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The Hoover Institution’s library and tower will be closed on Tuesday morning, February 14, 2012, due to electrical work. The Hoover archives will be open during the process. The library and tower will reopen at 11:30 am on February 14, 2012. We apologize for any inconvenience.

What's Gone Wrong In America's Classrooms? And How to Fix It

February 24, 1997 to 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


Monday, February 24

1:00 PM Welcome
  John Raisian, Director, Hoover Institution
Introduction
  Williamson Evers
1:15 PM Fundamental Issues
  Williamson Evers- From Progressive Education to Discovery Learning
  John R. Anderson- Cognitive Psychology and Instruction
  Bonnie Grossen- Research- Based Educational Reform
3:15 PM Core Subjects
  Jack M. Fletcher- Reading: A Scientific Approach
  Louisa Cook Moats- Language Structure and Teaching Spelling
  Harold Stevenson- Teaching Math
 
5:00 PM Sessions close
 
6:30 PM Reception and Dinner
  Speaker: Jaime Escalante- Stand and Deliver

Tuesday, February 25

9:00 AM State-Level Case Study
  Bill Honig- What Went Wrong in California and How to Fix It
10:15 AM Classroom Practices, Accountability & Efficacy in School Reform
  Maureen DiMarco- Testing
  Connie Jones- Content- Based Curriculum
  Doug Carnine- Ifficacy in Education Reform
11:30 AM Symposium closes