Education Workshop - Spring 2025 Schedule

The Chicago Education Workshop, which meets weekly throughout the year, brings together students, faculty and other interested colleagues to discuss cutting edge research on education being conducted locally and around the nation. Its purpose is to create a lively forum in which scholars from a range of disciplines can scrutinize the empirical claims made by presenters. Presenters include locally or nationally distinguished scholars as well as Chicago PhD students. Sessions frequently focus on the logic of an argument, the relevance of the methodology, empirical findings, and potential alternative explanations. Each presenter is allocated 80 minutes for presentation, questioning, and discussion; the norm is for the format to be interactive, with key issues raised as they arise. Open discussion through individual or small group meetings with the speaker is encouraged after each workshop.

The Workshop on Education Lecture Series is held on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. in Harper Memorial Library Room 130

Date Name of Guest Speaker, Workshop Title Recent Publications
April 3rd, 2025

Bruce Sacerdote

Workshop: How Test Optional Policies in College Admissions Disproportionately Harm High Achieving Applicants from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

How Test Optional Policies in College Admissions Disproportionately Harm High Achieving Applicants from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
April 10th, 2025

Susanna Loeb

Workshop: Real-Time Research for Decision Making Across the Decentralized US Education System:  The Case of High-Impact Tutoring 

The Effects of Virtual Tutoring on Young Readers: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Answering the Call: How Changes to the Salience of Job Characteristics Affects College Students’ Decisions

Tutor CoPilot: A Human-AI Approach for Scaling Real-Time Expertise

Educator Attention: How Computational Tools Can Systematically Identify the Distribution of a Key Resource for Students

April 17th, 2025

Tyler Watts

Workshop: Using Meta-Analytic Evidence to Understand Educational Intervention Impact Persistence and Fadeout

Predicting Persistence and Fadeout Across Multi-Site RCTs of an Early Childhood Mathematics Curriculum Intervention

Fadeout and Persistence of Intervention Impacts on Social–Emotional and Cognitive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials 

April 24th, 2025

Ashley Cureton

Workshop: After the School Day, What’s Next?: Exploring Refugee Youths’ Motivation and Engagement in After-School Programs

Making a Change! Exploring Refugee Youth’s Civic Engagement in Out-of-School Programs to Cultivate Critical Consciousness

Creating Safe, Healthy, and Inclusive Schools: Challenges and Solutions

An Exploration of the Impact of Racism and Discrimination on the Mental Health of Latinx Youth

New Kids on the Block: Refugee Students’ School-Based Experiences and Engagement in an Urban High School

Girls Rule Art! Exploring Forcibly Displaced Girls’ Engagement in Arts-Based Programs

Abandoning the Vulnerable: The Devastating Impact of Abrupt U.S. Refugee Policy Shifts 

May 1st, 2025

Eve L. Ewing

Workshop: TBD

 
May 8th, 2025

Cynthia Coburn

Workshop: TBD 

 

 

May 15th, 2025

Student Presentations

Workshop: TBD

 

For additional information on the Workshop on Education Lecture Series, to be added to the distribution list, or if you are a person with disabilities who may need assistance, please contact one of our Workshop Coordinators: Peyton Cunningham (cpcunningham@uchicago.edu), Della Cox (della@uchicago.edu), Emma Heidorn (eheidorn@uchicago.edu), or Jake Nicoll (jwnicoll@uchicago.edu).

Guanglei Hong is the Committee on Education Chair and Faculty Representative.