Welcome to EWA's 2007 National Seminar, the 60Th Annual Meeting of the Education Writers Association
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Welcome to EWA’s 2010 National Seminar, the 63rd annual meeting of the Education Writers Association! This year’s program takes on difficult subjects, ranging from dropouts to financial aid in tough economic times to ways reporters can investigate the assumptions behind policy reform. This booklet includes the agenda, hotel layout, session descriptions, speaker biographies and contacts. It also lists the winners of the 2009 National Awards for Education Reporting. EWA welcomes 11 exhibitors this year; a description of their offerings is on the next page. Meeting Sponsors The Board extends very special thanks to this year’s sponsors, who made generous direct or in-kind contributions to the 63rd National Seminar. Platinum Level ($12,500 and over) Supporters (Up to $2,499) Lumina Foundation for Education Inside Higher Ed The Pew Charitable Trusts Education Development Center The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism American Institutes for Research Annie E. Casey Foundation The First Five Years Fund The Wallace Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur CommunicationWorks Foundation Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Gold Level ($7,500-$12,499) American Council on Education Carnegie Corporation of New York MDRC National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Silver Level ($2,500-$7,499) Wellesley Center on Women and Girls Educational Testing Service Spencer Research Panel on Latino Children and Families The Kauffman Foundation Pre-K Now WestEd National School Safety and Security Services National Association of Charter School National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorizers Hager Sharp The Joyce Foundation EdSource The Foundation for Educational Choice Jobs for the Future Education Week The Hegeler Institute 1 EWA is pleased to welcome the following organizations and companies to the 2010 meeting. We encourage you to visit their tables during breaks. Exhibitor Descriptions American Council on Education – Recent press releases and reports include Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2010, The American College President, The CAO Census: A National Profile of Chief Academic Officers, Minorities in Higher Education 23rd Status Report and 2009 supplement and others. American Institutes for Research – Brochures about the types of work AIR does, booklets listing names and contact information for its experts and recent reports – including one on California’s fiscal crisis, which is being released at the conference – will be available. Annie E. Casey Foundation –Information on its Kids Count report coming out May 18 will be provided. Handouts on issues such as chronic absence and summer learning loss also will be available. ASCD – ASCD’s Healthy School Communities promotes the integration of health and learning and the benefits of school-community collaborations. Learn about the Nine Levers of School Change identified in our three-year pilot of school-community partnerships. Case studies, video profiles and an executive summary of the pilot are just some of the resources on display. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism – The mission of Columbia’s master’s programs is to give students the tools that will help them over the long term as journalists. Brochures, postcards, pamphlets and magazines will be available at the table. For more information about programs and scholarship opportunities, visit the website at www.journalism.columbia.edu. First Five Years Fund – Nonprofit organization aims to focus nationwide attention and resources on comprehensive, high-quality early learning experiences for children from birth to age five. Foundation for Educational Choice – Informational pieces on the topic of school choice and education reform. Jobs For the Future – The latest results will be available from JFF’s four national programs centered around community college: the Early College High School Initiative, Achieving the Dream, Breaking Through and the health care-focused Jobs to Careers. MDRC – The nonprofit, nonpartisan education research firm will display its studies of programs that make a difference in improving student performance in preschool, K-12 and postsecondary education. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards – The organization administers National Board Certification for teachers and is developing National Board Certification for Principals. National Board Certification has been recognized by the National Research Council for its positive impact on student achievement and teacher retention. Wallace Foundation – For the past decade, the foundation has worked with states, districts, city governments and community organizations around the country to expand learning and enrichment opportunities both in and out of schools. Wallace shares its ideas and practices on education leadership, out-of-school learning and arts education through national surveys, summaries of field knowledge, practical guides and profiles of Wallace partners. 