Karen Mapp, Ed.D.

Lecturer on Education and Faculty Director of Education, Policy, and Management Master’s Program 

Harvard Graduate School of Education



Dr. Mapp holds Doctorate and Master’s degrees in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is a noted researcher, lecturer, and author whose work highlights the positive link between family engagement and the academic achievement of students. In addition to her contributions in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she works closely with the Boston Public Schools and recently served as the Interim Deputy Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement for the school system and as president of the Institute for Responsive Education in Boston.  Dr. Mapp’s research on the relationship between family-school partnerships and desirable student outcomes is widely published, and 

she has co-authored several books on this topic, with the most recent, Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships.  She serves on boards and committees of numerous organizations,including the Center for Collaborative Education, the Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School, and the Boston Campaign for Proficiency. 

The Why, What, and How of Family-School Partnerships

Dr. Mapp will provide information and strategies to create and sustain systemic 

school, family and community partnerships that support student learning and 

achievement. Participants will learn the current research about the link between 

these partnerships and student outcomes based on Dr. Mapp’s research. She 

will focus her presentation on three areas: the link between family and 

community engagement and student achievement and school improvement; 

the characteristics of school, family and community engagement initiatives 

that translate to improved student outcomes; and the answers to cultivating 

trusting and respectful partnerships that support student learning and school 

improvement with diverse families and community members.

ADF

Distinguished Speaker Series

Parental Involvement at School and at Home

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Registration and Continental Breakfast: 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Program: 9:30 am - 11:00 am

EBRP School System

Instructional Resource Center (IRC)

1022 South Foster Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Free Community Event

RSVP to deniqua.lacour@adfbr.org or (225) 922-4560

 

Dr. Melinda S. Sothern speaks in Baton Rouge

Dr. Melinda S. Sothern, a national spokesperson for healthy youth, spoke in Baton Rouge yesterday. Her presentation was on treating and preventing childhood obesity.  We will be posting video clips of her presentation soon. 

You can down load her PowerPoint slide by clicking here.

Childhood Health, Nutrition and Obesity Prevention - September 7, 2011

Dr. Melinda S. Sothern, a national spokesperson for healthy youth, will be speaking in Baton Rouge. Dr. Sothern regularly receives local and national awards for her work in the areas of childhood nutrition and obesity prevention. Her work continues to be highlighted on Good Morning America, Today Show, and in The Wall Street Journal, among many others. Her research is widely published in a multitude of scientific journals and books, including her own interactive guide, Trim Kids, which she senior-authored. Dr. Sothern consults with several national and international corporations. She leads her field in establishing exercise guidelines for children and is best known for her work in promoting active play as a means of treating and preventing childhood obesity. 

Wednesday, September 7 · 4:00pm - 6:00pm

East Baton Rouge School System Instructional Resource Center

1022 South Foster Drive

Click here to download the document.

Economics and Return on Investment in Early Childhood Education

Academic Distinction Fund

 

Distinguished Speaker Series

 

Economics and Return on Investment in Early Childhood Education

 

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Registration and Continental Breakfast:  7:30 a.m. - 7:50 a.m.

Program:  7:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

 

The City Club of Baton Rouge, Continental Room

355 North Boulevard

Baton Rouge, Louisiana  70801

 

 

R.S.V.P.

nicole.naquin@adfbr.org

or 

225.922.4560

 

 

The Economic Case for Investing in Young Children

 

• Well-focused investments in early childhood development yield high public returns.
• Children who are school-ready by age five are more likely to be productive in the workplace, a key to economic growth.
• Taxpayers benefit through reduced need for social assistance, increased income tax revenue, less burden on the criminal justice system and fewer children needing remedial education services.  

Distinguished Speaker

 

Rob Grunewald

Associate Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

 

 

Rob Grunewald is an associate economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He conducts regional economic research and co-authors the Minneapolis Fed’s “Beige Book” report on current economic conditions. He co-authored “Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return” (January 2003), an economic policy paper, which has been featured in the media, legislative hearings, and seminars throughout the United States. Grunewald serves on the board of directors for the Minneapolis Visiting Nurse Agency, Resources for Child Caring, the advisory board for First Children’s Finance Growth Fund and as secretary for the Minneapolis Economic Association. Grunewald, who joined the bank in 1993, holds a Bachelor in Economics and Religion from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minneapolis, and a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota. Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation with the support of East Baton Rouge Parish School System.

  nicole.naquin@adfbr.org

225.922.4560 

Building baby’s brain - ADF Speaker Series in The Advocate

Dr. Geoffrey Nagle and Dr. Stewart Gordon spoke on early childhood brain development at the first Academic Distinction Fund Early Childhood Speaker series presentation.

Dr. Nagle is the director of the Tulane University Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, and Dr. Gordon is a professor of clinical pediatrics and chief of pediatrics at the LSU Health Sciences Center/Earl K. Long Medical Center. 

Click here to read the article in The Advocate.