REL 2004 Policy Forum
Closing the Achievement Gap: School Resources and Beyond
September 27-28, 2004Austin, TX
Summary
State policymakers from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas joined guest speakers–Richard Rothstein, Shirley Neeley, Karen Mapp, and Larry Picus–to share their knowledge at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) annual policy forum. The forum provided participants with varying views on the achievement gap, with the common theme that resources needed to help students be successful must include and go beyond the classroom, school, and field of education to include family and community resources. After a rousing opening activity in which participants introduced one another, the program focused on the issue at hand-–what can be done about the achievement gap? View entire summary (PDF).
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TOPICS |
PRESENTERS |
| Academic Differences and Social Class: A National Perspective | Mr. Richard Rothstein Economic Policy Institute and Teacher’s College, Columbia University |
| Achievement Gaps in the SEDL Region: What Data Tell Us | Ms. Diane Pan, Dr. Debra Hughes Jones, and Ms.
Lotte Smith-Hansen SEDL Policy Research |
| From Texas School District Strategies to State
Education Policy |
Dr. Shirley Neeley Texas Education Agency |
| The Why, What and How of Effective School,
Family and Community Partnerships |
Dr. Karen Mapp Institute for Responsive Education and Boston Public Schools |
| Cross-State Group Discussions | All forum participants |
| Policy Implications for Effective Resource
Allocation |
Mr. Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute
and Teacher’s College, Columbia University Dr. Karen Mapp, Institute for Responsive Education and Boston Public Schools Dr. Lawrence Picus, University of Southern California and SEDL policy content advisor |
| Lessons Learned: Next Steps in Your State |
All forum participants |
OTHER RESOURCES |
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| PDFs: Full
Summary (PDF) |
PowerPoint Presentations: Karen
Mapp's Presentation |
