Workshop on Education Lecture Series
2013 Spring Schedule
Tuesday(s) | 1200 noon until 130 pm
Stuart Hall - STU Room 104
5835 S Greenwood Avenue
The Workshop on Education alternates between two types of sessions:
1. The New Findings in Education section functions as a typical University of Chicago workshop with detailed presentations, discussions and critical evaluations of new findings. Presentations are presented by university faculty and students, as well as experts from other universities.
2. Methodology sessions involve student presentations of works-in-progress. Discussion is aimed at helping colleagues plan their next steps.
For additional information on the Workshop on Education Lecture Series, or to be added to the distribution list, or persons with disabilities who may need assistance, please contact Dominic Gibson, Student Coordinator at dominic.gibson@gmail.com.
Micere Keels, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development is the 2013 Faculty Representative.
Workshops are held on Tuesday(s) from 1200 noon until 130 pm in Stuart Hall; 5835 S Greenwood Avenue, STU Room 104. Lunch provided.
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2013 Spring Quarter Schedule
Apr 2
Laurence Steinberg, Distinguished University Professor, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology, Temple University
Title: How Adolescents Make Decisions: New Insights from Behavioral and Brain Science
The Committee on Education and the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy will co-sponsor this event
Apr 9
Stacy Ehrlich, Senior Research Analyst and Sanja Jagesic, The University of 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 LatentVariable Distributional Assumptions
Apr 23
Adam Gamoran, Department of Education Policy Studies and Sociology, Director, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Associate Dean for Research, School of Education, 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 Techonology
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 Departments of Economics, University of Michigan
Title: Stand and Deliver: Lottery-Based Estimates of the Effect of Charter Schools in College Preparation, Entry and Choice
The Committee on Education, the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy and the Urban Network will co-sponsor this event
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE FOR THIS EVENT: HARRIS 140 C
May 21
Robert J. Beck, Visiting Professor of Education, Lawrence University
Title: Improving 5-Year-Olds' Narrative Recall and Comprehension
May 28
Rachel Levenstein, Senior Manager for Survey Research, The University of Chicago Consortium on School Research; Co-Presenters, Camille Farrington and Elaine Allensworth
Title: Becoming Effective Learners: A Polot Survey to Examine Noncognitive Factors for Student Learning
Jun 4
Charles Vanover, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, College of Education, University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Jennifer Jean Smith, ISR, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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
Past Events
2013 Winter Quarter Schudule
Jan 15
Ian Fillmore, IES Fellow, Department of Economics
Title: Reexamining Trends in College Attendance and Completion
Jan 22
CANCEL, this event to be rescheduled
Ariel Kalil, Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies and Director, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy
Title: Diverging Destinies: Maternal Education and the Development Gradient in Time with Childen
This event will be held in Harris Room 140C and is co-sponsored by the Committee on Education and the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy
Jan 29
Ofer Malamud, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Title: Home Computer and Child Outcomes: Short Term Impacts from Randomized Experiment in Peru
Feb 12
Douglas H. Clements, Kennedy Endowed Chair of Early Education and Executive Director, Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy, University of Denever
Title: Math Lessons and Research
The Committee on Education and the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy will co-sponsor this event
Feb 19
David Barner, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California - San Diego
Title: Language, Procedures, and Conceptual Change
The Committee on Education and the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy will co-sponsor this event
Mar 5
Sean Reardon, Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology, School of Education, Stanford University
Title: Left Behind? TheEffect of No Child Left Behind on Academic Achievement Gaps
Mar 12
Lauren Applebaum, IES Fellow, Department of Psychology
Title: Teaching Through Analogy: An Experiment in a Museum Classroom
Mar 19
Eric Hedberg, Senior Research Scientist, National Opinion Center NORC at the the University of Chicago
Past Events
The University of Chicago Committee on Education
Now that we know that, what do we do? Building the capacity of neighborhood high schools
presenter: Melissa Roderick, Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor
School of Social Service Administration
Thu Mar 29, 2012
In this session, Professor Roderick, with NCS co-director Mary Ann Pitcher and Colleagues, discussed NCS's approach to improving college enrollment and college match through a professional network of counselors and a partnership with the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.
Economic Models in Education Research Workshop
Committee on Education at the University of Chicago and the National Opinion Research Center
Thu, Apr 7 and Fri, Apr 8, 2011
https://sites.google.com/site/econedworkshop/
Conference on Economic Analysis and Education Policy
Fri, Jun 7, 2010
Organized by Derek Neal of the University of Chicago, this conference is co-sponsored with the Searle Freedom Trust and the University of Chicago Committee on Education.
The Program and papers are available on the MFI website.