The inaugural “Students We Share” Binational Conference was held at the University of California’s Casa de California, in the historic Coyoacán neighborhood of Mexico City, Mexico on January 15 and 16, 2010. This meeting brought together our two nations’ leading PreK-12 education and migration researchers and policymakers. It provided a rare opportunity to share current research from both countries, and to explore future lines of interchange and collaboration in service to the children our countries share. In addition to thematic panels and keynote addresses from leaders in the field, ample opportunities were available for cross-national networking and collaboration through participation in conference working groups and social activities.
Viernes/Friday 15 Y 16 DE ENERO, 2010
8:30-9:30: Registración, Cafe y Pan Dulce
9:30-10:00
Mensaje de lnauguración/lntroductory Address:
- Max Parra, Director of University of California Abroad in Mexico and Director of La Casa de la Universidad de California
- Patricia Gándara, University of California, Los Angeles
- Carlos Ornelas, Universidad Aut6noma Metropolitana
10:00-10:40
Ponencia Magistral/Keynote: Education and Migration
Roberto Suro, University of Southern California, Founder and former Director of the Pew Hispanic Center, veteran international journalist, and author of “Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America”
10:50-12:30 p.m.
Panel #1: La Migración Mexicana a los Estados Unidos: Demografía, Debates Cruciales, y Relevancia del Estudio Binacional de la Educación / Mexican Migration to the United States: Demographic Overview, Current lssues, and Relevance to Binational Study of Education
Panelists:
- Agustin Escobar Latapi, Centro de lnvestigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social Occidente (Guadalajara)
- Michael Fix, Migration Policy lnstitute (presentation slides attached)
- René Zenteno, Colegio Frontera de la Norte (presentation slides attached)
- Edward Telles, Princeton University (presentation slides attached)
Moderator: Victor Zuñíga, Universidad de Monterrey
12:40-1:20 p.m.
Ponencia Magistral/Keynote: La lnvestigación Educativa Mexicana Frente a los Retos del Sistema Educativo / Mexican Educational Research Facing Challenges of the Educational System
Felipe Martínez Rizo, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
1:30-2:30 p.m.: Grupos de Taller/Working Groups
2:30-3:40 p.m.: Comida/Lunch
3:40-4:10 p.m.
Avances en la Educación Pública en Mexico / Advances in Public Education in Mexico
- Silvia Ortega, Rector of Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
- Eduardo Aguado, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico
4:20-5:45 p.m.
Panel #2: Retos Contemporáneos en el Sistema Educativo Mexicano / Contemporary Challenges in the Mexican Education System Panelists:
- Sergio Cardenas, Centro de lnvestigación y Docencia Económicas (presentation slides attached)
- Carlos Ornelas, Universidad Autónoma Metropólitana
- Lucrecia Santibañez, Fundación IDEA (presentation slides attached)
- Ernesto Treviño, Universidad Diego Portales (presentation slides attached)
Moderator: José Felipe Martinez, University of California, Los Angeles
7:00 pm: Recepción en la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores/Reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Anfitrión/Host: Jefe de la Unidad Sr. Cándido Morales, lnstituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior
Sabado/Saturday JANUARY 15 AND 16, 2010
9:00-9:30: Cafe y Pan Dulce
9:30-10:00
Ponencia Magistral/Keynote: La Escolarizaci6n de los Mexicoamericanos en Estados Unidos / The Schooling of Mexican Americans in the United States
- Eugene Garcia, Arizona State University
- David Garcia, Arizona State University
10:05-11:30
Panel #3: La Educación lnfantil de los Ninos Mexicanos y Mexicoamericanos / Early Education of Mexican and Mexican American Children
Sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development
Panelists:
- Eduardo Backhoff, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (presentation slides attached)
- María Guadalupe Pérez Martínez, lnstituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación
- Guadalupe Ruiz Cuellar, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
- Benilde Garcia-Cabrero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Claudia Galindo, University of Maryland, Baltimore (presentation slides attached)
- Iliana Reyes, University of Arizona (presentation slides attached)
Moderator: Bruce Fuller, University of California, Berkeley
11:35-1:00 p.m.
Panel #4: Los Adolescentes: Eficiencia Terminal en la Educación Media y Acceso a la Universidad en Mexico y los Estados Unidos / Adolescents, High School Completion, and College Access in Mexico and the United States Panelists:
- Frank Gaytan, Northeastern Illinois University (presentation slides attached)
- Stella Flores, Vanderbilt University (presentation slides attached)
- Silvia Giorguli, Colegio de Mexico (presentation slides attached)
- Regina Cortina, Columbia University (presentation slides attached)
Moderator: Alicia Tinley
1:05-1:55 p.m.: Grupos de Taller/Working Groups
2:00-3:00 p.m.: Comida/Lunch
3:00-3:20 p.m.
Ponentes/Speakers:
- Hugo Casanova Cardiel, Presidente del Consejo Mexicano de lnvestigación Educativa (COMIE)
- Alfredo Artiles, Vice President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
3:25-4:10 p.m.
Ponencia Magistral/Keynote: Antecedentes en Colaboraciones Binacionales Antecedents in Binational Partnerships
- Graciela Orozco, Secretaría de Educación Publica
- Josue Gonzalez, Arizona State University
4:15-5:40 p.m.
Panel #5: Primeros Pasos en la Colaboración Binacional en lnvestigación Educativa / Binational Research and Collaborations: First Steps
Panelists:
- Bryant Jensen, Bard College
- Adam Sawyer, Bard College (presentation slides attached)
- Edmund T. Hamann, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Tom Stritikus, University of Washington
- Elena Quiroz, University of California, Riverside
Moderator: Patricia Gándara, University of California, Los Angeles
5:45 p.m.
Clausura / Closing
- Agustin Escobar Latapi, Centro de lnvestigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social Occidente (Guadalajara)
- Patricia Gándara, University of California, Los Angeles
View presentations from the conference in the attached slides.
Gracias a Nuestros Patrocinadores ~Thank You to Our Sponsors
University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS)
UCLA Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles
Arizona State University Education Partnerships
Foundation for Child Development
Secretaría de Educación Publica
Consejo Mexicano de Investigación Educativa
American Educational Research Association
Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
