Fall K–12 Leadership Institute on
Increasing Student Achievement:
Identifying and Implementing Research-Proven Programs
October 16–17, 2008
Johns Hopkins at Mt. Washington Conference Center in Baltimore, MD

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During this intense, two-day institute, district and school leaders will join leading educational researchers and practitioners to learn how to recognize, evaluate, and implement the best research-proven programs and practices for their schools. They will see how existing schools have successfully used these same interventions to achieve unprecedented student achievement...and how they can duplicate those same results in their own schools.

In today’s climate of accountability, the task of educating all students is a major challenge for school leaders. Equally challenging is finding, selecting, and implementing research-proven interventions.

To address this issue, the Center for Data-Driven Reform (CDDRE) at Johns Hopkins University invites you and a team of your most influential school leaders to the Fall K-12 Leadership Institute.

School leaders will determine how to select, adopt, and implement evidence-based interventions that are appropriate for their schools and learn how existing schools have successfully used these strategies to achieve unprecedented results.

Institute Presenters:

Robert E. Slavin, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education (CRRE) at Johns Hopkins University and director of the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York. Dr. Slavin has extensively published research evaluating educational innovations, methodology for systematic reviews, and many other topics and is the author of popular textbooks in educational psychology and research methods. He has published systematic reviews of research on such topics as cooperative learning, ability grouping, programs for English language learners, elementary and secondary mathematics, and secondary reading.

Mark T. Rolewski is the director of dissemination for leadership research and the national consultant for the Center for Data-Driven Reform (CDDRE) at Johns Hopkins University. For more than ten years he has consulted with numerous school districts across the country and with various research-based organizations to bridge the gap between research and practice. His areas of expertise include data-driven decision making, organizational development, change theory, and educational leadership. He has also served for more than thirteen years as a school principal and district administrator.