Policy Challenges Webinar:
Bridging Research and Practice: Six Recommendations to Address Dropout Prevention
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
12:00–2:00 PM EDT
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| Russell Rumberger |
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| Jill Weber |
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| Velma Cobb |
CO-HOSTED BY
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands and the Equity Assistance Center (EAC) Region II (serving New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)
FEATURED SPEAKER
Professor Russell Rumberger, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara; Director of the University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute; and co-author of the IES Practice Guide on Dropout Prevention.
CO-MODERATORS
Jill Weber, Director, REL-NEI
Velma Cobb, Director, EAC
ROUNDTABLE: RESPONSE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS
Chair: Jan Phlegar, Director, Learning Innovations at WestEd
Paul Leather, Director, Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning, New Hampshire Department of Education
Dr. Judith Johnson, Superintendent, Peekskill City School District, New York State
Dr. Lydia O’Donnell, Vice President, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC); Director, Center for Research on High Risk Behaviors
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Over the past 15 years, Professor Rumberger’s research interests have focused on school dropouts, school mobility, educational underachievement of ethnic and language minority students, and school effectiveness. He is a member of the national panel that wrote the new IES Practice Guide on Dropout Prevention, and in this webinar he will present six research-based recommendations from the Guide for reducing dropout rates and how they can be used to help district and school administrators develop practice and policy alternatives for implementation.
The presentation will be followed by a short panel of local and state education agency discussants commenting on the recommendations and a Q&A session with Professor Rumberger. In this interactive session, participants are encouraged to use an online chatroom to comment and submit questions.
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