Autumn 2020 Workshops

October 6, 2020	Deborah Gorman-Smith, University of Chicago, Daniel Anello, Kids First Chicago, and Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro, Latino Policy Forum Title: Struggling for Educational Equality in the Age of COVID: Panel Discussion Click here to view a recording of this workshop.
October 13	Douglas Downey, Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University Title: Inequality American Style: What Role Do Schools Play? Click here to download an abstract of this talk. Click here to view a recording of this workshop.
October 20	William Delgado Martinez, Harris School of Public Policy Title: Teacher’s Comparative Advantage, School Segregation, and Educational Mobility in Chicago Public Schools Click here to download an abstract of this talk. Click here to view a recording of this workshop.
October 27	Stephen W. Raudenbush, Lewis Sebring Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology and Harris School of Public Policy, Chair, Committee on Education This event is co-sponsored by the Center for the Economics of Human Development and will be held from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Title: Longitudinally Adaptive Assessment and Instruction, Increase Numerical Skills of Preschool Children Click here to download an abstract of this talk.
November 3	Heather C. Hill, Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Title: Strengthening the Research Base that Informs STEM Instructional Improvement Efforts: A Meta Analysis Click here to download an abstract of this talk. Click here to view a recording of this workshop.
November 10	Geoffrey Wodtke, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago Title: Toxic Neighborhoods: The Joint Effect of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Cognitive Development during Early Childhood Click here to download an abstract of this talk. Click here to view a recording of this workshop.
November 17	Joshua Goodman, Associate Professor of Education and Economics, Boston University Title: Inequality in Household Adaptation to Schooling Shocks: Covid Induced Online Learning Engagement in Real Time Click here to download an abstract for this talk. Click here to view a recording of this workshop.
November 24	Holiday Observance – No Workshop
December 1	Min Sun, Associate Professor in Education Policy, University of Washington, Seattle Title: Using a Text-as Data Approach to Understand Reform Process: A Deep Exploration of School Improvement Strategies Click here to download an abstract for this talk.