Conference Agenda

 

8:00 - 8:45 AM Breakfast / Registration
8:45 - 9:30 AM

Welcome
Susanna Loeb, Stanford University and National Student Support Accelerator

Sustaining this Moment of Opportunity
Penny Schwinn, Tennessee Department of Education

(Location: McCaw Hall)

9:30 - 10:30 AM

Implementation and Scaling: Solving Operational Challenges
Moderator: Monica Bhatt, University of Chicago
Panelists:
Christy Borders, Illinois Tutoring Initiative
Carina Escajeda, Ector County ISD
Bernard McCune, Denver Public Schools
Adeola Whitney, Reading Partners

(Location: McCaw Hall)

10:30 - 11:00 AM Break / Transition
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions:

Learning Community #1: Researchers
Current Research and Dissemination for Impact
(Location: McCaw Hall)

Learning Community #2: State/District Leaders
Data Walk: Challenges and Solutions
(Location: Barnes/McDowell/Cranston)

Learning Community #3: Tutoring Providers and Higher Education
Solving Operational Challenges: Solutions in Partnership
(Location: Lane/Lyons/Lodato)

12:00 - 12:45 PM Lunch / Table Topics
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Research Lightning Rounds (opportunity to attend two):

Combining Tutoring with Computer Assisted Learning
Jonathan Guryan, Northwestern University
Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto
(Location: Lane; McCaw Hall)

Can Tutoring with Volunteers or Virtual be High-Impact?
Michela Carlana, Harvard University
Robin Jacob, University of Michigan
(Location: McCaw Hall; Lane)

The Special Case for Early Literacy Tutoring
Katie Pace Miles, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Carly Robinson, Stanford University
(Location: Barnes/McDowell/Cranston; Lodato/Lyons)

Using Machine Learning to Improve Tutoring
Dora Demszky, Stanford University
Rose Wang, Stanford University
(Location: Lodato/Lyons; Barnes/McDowell/Cranston)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Sustainability: Building the Systems and Case for Support
Moderator: Melanie Dukes, Overdeck Family Foundation
Panelists:
Faith Freeman, UNC Greensboro
Robin Lake, CRPE
David Parker, ServeMinnesota
Lakisha Young, The Oakland REACH

(Location: McCaw Hall)

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Break / Transition
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Breakout Sessions:

Learning Community #1: Researchers
Developing a Shared Research Agenda
(Location: McCaw Hall)

Learning Community #2: State/District Leaders
Actions Needed Now for Sustainability
(Location: Barnes/McDowell/Cranston)

Learning Community #3: Tutoring Providers and Higher Education
Pathway to Sustainability: Organizing, Demonstrating, and Communicating Effectiveness
(Location: Lane/Lyons/Lodato)

4:30 - 4:45 PM Break / Transition
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM

Closing & End of Day Reflections 
(Location: McCaw Hall)

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Evening Reception 
Learning Gallery
(Location: Ford Gardens)