Education Writers Association
Supporting Education Coverage – Today and Tomorrow
SmallSchools and High School Reform:
Shrinking Size, Diminishing Returns?
Nov. 8-10, 2009
San Diego, California
Sunday, Nov. 8 – Hotel Solamar, Solstice A
2p.m. Greetings and Introductions
Remarks: Lisa Walker, EWA Executive Director
2:30 p.m.Panel I – Left Behind: The Big High School
Moderator: Maura Walz, GothamSchools
- Clara Hemphill, Center for NYC Affairs at The New School
- David Bloomfield, BrooklynCollege
- Karen Hunter Quartz,UCLAGraduateSchool of Education*
3:45 p.m.Break
4 p.m. Panel II –What Big Districts Can Learn from Small Schools
Moderator: Emily Alpert, Voice of San Diego
- Regis Shields,Education Resource Strategies*
- W. David Stevens, Consortium on ChicagoSchool Research
- Karin Chenoweth, The Education Trust*
5:30 p.m.Keynote Session – SmallSchools and High School Reform: Shrinking Size, Diminishing Returns?
Moderator: Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
- Michael Klonsky, Small Schools Workshop and Center for Innovative Schools
- Libia Gil, American Institutes of Research*
- Rob Atterbury,ConnectEd California*
7 p.m.Dinner
8 p.m.Discussion
9 p.m. Adjourn
Monday, Nov. 9 – San Diego Unified School District
7:30 a.m.Breakfast (Hotel)
9 a.m. Campus Tour – Kearny High Educational Complex
11:30 a.m.Lunch
Panel I –Rules of Engagement: Personalizing the High School Experience
Moderator: Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
- Tony Burks, San Diego Unified School District
- Lincoln High School students, parents and teachers
12:50 p.m.Campus Tour – LincolnHigh School
2:30 p.m.Panel II – Thinking Small: San Diego’s Small Schools and High School Reform
Moderator: John Fensterwald, Silicon Valley Education Foundation
- Libia Gil, American Institutes of Research
- Helen Griffith, LincolnHigh School transition team
- Glenn Hillegas, KearneyConstructionTechAcademy former principal
3:45 p.m.Discussion
4:15 p.m. Adjourn
Tuesday, Nov. 10 – HighTechHigh School
8:30 a.m.Breakfast (Hotel)
9:30 a.m. Campus Visit – Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High
11:30 a.m.Lunch
Panel I –Keeping the SmallSchool Feel
Moderator: Meagan Engle, Middletown Journal
- Laura McBain, High Tech High Charter Management Organization
- Tom Fehrenbacher, High Tech High Humanities Teacher
- Jen Peterson, High Tech High Humanities Teacher
- Chris Wakefield, High Tech High Media Arts Teacher
1 p.m. Panel II – Writing About SmallSchools and High School Reform
Moderator: Megan Gildow, Springfield News-Sun
- Emily Alpert, Voice of San Diego
- Kimberly Melton,The Oregonian
- Katy Murphy,Oakland Tribune
2:15 p.m.Adjourn