Schedule for Current Quarter

Autumn Quarter Schedule
Oct 1 – Dec 15, 2018

Oct 12	Special Event: Anthony Bryk, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Title: Effective Elementary Schools: Lessons in School Improvement from Chicago’s South Side Note: This event takes place Fri, Oct 12, 2018 from 830 am – 1030 am at The University Club of Chicago, Northwestern Room, located at 76 East Monroe Street in downtown Chicago.
Oct 16	Melissa Osborne, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago Title: Jumping the Ladder: How Low-Income and First-Generation Students Navigate Social Mobility Through College
Oct 24	Special Event: Derek Neal, Professor of Economics, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago Note: This event takes place on Wed Oct 24, 2018 at 300 pm in the Social Science Tea Room 201 (second floor) located at 1126 East 59th Street Title: Information, Incentives, and Education Policy, Harvard University Press, May 2018
Oct 30	Camika Royal, Assistant Professor of Urban Education, Loyola University Maryland Title: You Can’t Get Here from There: Equity Leaders in Need of Liberatory Pedagogies
Nov 6	Fatemeh Momeni, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Chicago Title: Why Are Measures of Early Education Program Too Pessimistic? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
Nov 13	Shanta Robinson, Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago Title: Homeless Youth of Color and the Shaping of Aspirations: The (Re) productive Role of Institutions
Nov 27	Amy Lieberman, Assistant Professor of Deaf Studies, Boston University Title: Learning Language in the Visual World: How Interaction Shapes Early Word Learning in Young Deaf Children
Dec 4	Student Presentations Ezra Karger, Department of Economics Title: The Long-Run Effects of Public Libraries: Evidence from the Early 1900s and Darnell Leatherwood, School of Social Service Administration Title: A National Assessment of Variation in Academic Achievement among Black Students

Winter Quarter Schedule
Jan 7 – Mar 23, 2019

Jan 15	Michael Dinerstein, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Title: The Effect of Value-Added Incentives on Multidimensional Teacher Output: Evidence from Tenure Reform in New York City
Jan 22	Ramon M. Griffin, PhD, Chief Culture Officer, University of Chicago Charter Schools Title: A Phenomenological Case Study of Four Black males Exposed to Cumulative Trauma that Attended a ‘No Excuses’ Charter School
Jan 29	NO EDUCATION WORKSHOP Due to extreme weather conditions today’s Education Workshop is canceled.
Feb 5	Rebecca Hinze-Pifer, Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: A Decade of Growth in Academic Achievement Gaps: Segregation, Common Core, or Other Factors?
Feb 12	Sally Sadoff, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego Title: Improving College Instruction through Incentives
Feb 19	Anna Mueller, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago Title: Identity, Mental Health & Schooling: Insights from a High School with Recurring Suicide Clusters
Feb 26	Student Presentations Sarah Cashdollar, Comparative Human Development Title: Career and Technical Education in the Era of College for All Exploring Diversity of Youth Postsecondary Aspirations in “Middletown,” USA Click here to download an abstract of the presentation and a bio of the presenter. Neil Cholli, Economics Title: Parental Influence and Child Agency in Educational Decisions and Intergenerational Mobility Click here to download an abstract of the presentation and a bio of the presenter. Karlyn Gorski, Sociology Title: In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement Click here to download an abstract of the presentation and a bio of the presenter.
Mar 6	Special Event Joshua D. Angrist, Ford Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Please Note: This event takes place on Wed, Mar 6, 2019 from 300 pm until 430 pm Title: Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design Click here for Abstract Social Sciences Research Building – 1126 East 59th Street – First Floor Seminar Room 122
Mar 12	Student Presentations Cristina Carrazza, Department of Psychology Title: Making Storytime Count Improving Math Learning at Home Through Literacy and David McMillon, Harris School of Public Policy Title: A Theoretical Analysis of Behavioral Infractions and School Disciplinary Policy Click here for Abstract

Spring Quarter Schedule
Apr 1 – Jun 15, 2019

Apr 9	Jens Ludwig, Professor, University of Chicago Title: Behavioral Science for Education Policy Impact Click here for Abstract
Apr 16	Stefanie Deluca, Professor, Johns Hopkins University Title: Coming of Age in the Other America Click here for Abstract
Apr 23	Rucker Johnson, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Title: Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works For more information on Prof. Johnson’s book, visit https://bit.ly/2HoKLQk
Apr 30	Jessaca Spybrook, Professor, Western Michigan University Title: What can we Learn from Randomized Trials in Education? A Look at the Past, Present, and Future Click here for Abstract
May 7	Jason Grissom, Associate Professor of Public Policy Education, Peabody College/Vanderbilt University Title: Investigating Race and Gender Biases in High-Stakes Teacher Evaluations (joint work with Brendan Bartanen) Click here for Abstract
May 14	Kelly Trezise, Postdoctoral Scholar, Comparative Human Development University of Chicago
May 21	Sarah Komisarow, Assistant Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
May 28	David Deming, Professor, Harvard University