I had a chance to peruse the conference book with Chris and saw some of the workshops offered.  Chris and i have talked primarily about the parent workshops/sessions and the possibility for example of visiting one of the model programs of parent/family engagement.  In addition, i saw a few other sessions: parental involvement index looking @ conceptualizing and measuring parent involvement, use of ipad for real time evaluation and a mixed method study of a six year gear up grant.  Chris and i will be talking more on Wed so i will have more to share then.