cook Moats- Language Structure and Teaching Spelling |
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Harold Stevenson- Teaching Math |
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| 5:00 PM | Sessions close |
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| 6:30 PM | Reception and Dinner |
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Speaker: Jaime Escalante- Stand and Deliver |
Tuesday, February 25
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| 9:00 AM | State-Level Case Study |
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Bill Honig- What Went Wrong in California and How to Fix It |
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| 10:15 AM | Classroom Practices, Accountability & Efficacy in School Reform |
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Maureen DiMarco- Testing |
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Connie Jones- Content- Based Curriculum |
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Doug Carnine- Ifficacy in Education Reform |
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| 11:30 AM | Symposium closes |
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