Sessions are listed chronologically
Thursday April 16 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Jane-Addams Hull-House Museum, 800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Relating to the AERA's 2015 meeting theme of Social Justice through Culture, Action and Research, this "off-site" event will discuss the historical roots of and contemporary innovations in education and social action to realize social justice in Chicago. Professor Mary Jo Deegan, who is the author of Jane Addams and the Men of the Chicago School: 1892-1918, will speak. She will discuss how Jane Addams’ pioneering work in what we now call qualitative methodologies was incorporated by professors of sociology at the University of Chicago and shaped approaches to research and social action. There will be ample time for discussion. This will be followed by brief presentations by organizers of current social justice projects dealing with civic involvement, community psychology and with first generation college students in these neighborhoods. A tour of the Hull House Museum will be included (and an optional Dutch treat lunch in Greektown will follow the event).
Friday April 17, 8:15 to 9:45 a.m. Marriott, Seventh Level - Grand Salon III Cosponsored with Division B - Curriculum Studies
Friday April 17, 10:35 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Swissotel, Event Centre First Level - Zurich AB
Cosponsored with Division L - Educational Policies and Politics Despite the growing importance of schooling attainment and achievement for labor market success, high school graduation rates have not changed much over the past 40 years and inequality in achievement test scores by income seems to have increased. This session presents the results of a portfolio of randomized experiments from the city of Chicago that address intervention strategies related to educational challenges targeted at different stages of a child's life course and to students at different predicted risks of school failure. Link to session
Friday April 17, 4:05 to 5:35 p.m. Hyatt, West Tower - Gold Level, Regency D
Saturday April 18, 8:15 to 9:45 a.m. Hyatt, West Tower - Gold Level - Atlanta Cosponsored with Division B - Curriculum Studies The papers in this session work across the adjacent fields of curriculum studies and art education to (a) observe and theorize the tensions and complexities that arise in social justice conversations between students and their teachers in four Chicago high schools, and (b) suggest how aesthetic approaches create contexts in which complexity and tensions can become the basis of personal and collective investigation in local sites. Link to session
Saturday April 18, 8:15 to 10:15 a.m. Hyatt, West Tower - Gold Level - Regency C
This session will examine the CCSR model of a place-based research-practice partnership, its evolution over 25 years, as well as its benefits, shortcomings, and challenges. The goal of this session is to consider influences of the CCSR model has had on the Institute of Educational Sciences and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the pros and cons of expanding research-practice partnerships. Link to session
Sunday April 19, 8:15 to 10:15 a.m. Marriott, Fourth Level - Belmont Cosponsored with Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education This workshop analyzes Loyola University Chicago’s field-based program and its aim to cultivate mutually beneficial partnerships with local educational institutions. Partner institutions, drawn from among public schools, cultural institutions, and community organizations, collaborate to more effectively prepare urban teachers and, in the process, address common educational concerns. Link to session
Sunday April 19, 10:35 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Hyatt, West Tower - Gold Level - Regency AB
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Sunday April 19, 10:35 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Hyatt, West Tower - Gold Level - Regency D This session will provide researchers and current and future leaders of education colleges with insight into the diverse array of leadership skills and perspectives that have shaped significant institutional and organizational change in Chicago and are laying the foundation for improvements in student learning in the future. Link to session
Sunday April 19, 12:25 to 1:55 p.m. Marriott, Fourth Level - Clark Cosponsored with the Research Use SIG This symposium will use studies of teacher evaluation in Chicago to motivate a discussion of how research is used by various constituencies and how repeated interactions between researchers and stakeholders can enhance that usage. Panelists representing members of the research team, the teachers’ union, and the state will share their experiences in connection with how and under what conditions research evidence was most useful. Link to session
Sunday April 19, 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. Marriott, Sixth Level - Indiana/Iowa Cosponsored with Division G - Social Context of Education Join researchers and community leaders as they reflect and share their experiences of how they grapple with attempting to change urban education from the inside. Link to session
Sunday April 19, 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. Hyatt, West Tower - Gold Level - Regency AB Cosponsored with Indigenous Peoples of the Americas SIG, Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific SIG, Division B, Action Research SIG, Committee of Scholars of Color in Education This session features the work of a Chicago-based research collaborative including elders, parents, and youth members of the inter-tribal Indigenous community. Presenters have worked together over the past several years to design learning environments that would meet the present and future needs of their community. Presenters will speak from their own perspectives and roles in this longitudinal, intergenerational study. Two critical discussants will provide commentary about the larger implications of this approach to educational research, the implications of recovering Chicago as Indigenous land, and pose questions to the participants before opening the floor for questions from the audience. Link to session
Monday April 20, 10:35 to 12:05 p.m. Marriott, Fifth Level - Chicago FGH Cosponsored with Division G - Social Context of Education Chicago has been a focal point and laboratory for neoliberal education policy and organized resistance; and race, justice, and the right to the city have been central. This symposium critically examines the landscape of education policy and politics in Chicago, highlighting contentious politics of neoliberalism and urban space, recognizing that schools are central to community heritage and place-making and the quest for justice. Link to session