Improving Education Success for Low-Income Americans

Co-Hosted by Florida Philanthropic Network and Helios Education Foundation

October 13, 2010
Program: 10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Lunch: 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.

Mise en Place Restaurant
Lafayette Room
442 W. Kennedy Blvd., Suite # 110
Tampa, FL 33606
813-254-5373
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Audience: Staff or board members of grantmaking organizations and other organizations with an interest in improving education success for all students.
Cost: $30 FPN members; $45 non-members (includes lunch).
To Register: Register Online.
Presenters: Joanne W. Harrison, Ed. D., Deputy Superintendent, Educational Programs & Student Support, Broward County Public Schools; Robert Ivry, Senior Vice President, MDRC; Craig Johnson, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Hillsborough Community College; Bethany Miller, Program Development Specialist, MDRC.

Please join us for this special FPN Forum, “Improving Education Success for Low-Income Americans,” hosted by Florida Philanthropic Network and the Helios Education Foundation, with featured guest MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education research organization that is dedicated to learning what works to improve the lives of low-income Americans and communicating its findings to impact policy, practice and grantmaking.

The forum will begin with a brief overview on how to determine what works in education. Then, Robert Ivry and Bethany Miller will present MDRC’s accumulated knowledge of which interventions in high school and higher education work and don’t work to improve the educational success of low-income students, drawing on MDRC's decades of evidence-based work in this area.

You’ll also hear about two of MDRC’s innovative projects in Florida: the Mathematics Access Performance Scholarship Program (MAPS) at Hillsborough Community College and Ninth Grade Academy in Broward County. The MAPS program seeks to address the alarming low success rates in mathematics by incentivizing and supporting students in a sequence of math courses, starting with developmental math and finishing with college-level math. The Broward Ninth Grade Academy is a high-performing learning environment for ninth-grade students to help them catch up if behind, earn their ninth-grade credits, and get on a pathway to graduate on time with a college prep curriculum. Representatives from both of these projects, as well as a student in the MAPS program, will participate in the forum.

Ample time will be available for questions and discussion, and the forum will be followed by lunch, where the discussion can continue.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:05 a.m.
Welcome
David Biemesderfer, President and CEO, Florida Philanthropic Network

10:05 - 10:15 a.m.
Introduction
Paul Luna, President and CEO, Helios Education Foundation

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Making a Difference: Determining What Works in Education Reform
Robert Ivry, Senior Vice President & Bethany Miller, Program Development Specialist, MDRC

10:30 - 10:50 a.m.
Synthesis of Findings: Improving Educational Outcomes for Community College Students
Bethany Miller, MDRC

10:50 - 11:10 a.m.
Overview of MAPS Program at Hillsborough Community College
Craig Johnson, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Hillsborough Community College, and a student participating in MAPS

11:10 - 11:20 a.m.
Questions & Discussion

11:20 - 11:40 a.m.
Synthesis of Findings: Improving Educational Outcomes for High School Students
Robert Ivry, MDRC

11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Overview of Broward Ninth Grade Academy
Joanne W. Harrison, Ed. D., Deputy Superintendent, Educational Programs & Student Support, Broward County Public Schools

12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
Questions & Discussion

12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

If you have any questions about the forum, please contact David Biemesderfer at 407-478-6263 or via email.