10th annual Critical Questions in Education Conferences October 13th– 15th, 2014 Brown Hotel Louisville, Kentucky and February 16th– 18th, 2015 U S Grant Hotel San Diego, California

10th annual Critical Questions in Education Conferences

October 13th– 15th, 2014
Brown Hotel
Louisville, Kentucky

and

February 16th– 18th, 2015
U S Grant Hotel
San Diego, California


Proposals are being solicited for the 10th annual Critical Questions
in Education conferences presented by the Academy for Educational
Studies, this year in Louisville, Kentucky and San Diego, California.
Theoretical, empirical, and practice-oriented proposals are welcome at
these two-day conferences. Get “A Seat at the Table” on our third day
when conference attendees will study together and plan publishing
opportunities with the AES Press (Academy for Educational Studies
Press) or Critical Questions in Education, our peer-reviewed
electronic journal.

Deadline for proposals, Louisville conference: July 1, 2014
Deadline for proposals, San Diego conference: November 1, 2014

2014-2015 Theme Questions

Why have civil rights era educational legislation and policy in the
United States failed our most vulnerable students? How should we
address the needs of these students in and out of schools?

How is schooling conducted in other countries? What can we learn from
the policies, purposes, and practices of education systems—or
individual schools—from around the world?

Proposals welcome on past theme questions
Open topic for graduate students

Get a “Seat at the Table”
Plan to stay for the third day of the conference—a day when we review
what we’ve learned from conference presentations and plan writing
opportunities (books, chapters, articles). See details below.

Past theme questions:
2013: Taking a careful look at ourselves:
--Are traditional teacher education programs preparing quality teachers?
--How should we evaluate teachers, school administrators, or
university professors?
2012: Fixing our schools
--Why do so many people want to “fix” our public schools?
--Are current reforms well-aimed or wrong-headed?
--Are we asking the wrong questions about how to improve education? Can
educational foundations help?
2011: Digital media and our children: What has been lost or gained?
Will eliminating tenure ruin teaching or reinvigorate it?
2010: How should we prepare new teachers?
2009: Has higher education lost its soul?
What ideas in education are worth keeping, and which ones ought to be
thrown out?
2008: Rethinking education: Is it time for radical change in the public schools?
2007: What is the role of religion in the 21st
century public school?
2006: Why do kids hate school?
2005: Have schools really changed that much in the past 100 years?

Submitting a Proposal

Academic Presentation
First two days of the conference

The Conference Committee seeks participants who offer well-considered
and reflective analysis or evaluation. Original research, research
review, scholarly efforts, eloquent advocacy, or inspiring practice
may provide the impetus for the presentation. Participants may submit
the following kinds of proposals:

• Individual paper: Paper sessions (two presenters sharing a 50 minute
session or three presenters sharing a 70 minute session). Conference
committee will group individual
submissions based on commonality of theme or approach.
• Symposium/Panel discussion: Presentation of alternative solutions,
interpretations, or contrasting points of view on a specified subject
or in relation to a common theme.
Those proposing a symposium or panel are responsible for selecting and
arranging for participants. Panels or symposia may be either 50 or 70
minutes in length, at the discretion of the committee.
• Book response: Paper or panel presentation on a book related to the
theme question(s).

A Seat at the Table
Third day of the conference

Think of the third day of the Critical Questions in Education
conference the way you think of study groups. For two days
participants will have been challenged to think about the theme
questions in a variety of ways. Now it is time to come to grips with
what we’ve thought about and learned—to try to synthesize ideas, find
spots where tensions remain, develop new questions to ask, and plan
how to deepen our understanding of the questions. And it’s time to
plan how we might continue to think together, write together, and
publish together. Opportunities for publication will be available
through Critical Questions in Education, the Academy’s peer-reviewed
electronic journal, and AES Press, the Academy’s new book publishing
entity.

See below for how to get A Seat at the Table
on the third day of the conference.

Proposal format – Academic Presentation

Please attach proposal to an email, as directed below. Please send
cover sheet and abstract in one file, not separately.

Cover Sheet—one page: The cover sheet will not be sent to reviewers.
1. Note which conference—Louisville or San Diego
2. Title of presentation
3. Format of presentation: Paper, Symposium/Panel, Book response
4. Information about person submitting the proposal
a. Name, with title and institution (indicate if graduate student)
b. Telephone number, e-mail address, mailing address, and FAX number
5. Additional presenters: Information about any and all co-presenters
a. Name, e-mail address, title and institution (indicate if graduate student)
6. 30-word description for the printed program

Abstract of presentation (not to exceed two double-spaced pages)--sent
to reviewers
1. Title of presentation
2. Description of presentation: The proposal abstract must not contain
anything that reveals the identity of individual(s) submitting the
proposal. Proposals should clarify the objectives or purpose of the
presentation, establish the importance of the topic, and indicate how
the topic will be addressed.

The Conference Committee will review each proposal. The best proposals
will articulate a clear objective and purpose as well as importance of
the point of view to be expressed. Proposals need to show evidence of
scholarly care, clear and effective argument, and/or a basis in
research. Participants are welcome to submit multiple proposals. Only
the person submitting the proposal will be notified of the acceptance
of a paper or symposium/panel; he or she is responsible for notifying
all other participants.

Application – A Seat at the Table

We plan to accommodate everyone who wants A Seat at the Table on the
third day of the conference. But we also realize that if numbers get
too large, not everyone will get to participate in ways they might
wish. If you would like to participate in this study and writing
opportunity, we would like you to tell us something about yourself—a
thumbnail sketch of who you are, what you do, where your academic
interests lie, and why you are interested in studying and publishing
on the theme questions. Try to summarize all this in a page or page
and a half—just enough to give us a sense for who will be involved
in the session and the directions it might go. Attach it to your
conference proposal.

TECHNOLOGY NOTE: The Academy will provide screens for each breakout
room. Participants will need to provide all other equipment
(computers, projectors, electrical cords,
etc.) for their presentations.

Cost of the conference

$185 -- 2013—2014 members of the Academy; 2013 conference presenters
$200 -- Non-members
$ 95 -- Graduate students

Conference fee includes 2014—15 membership to the Academy. Conference
fees will increase after October 3, 2014 at the Louisville location.
Fees will increase after February 6, 2015 at the San Diego location.
Conference fee waived for all undergraduate students. Group rates for
K—
12 faculty and administrators are available.

If you have any questions, please call:
Steven P. Jones, Academy Director
Missouri State University
417-836-5982


Send Proposals electronically to:
academyedstudies@gmail.com

• Subject line: CQE Conference proposal
• Send all proposals as a Word document attached to the email
• Deadline: Louisville: July 1, 2014; San Diego: November 1, 2014