Education Workshop - Winter 2023 Schedule
The Committee on Education Workshop is a combination of detailed presentations, discussions and critical evaluations of new findings. Presentations are given by UChicago faculty and students, as well as experts from other universities.
The Workshop on Education Lecture Series is held on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. in Saieh Hall, Room 146
| Date | Name of Guest Speaker, Workshop Title | Recent Publications |
| January 5th, 2023 |
Workshop: Childhood Spatial Skills: Sources of Variation and Educational Outcomes |
Tracing the origins of the STEM gender gap: The contribution of childhood spatial skills |
| January 12th, 2023 |
Workshop: How critical race narratives counter psychological and structural barriers to equitable public safety solutions |
Examining the intersection of behavioral science and advocacy |
| January 19th, 2023 |
Workshop: Sleep: Educational Impact and Habit Formation |
Online Tutoring by College Volunteers: Experimental Evidence from a Pilot Program |
| January 26th, 2023 |
Workshop: Anywhere But Here: Neighborhood Violence and Local School Preferences in Baltimore City |
Socially-Structured Mobility Networks and School Segregation Dynamics: The Role of Emergent Consideration Sets |
| February 2nd, 2023 |
Workshop: Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed? |
Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed? |
| February 9th, 2023 |
Workshop: From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice (joint with Fatemeh Momeni) |
What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books Would Eliminating Racial Disparities in Motor Vehicle Searches Have Efficiency Costs?
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| February 16th, 2023 |
Workshop: The Effect of Formal Preschool in India |
Reading Material: Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India |
| February 23rd, 2023 |
Workshop: Encountering and learning language in diverse childhood contexts
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Reading Material: Learning language in vivo |
| March 2nd, 2023 |
Virtual Workshop: The Youthwork Paradox: Race, Youth Workers, and the Complexity of Community-based Education |
Reading Material: The Youthwork Paradox: A Case for Studying the Complexity of Community-Based Youth Work in Education Research |
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: Ari Anisfeld (anisfeld@uchicago.edu), Michelle Madlansacay (mmadlansacay@uchicago.edu), or Emilia Szmyrgala (eszmyrgala@uchicago.edu) or Alex Koenig (amkoenig@uchicago.edu)
Stephen Raudenbush is the Committee on Education Chair and Faculty Representative.