8:30 - 8:40 WELCOME

Joe Wyatt, Chancellor, Vanderbilt University
Marti Erickson, Executive Director - Children, Youth & Family Consortium, University of Minnesota, Co-Sponsor
William Purcell, Director, Child and Family Policy Center, Vanderbilt University, Co-Sponsor

8:40 - 8:50 "I'LL TELL YOU THE REST TOMORROW" A UCLA School of Communications film, Introduction by Vice President Gore

8:50 - 9:50 STORYTELLERS
James Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT
Hodding Carter, Professor and Journalist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Joe Jones, Sr., Director, Academy Concepts, Parent Academy, Baltimore, MD
Gayle Ross, Storyteller and Author, Fredericksburg, TX
Phon MalaIkham, Teacher, Cason Lane Academy, Murfreesboro, TN
Joe Jones, Jr., Director of Men's Services, Baltimore City's Healthy Start

9:50 - 10:30 VICE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS and Demonstration of New Technology

10:30 - 10:55 "LESSONS FROM THE ONES WE LOVE" A Boston University Film, Introduction by Tipper Gore

11:00 - 12:00 FORUM DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VICE PRESIDENT GORE Featuring education experts from around the country who will address: What are some of the strategies used to actively involve families in children's learning?

Susan Genrich-Cameron, Principal Cason Lane Academy, Murfreesboro, TN
Roberta Altman, Bank Street College Faculty and Liaison to Midtown West Public School, New York, NY
Yvonne Chan, Principal, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, San Fernando, CA
Anne McGintis, Parent, School and Community Involvement Coordinator, Hamilton Schools, Chattanooga, TN
Diana Lam, Superintendent, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio, TX Warlene Gary, President, Manager, Center for the Revitalization of Urban Education, National Education Association, Washington, D.C.
John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Menlo Park, CA
Patty Burness, Executive Director, George Lucas Educational Foundation, San Rafael, CA Betty Webb, Executive Director, Family and Community Educational Services, Minneapolis, MN
William Purcell, Director, Child and Family Policy Center, Vanderbilt University
Ember Reichsgott Junge, Senate Assistant Majority Leader, St. Paul, MN
Secretary Richard W. Riley, US Department of Education, Washington D.C.

12:00 - 12:30 THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

12:50 - 1:50 LUNCH Remarks by Tipper Gore

2:00 - 3:15 VICE PRESIDENT'S DISCUSSION WITH REMOTE SITES

1. CLEAR VIEW CHARTER SCHOOL, CHULA VISTA, CA Ginger Hovenic, Principal

2. ANDERSON SCHOOL/FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, MINNEAPOLIS, MN Judy Cutler, Principal Beverly Propes, Nurse Barbara Owens, Teacher

3. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SCHOOL, UNION CITY, NJ Robert Fazio, Principal Adriana Birne, Parent, Community Liason Aida Delgado, Parent

4. JUMPSTART, BOSTON, MA Aaron Lieberman, Director Cheryl Brown, Parent Taharee Webb, Americorps Member

2:00 - 3:15 WORKSHOPS (these workshops are concurrent with the Vice President's Discussion with Remote Sites)

1. HOW VERY YOUNG CHILDREN LEARN: HELPING CHILDREN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
Stanley Greenspan, MD., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, George Washington Medical School, Washington, DC
Ricki Robinson, MD., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, USC School of Medicine, La Canada, CA
Frank Fuentes, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Child Care Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
Eileen Wasow, Associate Dean, Division of Continuing Education, Bank Street College, New York, NY

2. FAMILY LITERACY AND PREPARATION FOR EARLY LEARNING
Carol Rasco, Director, America Reads Challenge, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
Jordan Meranus,Boston Director, Jumpstart, Boston,MA
Susan Hogan, Parent and Member of the Board of Directors, Jumpstart, Boston, MA
Sharon Darling, President, National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY

3. PREPARING CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL AND PARENTS FOR WORK
Myron Ogglesby-Pitts, Principal, Hull-Jackson Magnet School, Nashville, TN
Jane Schindewolf, Working Mother Magazine's "1997 Working Mother of the Year," Beverly Hills, MI
Gwendolyn Johnson, Social Services for Parent Involvement Director, ACF, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA
Ronald Jenkins, Director, Women's Health Program, Peachtree, GA

4. REACHING OUT TO PARENTS FROM THE START
Martha Erickson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Children, Youth and Family Consortium, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Barbara Clinton, Director, Center for Health Services, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Betty Cooke, Ph.D., Early Childhood Family Education Program Specialist at the Minnesota Department of Children Families and Learning, St. Paul, MN.
Rebecca England, Para-professional, Home Visitor, Mt. Community Parent Resource Center, Duff, TN
Roxie Foster, Executive Director, Minnesota Parenting Association,St. Paul, MN
June Pyle, Director, Mt. Community Parent Resource Center, Duff, TN

5. SCHOOLS WORKING WITH FAMILIES
Don Davies, Ph.D., Founder, Institute for Responsive Education, Northeastern University; Professor of Education, Boston University, Boston, MA
Yvonne Chan, Ph.D., Principal, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, Los Angeles, CA
Anne O'Neill McGintis, Parent, School Community Involvement Coordinator, Hamilton County School District, Chattanooga, TN
Roberta Lynne Altman, Bank Street College Faculty and Liaison to Midtown West Public School, New York, NY.

