71.051 - School Turnaround and Reform Distinguished Speaker Talk and Business Meeting: Reflecting on Research and Promise of School Turnaround and Reform

Session Type: Business Meeting

Abstract

The School Reform and Turnaround (STaR) 2019 Distinguished Speaker Talk & Business Meeting will commence with a keynote presentation around insights and lessons learned from School Improvement Grants (SIG) and the interrelationship between Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and SIGs. Dr. Kerstin Carlson Le Floch, a managing researcher at American Institute for Research, will deliver the keynote as STaR’s 2019 Distinguished Speaker. Additionally, STaR SIG’s Leadership Team will recognize outstanding research contributions through a presentation of awards. 2019 STaR award recipients are: Emerging Scholar Award will be presented to Dr. Henry Tran from the University of South Carolina, and 2019 STaR SIG’s Student Travel Award will be presented to Eric Ambroso from ASU. The meeting will conclude with the membership meeting.

Sub Unit

• SIG-School Turnaround and Reform

Speaker

• Kerstin A. Carlson Le Floch, American Institutes for Research

Participants

• Henry Tran, University of South Carolina, Columbia

• Eric Ambroso, Arizona State University

Papers

• Reflecting on Research and Promise of School Turnaround and Reform - Kerstin A. Carlson Le Floch, American Institutes for Research

• School Turnaround and Reform SIG Awards - Coby Meyers, University of Virginia; Irina S. Okhremtchouk, San Francisco State University

• School Turnaround and Reform SIG Membership Meeting - Coby Meyers, University of Virginia; Irina S. Okhremtchouk, San Francisco State University

Discussant

• Coby Meyers, University of Virginia