Memphis Striving Readers project presents at 2008 AERA meeting

Memphis City Schools Presentation at March 2008 AERA Meeting

STRIVING READERS PROJECT: Memphis City Schools
OCCASION: American Educational Research Association 2008 Annual Meeting
DATE: Thursday, March 27, 2008

TITLE OF PRESENTATION: Building and Sustaining University-Community Research Partnerships in an Urban Context: A Literacy Academy Trilogy

SUMMARY: This panel explored the evolution of successful models for creating and sustaining university-community partnerships in urban settings. These initiatives employed a capacity-building model for improving teacher effectiveness in urban schools and have seen significant results. Evidence of the model’s efficacy was provided, and the ecological factors that sustained these projects addressed.

PRESENTERS:
Genesis of a Successful University-Community Partnership Model: The Dallas Reading Plan. Robert B. Cooter, Jr., University of Memphis

An Ecological University-Urban Schools Interface: The Memphis Literacy Academy.
J. Helen Perkins, University of Memphis; Kathleen Spencer Cooter, University of Memphis; Linda Kennard, Memphis City Schools

Extending University-Urban School Partnerships: The Memphis Striving Readers Project. Ric Potts, Memphis City Schools; Elizabeth Heeren, Memphis City Schools; Regina Washington, Memphis City Schools. Discussant: Jill Feldman, Research for Better Schools