History: Participants

Marvin Abney
Executive Assistant to the Commissioner for Equity & Access
RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Thea Abu El-Haj
Assistant Professor, Educational Theory, Policy & Administation
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Dana Brown
Math & Science Teacher
Gordon School

Michele Cahill
Senior Counsellor to the Chancellor for Educational Policy
Department of Education, New York City

Rosanna Castro
Family Planning Program Coordinator
Rhode Island Department of Health

Ron Chaluisan
Vice President for Programs
New Visions for Public Schools

Rosanna Castro
Family Planning Program Coordinator
Rhode Island Department of Health

Ethan d'Ablemont Burnes
Policy Director
Boston Plan for Excellence

Virginia da Mota
Director, Office of Integrated Social Services
RI Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education

Lisa Delpit
Directo
Florida International University -– Center for Urban Education & Innovation

Odalys Diaz
Researcher
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies

Virginia Edwards
Editor and President
Editorial Projects in Education

Mary-Beth Fafard
Executive Director
Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Lab

Ronald Ferguson
Lecturer in Public Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University

Norm Fruchter
Executive Director
Inst for Education and Social Policy, NYU School of Education

Howard Fuller
Director
Marquette University - Institute for the Transformation of Learning

Edmund Gordon
Director, Associate Director for Research and Development
Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Columbia University

Richard Gray
Senior Program Director, Community Involvement Program
Inst for Education and Social Policy, NYU School of Education

Ellen Guiney
Executive Director
Boston Plan for Excellence

Kris Gutierrez
Professor - Urban Schooling
University of California, Los Angeles

Heather Harding
Independant Consultant

Mary Sylvia Harrison
Executive Director
RI ChildrenŐs Crusade for Higher Education

Karen Hawley Miles
President
Education Resource Management Strategies

Mindy Hernandez
Program Associate, Urban High School Initiatives
Carnegie Corporation of New York

Brenda Hewlett
School Improvement Facilitator
Eleanor McMain Secondary School

Gregory Hodge
Independent Consultant

Kenneth Jones
KJ Associates

Stacey Jordan
MayorŐs Special Assistant for Education
City of Providence

Mel King
Directo
Tent City, South End Technology Center

Kris Kurtenbach
President
Collaborative Communications Group

Carol Lee
Associate Professor of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University

Adam Levner
Co-Director
Critical Exposure

Mary McClure
President
Providence Public Schools

Luis Moll
Professor
University of Arizona

David Moore
Chief Operating Officer
Forum for Youth Investment

Jose Moreno
Assistant, Professor, Chicano & Latino Studies
California State University, Long Beach

Lucretia Murphy
Senior Project Manager
Jobs for the Future

Rochelle Nichols Solomon
Senior Program Officer/Director Technical Support Team Schools for a New Society
Academy for Educational Development

Guitele Nicoleau
Director of Research & Member Development
Public Education Network

Pedro Noguera
Professor and Executive Director
Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, New York University

Pedro Pedraza
Research Director
Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College

Mica Pollock
Assistant Professor of Education
Harvard Project Zero, Harvard University

Linda Powell-Pruitt

Wendy Puriefoy
Presiden
Public Education Network

Tomas Ramirez
Assistant Superintendent
Providence Public Schools

Jim Randels
Co-Director
Students at the Center

Michael Rebell
Executive Director and Counsel
Campaign for Fiscal Equity

Raynard Sanders
Assistant Professor / Interim Director of the Urban Education Program Master of Arts in Urban Education
Southern University at New Orleans

Neil Severance
Program Associate
The Rhode Island Foundation

James Shelton
Program Director for Education
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Stephanie Sibley
Director of High School Renewal
Boston Plan for Excellence

Jonny Skye Njie
Youth Development Facilitator
Providence School Department

Rosa Smith
President
Schott Foundation for Public Education

Adria Steinberg
Program Director
Jobs for the Future

Monica Teixeira de Sousa
Staff Attorney
Rhode Island Legal Services

Jean Thomases
Senior Consultant
Center for Youth Development

Peg Votta
Research Specialist - Progressive Support & Intervention
Rhode Island Department of Education

Erica Walker
Assistant Professor Mathematics and Education
Dept. Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University

Constancia Warren
Senior Program Officer
Carnegie Corporation of New York

Keith White
Education Data Analyst
Rhode Island Childrens Crusade

Charles Willie
Professor
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

ANNENBERG INSTITUTE & BROWN UNIVERSITY PARTICIPANTS
Brenda Allen
Associate Provost & Director of Institutional Diversity
Office of the Provost, Brown University

Margaret Balch-Gonzalez
Staff Editor
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Frank Barnes
Senior Associate
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Adeline Becker
Executive Director
Education Alliance, Brown University

Sade Bonilla
Student
Brown University

Deanna Burney
Independent Consultant and Senior Consultant
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Tyanne Carter
Administrative Assistant/Opportunity & Accountability
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Charles Cummings
Student
Brown University

Pia Durkin
Principal Associate
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Susan Fisher
Associate Director, Communications
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Ellen Foley
Principal Associate
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Michael Grady
Deputy Director
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Jennifer Groff
Research Analyst
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Debi King
Principal Associate
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Michael Kubiak
Research Analyst/Project Coordinator
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Julian Leichty
Student
Brown University

Scott Martin
Technology Coordinator
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Alethea Raynor
Principal Associate
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Amy Rittenhouse
Web Designer
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Robert Rothman
Principal Associate
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Ruth Simmons
President
Brown University

Warren Simmons
Executive Director
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Hal Smith
Senior Research Associate
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Marla Ucelli
Director District Redesign
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Carol Walker
Program Coordinator
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Dennie Wolf
Director, Opportunity & Accountability
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Kenneth Wong
Director, Urban Education Program
Brown University

Andreas Woods
Graduate Student
Brown University