6. EXTENDED DAY LEARNING AND ONE-STOP SERVICES FOR FAMILIES
William E. Milliken, President and Founder, Communities in Schools Inc., Alexandria, VA
Carol Ann Gupton, Ph.D., Principal, School of Extended Learning, Minneapolis, MN
Susan Gendrich-Cameron, Principal, Cason Lane Academy, Murfreesboro, TN
Mario Moreno, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

7. THE WORKPLACE SUPPORTING SCHOOL/FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS
Faith Wohl, Director, Office of Workplace Initiatives, U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, D.C.
Les Hemmings, General Director, John Hancock Education Center, Boston, MA
Gloria De Necochea, Manager, Mattel Foundation, El Segundo, CA
Alfred Ramirez, Director, Hand in Hand: Parents United for Kids, Washington, DC
Terry Ehrich, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Hemmings Motor News, Bennington, VT
Andrea Glovsky, Director of Education and Parent Involvement, WFD, Inc. (formerly Work/Family Directions) Boston, MA.

8. CREATING ACTIVE SCHOOL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Joyce Epstein, Ph.D., Director, Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships, Baltimore, MD
Mavis G. Sanders, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Partnership 2000 Schools, Baltimore, MD
N. Gerry House, Ph.D., Superintendent, Memphis City Schools, Memphis, TN
Lucretia Coates, Assistant Principal, Tench Tilghman Elementary School, Baltimore, MD

9. NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
John Doerr, Partner, Kliener Perkins Caugield & Byers (KPCB), Menlo Park, CA
Michael P. Santullo, Co-founder and President, Four 11 Corporation, Menlo Park, CA
Steve Perlman, CEO, President and Chief Technical Officer, WebTV Networks, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
Kim Polese, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marimba, Inc., Palo Alton, CA
Gilman Louie, Founder and Chairman, Spectrum HoloByte, Inc., Alameda, CA

10. LINKING HOME AND SCHOOL
Jerold P. Bauch, Ph.D., Professor of Early Childhood Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Dorothy Baldwin, Ed.D., Principal, Eisenhower Intermediate School, Bridgewater, NJ
Margaret Ann Coyne, Director of Applied Research, Center for Applied Special Technology, Peabody, MA
Caroll Miller, Vice President and Co-Founder, The Family Education Network, Boston, MA

11. BUILDING NETWORKS OF LEARNING FOR FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS
Larry Kirkman, Executive Director, The Benton Foundation, Washington, DC
John Bransford, Centennial Professor of Psychology and Education and Co-Director of the Learning Technology Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Ted S. Hasselbring, Ed.D., Co-Director, Learning Technology Center and Professor, Department of Special Education, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
James E. Dezelle, Jr., Chairman of the Board, NET Schools Corp., Atlanta, GA

12. ADAPTING TO DIFFERING LEARNING STYLES
Howard Gardner, Ph.D., Professor of Education and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston, MA
R. Parker McMullen, Jr., Ed.D., Dean of Instruction, Wilmington High School, Wilmington, DE
Vincent J. Poppiti, Chief Judge, Delaware Family Court, Wilmington, DE
M. Denise Tolliver, Dean, Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Wilmington, DE

13. STRATEGIES THAT INVOLVE FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS
James Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center, Director of the School Development Program and Associate Dean, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT
Herman Clark, Ph.D., Principal, Bowling Park Elementary School, Norfolk, VA
Nan Rich, National President, National Council of Jewish Women, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Joe Jones, Sr., Director, Academy Concepts, Inc., Parent Academy, Baltimore, MD

14. GAINING CONTROL OF THE DOLLARS
Gaynor McCown, Vice President, Education and Workforce Development, New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce, New York, NY
Sheree Speakman, Partner, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.O, Chicago, IL
Diana Lauber, Assistant Director, Cross City Campaign for Urban Reform, Chicago, IL
Pamela Price, Local School Council Facilitator, Department of School and Community Relations, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL

15. WHAT CAN FAMILIES DO TO BECOME REAL PARTNERS IN EDUCATION?
Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Lois Jean White, President-Elect for the National PTA, Baltimore, MD
Sue Ferguson, Director, National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education, Washington, DC
Kelly Allin Butler, Executive Director, Parents for Public Schools, Inc., Jackson, MS

16. WHAT CAN TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS DO TO CREATE FAMILY FRIENDLY SCHOOLS?
Peter Cookson, Jr., Ph.D., Director, Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ann Kaiser, Professor and Chair of the Department of Special Education and Professor, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Deanne Magnusson, Ph.D., Professor, Continuing Education and Outreach, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Patricia Wasley, Dean, Graduate School of Education, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY
Ruth Dennis, Assistant Director, Educational Issues Department, American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC

17. TAKING FAMILY INVOLVEMENT TO SCALE: CHANGING WHOLE DISTRICTS
Linda Darling-Hammond, Ph.D., William F. Russell Professor, Foundation of Education, Columbia Teachers College, New York, NY
Diana Lam, Superintendent, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio, TX
Paul Houston, Ph.D., Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA
Betty Webb, Executive Director and Associate Superintendent, Family and Community Educational Services, Minneapolis, MN

3:30 - 4:15 REPORT FROM THE WORKSHOPS TO THE VICE PRESIDENT
Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
Carol Rasco
Myron Ogglesby-Pitts
Marti Erickson, Ph.D.
Barbara Clinton
Don Davies, Ph.D.
William Milliken
Alfred Ramirez
Gerry House, Ph.D.
John Doerr
Jerold Bauch, Ph.D.
Larry Kirkman
Howard Gardner, Ph.D.
James Comer
Gaynor McCown
Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.
Peter Crookson, Jr., Ph.D.
Linda Darling-Hammond,
Ph.D.

4:15 - 4:30 RESPONSE AND CHALLENGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT