Event
National Research Convening: Building the Evidence Base for K‐12 Personalized Learning
More than 100 education research professionals gathered as part of a pre-Symposium convening to explore themes surrounding the evidence on personalized learning. Generously sponsored by The Leon Lowenstein Foundation, convening sessions covered personalized learning implementation and outcomes, measurement, the learning sciences, culturally responsive education, researcher positionality, educational equity, state examples, and communications. Below are recordings of each session.
Welcome & Opening
Susan Patrick, President & CEO, Aurora Institute
Opening Remarks
Stewart Hudson, Executive Director, Leon Lowenstein Foundation
Keynote – The “H” in Research
Jilliam Joe, Director of Research Design, LEAP Innovations
How Do We Measure Personalized Learning? Insights from Social, Emotional and Academic Development and the Learning Sciences
Robert Balfanz, Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Education
Mastery‐Based Education with a Culturally Responsive Imagination: Remarks on Early Research
Lindsey Foster, Pamela D’Andrea Martinez, Leah Peoples
NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools
Joy Nolan, Meg Stentz
Mastery Collaborative, New York City Department of Education
Researcher Positionality and Personalized Learning
Eric Toshalis, Senior Director, KnowledgeWorks
Rebecca E. Wolfe, Vice President, KnowledgeWorks
Expanding the Evidence Base for Personalized Learning through a Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) Program
Eva Dundas, Chief Learning Officer, Branching Minds
Measuring Personalized Professional Learning: A Three-Year Study of What Works Best, For Whom, Under What Conditions, and Why
Beth Holland, Ling Zhang, The Learning Accelerator
Amalia Lopez, Lindsay Unified School District
Work‐Study Practices in New Hampshire: Validation Dialogues between Practice and Research
Expertise
Anthony Doucet, Teacher, Souhegan High School, New Hampshire
Paul Leather, Director of State and Local Partnerships, National Center for Innovation in Education
Felicia Sullivan, Associate Research Director, Jobs for the Future
Jonathan Vander Els, Director of Innovative Projects, New Hampshire Learning Initiative
Kathy White, Director of Innovative Projects, New Hampshire Learning Initiative
Nicole Woulfe, Teacher, Sanborn Middle School, New Hampshire
Improving Communication and Utilization of the Personalized Learning Evidence Base – School and District Leaders
Cederick Ellis, Superintendent, McComb School District, Mississippi
Ruth Hellams, Principal, Del Lago Academy Campus of Applied Sciences, California
Jeff Heyck‐Williams, Director, Two Rivers Learning Institute
Improving Communication and Utilization of the Personalized Learning Evidence Base – Communications Professionals
Emily Bader, Senior Director, Marketing Communications, LEAP Innovations
Kira Keane, Managing Partner, External Relations, The Learning Accelerator
Kate Westrich, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, KnowledgeWorks