The University of Chicago – Committee on Education
Spring 2013 Lecture Series Schedule
Tuesdays
1200 noon until 120 pm
Stuart Hall – STU Room 104
SPRING Quarter 2013
Apr 2
Laurence Steinberg, Distinguished University Professor, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Temple University
The Center for Human Potential and Public Policy and the Committee on Education will co-sponsor this event
Apr 9
Stacy Ehrlich, Senior Research Analyst and Sanja Jagesic, Chicago Consortium on School Research
Title: Absenteeism Among Preschool Students in the Chicago Public Schools? A Study of its Causes and Consequences
Apr 16
Li Cai, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Title: Hierarchical Item Factor Models with Alternative Latent Variable Distributional Assumptions
Apr 23
Adam Gamoran, Department of Education Policy Studies and Sociology, University of Wisconsin
Title: Causal Effects of Social Capital on Child Outcomes
The Committee on Education and the Department of Comparative Human Development will co-sponsor this event
Apr 30
Parag Pathak, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Explaining Charter School Effectiveness
May 7
OPEN
May 14
Susan Dynarski, Professor of Education, Public Policy and Economics, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, School of Education and Department of Economics, University of Michigan
Title: Stand and Deliver: Lottery-Based Estimates of the Effect of Charter Schools on College Preparation, Entry and Choice
The Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, the Committee on Education and the Urban Network will co-sponsor this event. The event will be held in Harris Room 140C
May 21
Robert J. Beck, Visiting Professor of Education, Lawrence University
Title: Improving 5-year-Old’s Narrative Recall and Comprehension
May 28
Rachel Levenstein, Senior Manager for Survey Research, Chicago Consortium on School Research
Title: Becoming Effective Learners: A Pilot Survey to Examine Noncognitive Factors for Student Learning
Jun 4
Charles Vanover, University of South Florida and Jennifer Jean Smith, University of Michigan
Title: What Does it Mean to Work in a System that Fails You and Your Kids? A Beginning Teacher’s Journey through the Chicago Public Schools