2 Welcome, Sponsors and Thank You................................1 Exhibitors.......................................................................2 Hotel Map.......................................................................4 At-A-Glance Conference Agenda. .................................5-7 Thursday Afternoon Sessions............................................................8-9 Thursday Evening Opening Session................................10 Friday Sessions................................................................10-13 Special Associates Sessions..............................................9 Friday Luncheon.............................................................11 Saturday Sessions............................................................13-15 Saturday Luncheon..........................................................15 Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting.............................................16 Contest Winners...............................................................17-22 EWA Presidents, EWA Board, Staff............................23 Speaker Bios and Contact Information............................24-34 Ads.................................................................................36 3 Hotel Map Classrooms: Imperial Ballroom A and B Sakura Spring A Spring B and C Osaka Kyoto Suite Garden A and B 4 Thursday Imperial Osaka Sakura Spring A Spring B Kyoto Garden B May 13 Ballroom and C 1:00-2:15 p.m. New Reporters New Media – Associates – Pt Online 1 – New Publishing Models of Media 2:30-3:3:45 p.m. California School New Reporters New Media – Associates – Pt Tracking the Financial Crisis Social Media 2 – New Stimulus Models of Media 3:45-5 p.m. California School New Reporters IPEDS – Associates – Tracking the Financial Crisis Federal Data Pt 3 – Meet Stimulus 5 EWA’s New Executive Director 5:30-6:45 p.m. Dinner – Games and Social Media as Testing 7:00-8:30 p.m. Opening Session - Davis Guggenheim 8:30-10:00 p.m. Opening Reception Friday Imperial Osaka Sakura Spring A Spring B Kyoto May 14 Ballroom and C 8:00-9:00 a.m. Breakfast Changes to GRE 9:00-10:15 a.m. What Is 2020 Higher Innovation? Education Goals 10:30 a.m. - Value-Added Community Noon Testing and Colleges 6 Teacher Quality 12:15-2:00 p.m. Future of Education Journalism 2:15-3:30 p.m. Tracking College Evaluating Reporters Early Childhood Budgets Charter Schools Roundtable on Education Polarization Videotapes 3:45-5:00 p.m. Top 10 Higher Ed Sakura A -Speed Judging Pension Funds Story Ideas Sourcing with Assessments Researchers Saturday Imperial Osaka Sakura Spring A Spring B May 15 Ballroom and C 8:00-9:00 a.m. Future of EWA Meeting 9:00-10:15 a.m. Turnaround Crossing the Early Childhood Schools Finish Line Building Bridges 10:30 a.m. - National Humanities’ Noon Standards Future 7 12:15-2:15 p.m. Joan Walsh, Awards Ceremony 2:30-3:45 p.m. Author, Author New EWA Resources Thursday, May 13 Exhibitor Set Up: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Imperial Foyer 1:00 - 3:45 p.m. New Media - Spring B and C Blogging full-time, using social media as a reporting tool and tracking stimulus and other federal money will be the focus of EWA’s New Media sessions. 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Full-time Online Publishing 2.0 Presiding: Linda Lenz, Catalyst Chicago, Catalyst Cleveland and EWA Board Member Your newsroom is dwindling but you enjoy your beat and you want to find a way to stay on it. More reporters are becoming online journalists. Editors describe developing business models along with writing. Alan Gottlieb covered education full-time at the Denver Post. Now he runs an online publication on education called EducationNewsColorado. Linda Lenz is founder and publisher of both Catalyst Chicago and Catalyst Cleveland, which became online only publications. And Louis Freedberg, director of California Watch, was formerly with the San Francisco Chronicle. 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Social Media as a Reporting Tool Presiding: Scott Elliott, Dayton Daily News Social media like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter can come in handy for reporters, especially reporters overwhelmed with duties and beats. But what else is out there? Mark S. Luckie, author of The Digital Journalist’s Handbook, offers insights into new tools. Alexander Russo, of the This Week in Education blog, tells reporters why they should rely on Twitter and Facebook. 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. Using Federal Data on the Higher Ed Beat - Spring B and C Presiding: Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle The Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS) and QuickStats are highlighted