Monday, June 29, 2009
8:15 – 8:30 Welcoming Remarks
Steve Raudenbush, Planning Committee Chair
Ruby Takanishi, Foundation for Child Development
Cindy Guy, Annie E. Casey Foundation
8:30 - 9:15 Early Childhood Development in the Context of Mobility: Conceptual Perspectives
Moderator: Carl Haywood, Vanderbilt University and Committee Member
Presenter: Ann Masten, University of Minnesota and Committee Member
Discussion
9:15 – 10:00 School Mobility and Educational Success: A Research Synthesis
Moderator: Mariajose Romero, Columbia University and Committee Member
Presenter: Arthur Reynolds, University of Minnesota
Discussion
10:00 – 10:10 BREAK
10:10 – 12:45 Panel 1: School Mobility Analyses
Moderator: Russ Rumberger, University of California, Santa Barbara and
Committee Member
Panelists:
School Mobility in the Early Elementary Grades: Frequency and Impact From Nationally-Representative Data, Valerie E. Lee, David T. Burkam, & Julie Dwyer, University of Michigan
Student Mobility in North Carolina, Jane Hannaway, Urban Institute
Preschool and Elementary School Mobility in Florida, Lavan Dukes, Florida Department of Education
The Mobile Experience in New York City: A Special Focus on Immigrant Students, Amy Ellen Schwartz, New York University
Commissioned Paper:
Burkam, D.T., Lee, V.E., and Dwyer, J. (2009). School mobility in the early elementary grades: Frequency and impact from nationally-representative data. Background paper commissioned by the Committee on Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Young Children, Schools, and Neighborhoods.
http://www.bocyf.org/children_who_move_burkam_paper.pdf
Background Readings:
Xu, Z., Hannaway, J., and D’Souza, S. (2009). Student transience in North Carolina: The effect of school mobility on student outcomes using longitudinal data. CALDER Working Paper No. 22.
http://www.caldercenter.org/PDF/1001256_student_transience.pdf
Schwartz, A. E., Stiefel, L., and Chalico, L. (2007). The multiple dimensions of student mobility and implications for academic performance: Evidence from New York City elementary and middle school students. Condition Report for the New York Education Finance Research Consortium.
http://www.albany.edu/edfin/documents/schwartzsteifelmobilitypaper.pdf
Discussion
12:45 – 1:45 LUNCH
1:45 – 3:30 Panel 2: Residential Mobility and Neighborhood/Family Disruption
Moderator: Claudia Coulton, Case Western Reserve University and Committee Member
Panelists:
A Population-Based Investigation of School Mobility, Family Disruption, and Homelessness in Philadelphia, John Fantuzzo & Heather Rouse, University of Pennsylvania
A Qualitative Perspective: Poverty and Residential Mobility in Rural and Small Town Contexts, Kai Schafft, Penn State University
Patterns and Structure of Neighborhood Mobility among Families in Chicago, Robert Sampson, Harvard University
Background Readings:
Fantuzzo, J., & Rouse, H. (2008). What’s behind being behind? A Philadelphia study of early risk and educational well being. KIDS: Kids Integrated Data System Policy Brief. Philadelphia, PA: KIDS Policy Group.
http://www.bocyf.org/children_who_move_behind_being_behind.pdf
Schafft. K. A. (2006). Poverty, residential mobility, and student transiency within a rural New York school district. Rural Sociology, 71(2), 212-231.
http://nercrd.psu.edu/Regional_Poverty_Wksp/reg.povPaperSchafft.pdf
Sampson, R. J., and Sharkey, P. (2008). Neighborhood selection and the social reproduction of concentrated racial inequality. Demography, 45(1), 1-29.
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/sampson/articles/01_45.1Sampson.pdf
Discussion
3:30 – 3:40 BREAK
3:40 – 5:00 Panel 3: Methodological Issues Concerning Causal Inferences
Moderator: Steve Raudenbush, University of Chicago and Planning Committee Chair
Panelists:
Identifying the Causal Impacts of School Mobility, Eric Hanushek, Stanford University & Texas Schools Project at University of Texas-Dallas
Methodological Considerations in Assessing Causality in Studies of Residential Mobility, Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago
Background Reading:
Hanushek, E. A., Kain, J. F., and Rivkin, S. G. (2004). Disruption versus Tiebout improvement: The costs and benefits of switching schools. Journal of Public Economics, 88, 1721-1746.
http://edpro.stanford.edu/Hanushek/admin/pages/files/uploads/tiebout.jpube.pdf
Discussion
5:00 Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Steve Raudenbush
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
8:30 – 8:45 Welcoming Remarks
Steve Raudenbush
8:45 – 10:55 Panel 4: The Policy and Programmatic Context of Mobility
Moderator: Wade Boykin, Howard University and Committee Member
(8:45 – 9:25) Part I: The Policy Context
Housing Policy Considerations, Sandra Newman, The Johns Hopkins University and Committee Member
Education Policy Considerations, David Johns, Office of Senator Edward Kennedy
Discussion
(9:25-10:55) Part II: Programmatic Responses Panel
Respondents address the following questions in light of the policy context and their perspective
- What are the key elements of your program and what are you trying to accomplish?
- What are the key lessons learned from your program that might inform future policy directions or program and research designs?
- What successes or challenges have been encountered in responding to or reducing mobility?
- Unintended consequences of program/program components
Respondents:
Advocacy and Community Action for High Risk Children, Chester Hartman, Poverty and Race Research Action Council
Policies and Practices to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Student Mobility: Observations from Arlington, VA Public Schools, Judy Apostolico-Buck, Arlington, VA Public Schools
Rent Supplements and Family Support for Highly Mobile Students, Linda Schmidt, Michigan Department of Human Services
DoDEA Partnership Programs and Policies that Support Military/Mobile Children, Kathleen Facon, Department of Defense Educational Activity Partnership
Background Readings:
Genesee County DHS Family Resource Centers – “Scholars” Pilot
http://www.bocyf.org/children_who_move_genesee_county_frc.pdf
DHS Family Resource Centers (FRCs) Overview
http://www.bocyf.org/children_who_move_frc_overview.pdf
Discussion
10:55 – 11:05 BREAK
11:05 – 12:45 Panel 5: Directions for Future Research
Moderator: Steve Raudenbush
Summary of Major Research Questions, Steve Raudenbush
Respondent Panel
Respondents address the major questions and research/methodological approaches they would use to answer the questions, and the strengths or limitations of that approach
Longitudinal & Early Childhood Datasets, Donald Hernandez, SUNY Albany
Utilizing Qualitative Research, Greta Gibson, University of California, Santa Cruz
Utilizing Administrative Data, Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania
Evaluating Interventions that Aim to Reduce Mobility, Arthur Reynolds, University of Minnesota
Discussion
12:45 – 1:45 LUNCH
1:45 – 2:45 Workshop Wrap-Up
Moderator: Steve Raudenbush
Summative Comments: Russ Rumberger and Sandra Newman
Discussion
2:45 Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Steve Raudenbush
3:00 Adjourn