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Upcoming Conference Presentations
NRCRES researchers, Dr. Steve Amendum and Dr. Kelley
Mayer with the Targeted Reading Intervention, will
present at the International
Reading Association Convention in Atlanta, GA
on May 4-8, 2008.
NRCRES researchers will present several posters at
the Institute
of Education Sciences 2008 Research Conference in
Washington, DC on June 10-12, 2008.
 2008
Conference Presentations
Dr. Wallace Hannum, associate director for technology
of the NRCRES, presented at the International
Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided
Learning in Amman, Jordan on April 16-18, 2008.
NRCRES researchers, Dr. Dylan Robertson, Dr. Kathleen
Gallagher, and Dr. Steve Amendum, presented at the American
Educational Research Association Conference in
New York, NY on March 24-28, 2008.
Allen Murray, director of intervention services at
NRCRES, presented at the American
Council on Rural Special Education Conference in
Charleston, WV on March 12-15, 2008.
Dr. Thomas Farmer, co-director of the NRCRES, Dr.
Matthew Irvin, NRCRES research scientist, and Dr.
Judith Meece, principal investigator of the Rural High
School Aspirations Study, presented at the Society
for Research on Adolescence Conference in Chicago,
IL on March 6-9, 2008.
NRCRES researchers, Allen Murray and Abby Hoffman,
presented at the National
Youth at Risk Conference in Savannah, GA on March
2-5, 2008.
Dr. Lynne Vernon-Feagans, co-director of the NRCRES,
presented at the Society
for Research on Educational Effectiveness' First Annual
Conference in Crystal City, VA on March 2-4, 2008.
2007 Conference
Presentations
NRCRES researchers, Steven Amendum and Dr. Marnie
Ginsberg with the Targeted Reading Intervention,
presented at at the National
Reading Conference in Austin, TX on November
28 - December 1, 2007. The PowerPoint slides
for the presentations are available under our "Presentations" section.
NRCRES researchers presented several papers at
the National
Rural Education Association research symposium
and convention in Oklahoma City, OK on November 10-14,
2007. The PowerPoint slides
for the presentations are available under our "Presentations" section.
Dr. Thomas Farmer participated in two workshop symposiums
at the Council
on Children with Behavioral Disorders international
conference in Dallas (Irving), TX on October 4-6,
2007. The PowerPoint slides for the symposiums are
available under our "Presentations" section.
NRCRES researchers presented several posters and
papers, including a panel
session titled "Addressing Diversity in Rural
Education," at the Institute
of Education Sciences 2007
Research Conference in
Washington, DC on June 6-8, 2007. The PowerPoint slides
for the panel discussion are available under our "Presentations" section.
NRCRES researchers, Dr. Thomas Farmer and Abby Hoffman,
presented at the American
Council on Rural Special Education annual conference in Billings, MT on March
14-17, 2007. The PowerPoint slides for the panel discussion
are available under our "Presentations" section.
2006-2005 Conference Presentations
NRCRES presented several papers at various
research and profession conferences in 2005 and 2006.
The presentations addressed the different reseach programs
that are being conducted by NRCRES. The PowerPoint
slides for the presentations are available under our "Archived
Presentations" section.
Carolina
Connects visits NRCRES site
Chancellor James Moeser of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill visited a school participating
in the Targeted Reading Intervention
(TRI) on December
3, 2007 as part of the Carolina
Connects program. He observed teachers
implementing the TRI intervention and TRI
project staff assisting teachers with the TRI intervention.
He also met
with school administrators, teachers, and TRI project
staff to discuss the benefits of the university-school
partnership.
NRCRES representative attends NREA Legislative
Forum
Allen Murray, Director of Intervention Services for NRCRES,
represented the center at the Legislative Forum sponsored
by the National Rural Education Association (NREA)
in Washington DC on March 13, 2006.
This annual event provides
an opportunity for a variety of people concerned with
rural education to come together and learn how the
work of the legislature, administration, the Department
of Education impact of the day-to-day work in rural
schools and communities. A variety of presentations
by representatives from the American Association of
School Administrators, the US Department of Education,
central office and school level administrators from
rural schools, and staff of the NREA made the day productive
and informative. While there was plenty of healthy
discussion about how to best serve our rural school
children and communities, a common goal of providing
the best for our children was clear.
NRCRES in The Carolina Slate
An article in the Fall 2005 issue of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Educations alumni publication, The Carolina Slate reported on the founding of the National Research Center on Rural Education Support and discussed the three research programs that are being conducted. The article can be found here.
NRCRES in Education Week
An article in the November 16th, 2005 issue of Education Week reported on the keynote address Tom Farmer gave at the National Rural Education Association annual conference. The article described Dr. Farmer's call for research in rural schools. This article is available from Education Week in their issue dated November 16, 2005.
NRCRES cited in the 2005
State of the University Address
Chancellor Moeser of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill cited the National Research Center on
Rural Education Support in his 2005
State of the University Address given on September
15, 2005. The center was included in the section titled
A Special Focus on K-12 Education.
Survey of Distance Education
NRCRES conducted a survey of distance learning in rural schools across
the country. The survey used telephone interviews with a national sample of
rural school districts selected at random from all rural school districts to
learn more about their use distance education. The survey documented the academic
areas in which distance education is used, the various technologies used,
barriers to distance education, readiness for distance education, and
satisfaction with distance education.
We presented the preliminary results of this survey at the National Rural Education Association conference in November 2005. The PowerPoint slides for this presentation are available under our "Presentations" section and here.
Professional Development
NRCRES is creating a series of professional
development experiences for teachers in rural schools
focused on empirically-based strategies for helping
children make a smooth transition into school. When
implemented effectively, the strategies should improve
the academic achievement of students while reducing
dropout rates.
Archived Information
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