Achieving High Educational Standards for All Conference Summary (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Conference Presenters
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Conference Presenters
Pages 279-286
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In addition to teaching, Bowman has directed a wide range of projects, including ones for Head Start teachers, caregivers of infants at risk for morbidity or mortality, teachers on American Indian reservations, and the Child Development Associates program. Her most recent work has been with the Chicago Public Schools, in which she provided inservice education for teachers in inner-city neighborhoods.
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He has written numerous publications and research reports on education, youth development programming, community change, economic consequences of skill differences, and state and local economic development. He is a member of the National Research Council's Committee on CommunityLevel Programs for Youth and its Board on Testing and Assessment.
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His current research involves how promotion and graduation testing affects student learning and dropout rates, particularly for students of color, English-language learners, and students with disabilities. He was study director for the National Research Council's Committee on Appropriate Test Use and is a member of its Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity.
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As principal designer of this program, she has been a consultant to school sites implementing expeditionary learning in Boston, Denver, New York, and San Antonio. She has been involved in a number of research projects implementing school reform and has served on the National Research Council's Committee on Education Finance.
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Recent works include studies of changing patterns of school desegregation and the impact of diversity on the educational experiences of law students. Craig Ramey is university professor of psychology, pediatrics, and neurobiology and director of the Civitan International Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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She chaired the National Research Council's Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children. Claude Steele is professor of psychology at Stanford University since 1991, and before that served on the faculties of the University of Michigan, the University of Washington, and the University of Utah.
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immigrants, poverty and social policy, and the sociology of employment and labor markets. She is a former member of the National Research Council Advisory Committee of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
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