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The Urban Education Future?

Lessons from New Orleans 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina -- Videos are now available on our conference page.

This is a past event June 18–20, 2015

Conference Schedule

  1. Registration & Opening Reception

  1. Innovation in Schools

  1. Registration & Breakfast

  1. Welcome Remarks & Master of Ceremonies

  1. Before the Storm and the Decision to Reform

    Plenary

  1. Preparation and Professional Development of New Orleans Teachers

    Breakout 1.1

  2. Early Childhood Education and Pre-Kindergarten in New Orleans

    Breakout 1.2

  3. Innovation and Diverse School Programs

    Breakout 1.3

  4. Counseling and Wrap-Around Services

    Breakout 1.4

  5. Race in Schools

    Breakout 1.5

  6. Special Education and English Language Learning

    Breakout 1.6

  7. College and Career Ready or Not?

    Breakout 1.7

  8. Centralized Enrollment, and the OneApp

    Breakout 1.8

  9. Opportunity Youth and Adult Education

    Breakout 1.9

  1. Traditional School Districts versus New Orleans “Portfolio” Districts, and Everything in Between

    Plenary

  1. Teacher Compensation and Other Human Capital Practices of Schools and CMOs

    Breakout 2.1

  2. Authorizing and Closing Charter Schools

    Breakout 2.2

  3. Instructional Practices and the Effects of Test-Based Accountability

    Breakout 2.3

  4. The Role of Communities in Schools

    Breakout 2.4

  5. How Families Choose Schools

    Breakout 2.5

  6. How School Leaders Respond to Competition

    Breakout 2.6

  7. Measuring (and Mis-Measuring) School Performance

    Breakout 2.7

  8. The State of Public Education in New Orleans

    Breakout 2.8

  1. How Well are the New Orleans Reforms Working?

    Plenary

  1. Registration & Breakfast

  1. Are the New Orleans Reforms Equitable?

    Plenary

  1. School Revenues and Expenditures

    Breakout 3.1

  2. Student Mobility

    Breakout 3.2

  3. Market Dynamics: School Responses to Parent Demand Over Time

    Breakout 3.3

  4. Effects of Restarting and Closing Schools

    Breakout 3.4

  5. Student Discipline: Outcomes, Policies, and Practices

    Breakout 3.5

  6. Competition between Charter, Private, and Traditional Public Schools

    Breakout 3.6

  7. Unions and Collective Bargaining

    Breakout 3.7

  8. The Distribution and Isolation of Students across Schools by Race, Income, Special Education, ELL, and Achievement

    Breakout 3.8

  9. CMOs and New Non-Profits

    Breakout 3.9

  10. The Effects of Charter Schools on Student Learning

    Breakout 4.0

  1. What Does All This Mean for Urban School Reform and Public Policy?

    Plenary

  1. Closing Remarks