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Friday September 29

5:30 - 6:30 PM Reception at Palmer Commons
Windows Café, 3rd floor

Keynote Address:
Brian Rowan
Associate Dean for Research, School of Education
Burke A. Hinsdale Collegiate Professor in Education
University of Michigan

6:30 - 8:30 PM Dinner by Opus One
Windows Café

Saturday September 30

8:00 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Atrium, 4th floor

8:30 - 9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions Forum Hall, 4th floor

Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Dean, School of Education
William H. Payne Collegiate Professor in Education
University of Michigan

Susan B. Neuman
Professor of Education
Director, UM Ready to Learn Project
University of Michigan

9:00 - 10:15 AM Session I: Poverty in America
Forum Hall, 4th floor
Chair: Jeanne Friedel, UM Ready to Learn Project

Presenters:
Mary Corcoran
Professor of Public Policy
University of Michigan

Sandra Danziger
Professor of Social Work
Director of the Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy University of Michigan

Sharyn Sutton
Managing Director, Communication and Social Marketing
American Institute for Research

10:15 - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
Atrium, 4th floor

10:30 - 11:45 AM Session II: Pathways to Achievement
Interactive Panel Discussion
Forum Hall, 4th floor
Moderator: Jennifer Kotler, Sesame Workshop

Presenters:
Holly Craig
Professor of Education
Director, University Center for the Development of Language and Literacy
University of Michigan

Claude Goldenberg
Associate Dean of the College of Education
Executive Director of the Center for Language Minority Education and Research
California State University

Vonnie McLoyd
Professor of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

11:45AM - 12:30 PM Discussion Groups
Boardrooms 1 - 5, 6th floor; Great Lakes North and Central, 4th floor

12:30 - 1:30 PM Scrumptious Lunch & Student Poster Session
Windows Café, 3rd floor

1:30 - 2:45 PM Session III: Focus on Instruction and Design Forum Hall, 4th floor
Chair: Shelley Pasnik, Center for Children and Technology, EDC

Presenters:
Marilyn Adams
Chief Scientist
Soliloquy Learning, Inc.

Nancy Madden
President and CEO
Success for All Foundation
Johns Hopkins University

Louisa Moats
Consultant Advisor, Sopris West Educational Services
President, Moats Associates Consulting, Inc.

Allan Paivio
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
University of Western Ontario

2:45 - 3:00 PM Coffee Break
Atrium, 4th floor

3:00 - 4:15 PM Session IV: Key Instructional Features
Interactive Panel Discussion
Forum Hall, 4th floor
Moderator: Alice Wilder, Out of the Blue Enterprises

Presenters:
Jorge Gonzalez & Sharolyn Pollard-Duradola
Texas A&M University

Deborah Linebarger
Assistant Professor of Communication
Annenberg School of Communication
University of Pennsylvania

John Fantuzzo
Diana Rausnitz Riklis Professor of Education
University of Pennsylvania

Kathleen Roskos
Professor of Education
John Carroll University

4:15 - 5:00 PM Discussion Groups
Boardrooms 1 - 5, 6th floor; Great Lakes North and Central

5:00 - 6:00 PM Wine & Cheese Reception
Atrium, 4th floor

Sunday October 1

8:00 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Atrium, 4th floor

8:30 - 9:45 AM Session V: Research-based Solutions, Part I
Forum Hall, 4th floor
Chair: Julie Dwyer, UM Ready to Learn Project

Presenters:
Daniel Anderson
Professor of Psychology
University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Sandra Calvert
Professor of Psychology
Georgetown University

Charles Kinzer
Professor of Education
Columbia University

Elliot Soloway
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
University of Michigan

9:45 - 10:00 AM Coffee Break
Atrium, 4th floor

10:00 - 11:15 AM Session VI: Research-based Solutions, Part II
Forum Hall, 4th floor
Chair: Judy Stoia, Between the Lions, WGBH

Presenters:
David Rose
Center for Applied Special Technology
Harvard University

Adriana Bus
Professor of PsychologyX Leiden University

Bette Chambers
Success for All Foundation
Johns Hopkins University

Bob Slavin
Director, Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk
Success for All Foundation
Johns Hopkins University

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Question and Answer Session
Great Lakes Room, 4th floor

Improving the Odds for High Poverty Children: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

Facilitator: Deborah Linebarger, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania

12:00 - 1:00 PM Scrumptious Lunch & Closing Remarks
Windows Café, 3rd floor

Jayne James
Executive Director, Ready to Learn
Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Peggy O'Brien
Senior Vice President, Educational Programming and Services
Corporation for Public Broadcasting