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KC-AERC
Education Research Consortium Conference

Education Research Consortium Conference:
Logistics and Benefits of a Kansas City Initiative
Friday, September 25th, 2009

The purpose of this all day conference was to discuss the logistics and benefits of an education research consortium in the Kansas City metro area. Topics included:
  • A brief background of education research consortia
  • How and why Kansas City can benefit from an organized and sustained research effort
  • Developing a data-driven culture in education
  • Governance and process concerns in building a research consortium in the Kansas City metro area.
Participants included representatives from metro area school districts, Kansas and Missouri education departments, other research consortia from across the nation and the U.S. Department of Education.

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