Thursday, September 23, 1999
The Washington Court Hotel
525 New Jersey Avenue, NW

8:00 AM	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 AM	WELCOME AND GOALS FOR THE DAY --   Introductions
9:15 AM	PRESENTATION: Improving the Quality of Teaching in Mathematics and Science --   Dr. James W. Stigler gave a 2-hour long presentation to the Glenn Commission. Dr. Stigler's presentation focused on the TIMSS videotape study he directed and how to improve the quality of teaching in mathematics and science. He suggested that the best way to improve teaching is by improving teaching methods and building a knowledge base for the improvement of teaching. He showed short segments from both a U.S. and Japanese 8th grade mathematics classroom. Transcript options: Stigler transcript (MS Word .doc format - recommended) Stigler transcript (web page) Slide options: Stigler slides (Powerpoint .ppt format - recommended) Stigler slides (web page)
10:45 AM	BREAK
11:00 AM	PLENARY DISCUSSION: What Are the Teaching Quality Issues the Commission Will Address? What recommendations already exist? What are the best leverage points to improve the quality of mathematics and science teaching, K-12?
12:00 PM	LUNCH
1:00 PM	PLENARY DISCUSSION: How Will the Commission Do Its Work? What support will the Department of Education provide? What is the relevant expertise of Commission members? What are the roles of Commission members? How will the Commission reach consensus?
2:30 PM	PRESENTATION: The Relationship Between Teaching Quality and Higher Student Achievement in Mathematics and Science --   Secretary Richard W. Riley gave a 20-minute presentation to the Glenn Commission. In his remarks, Secretary Riley thanked the Commission members for their participation and explained the reasons he wants the Commission to focus on teaching quality in K-12 math and science classrooms. He described the relationship between teaching quality and student achievement in math and science, and made an important distinction between teaching quality and teacher quality issues. Transcript options: Riley transcript (MS Word .doc format - recommended) Riley transcript (web page)
3:00 PM	BREAK
3:15 PM	PRESENTATION: Supply, Demand and Quality in Mathematics and Science Teaching --   Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond gave a 1-hour long presentation to the Glenn Commission. Dr. Darling-Hammond's presentation gave an overview of the supply, demand and quality in mathematics and science teaching. She discussed the complicated and intertwined issues of supply, recruitment, and hiring practices of math and science teachers, and cited studies linking higher student achievement in math and science with teacher quality variables. She also showed a 15-minute video clip from the PBS Merrow Report entitled "Teacher Crisis: False Alarm?" Transcript options: Darling-Hammond transcript (MS Word .doc format - recommended) Darling-Hammond transcript (web page) Slide options: Darling-Hammond slides part 1 (Powerpoint .ppt format) Darling-Hammond slides part 2 (Powerpoint .ppt format)
4:15 PM	PLENARY DISCUSSION: Next Steps What should be the focus of subsequent meetings? What must happen in preparation for Meeting Two?
5:00 PM	ADJOURNMENT

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