Previous Lectures
Spring 2022 Lecture Series
February 11: Drew Bailey
- Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
- Lecture Title: "Persistence and Fade-Out of Educational Intervention Effects: Mechanisms and Potential Solutions"
- Suggested Readings:
- Bailey, D.H., Duncan, G.J., Cunha, F., Foorman, B.R., & Yeager, D.S. (2020) Persistence and Fade-Out of Educational-Intervention Effects: Mechanisms and Potential Solutions. Association for Psychological Science.
February 25: Elaine Allensworth
- Director of the UChicago Consortium on School Research, University of Chicago
- Lecture Title: "Rethinking How to Measure School Quality: The Case of the 5Essentials Surveys"
- Suggested Readings:
- Elaine Allensworth, Alicia Chen, Laura Davis, Vanessa Gutiérrez, Holly Hart, Naureen Kheraj, Andria Shyjka, and Christopher Young. (December 2021). Using School Climate Survey Results to Guide Practice.
April 8: Christina Weiland
- Associate Professor, University of Michigan
- Lecture Title: "Text- Based Mentoring for Postpartum Mothers: Impacts and Lessons from a Mixed Methods Randomized Trial"
- Suggested Readings: TBA
April 15: Dominique Baker
- Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University
- Lecture Title: "The Politics of Community College Districts: A National Overview and Implications for Racial Gerrymandering in Texas"
- Suggested Reading:
- Baker, D.J., Edwards, B., Lambert, S.F.X., & Randall, G. (2021). The Politics of Community College Districts: A National Overview and Implications for Racial Gerrymandering in Texas.
April 29: Lindsey Burke
- Director of the Center for Education Policy, The Heritage Foundation
- Lecture Title: "How the structure of K-12 education is changing: implications for funding and accountability."
- Suggested Readings:
- The Next Step in School Choice - Jason Bedrick & Lindsey Burke
- The Education Lesson From COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child - Jonathan Butcher & Lindsey Burke
Fall 2021 Lecture Series
October 1: Constance Lindsey
- Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina
- Lecture Title: "A Scalable Empathic-Mindset Intervention Reduces Group Disparities in School Suspensions"
- Suggested Readings: None
October 8: Jennifer Jolly
- Director of the Gifted Education and Talent Development Office, University of Alabama
- Lecture Title: "Homeschooling & Advanced Learners"
- Suggested Readings:
- Jennifer L. Jolly & Michael S. Matthews (2017): The Chronicles of Homeschooling Gifted Learners (PDF), Journal of School Choice
- Jennifer L. Jolly & Michael S. Matthews (2018): The Shifting Landscape of the Homeschooling Continuum (PDF), Educational Review
October 22: Michael Hartney
- Assistant Professor, Boston College
- Lecture Title: "Unmasked: How Covid-19 Revealed Painful Truths about America's Schools"
- Suggested Readings:
- Finder, Alan. (1986, November 1). New York Hopes to Learn From Rink Trump Fixed. The New York Times.
- Chubb, John E., & Moe, Terry M. (1990). An institutional perspective on schools. In Politics, Markets, and America's Schools (pp. 26-68). Brookings Institution Press.
October 29: Jennifer Schiess
- Partner, Policy and Evaluation Team, Bellwether Education Partners
- Lecture Title: "Priced Out of Public Schools: Complexity of Challenges and Solutions at the Intersection of Policy, Equity, and Politics"
- Suggested Readings:
- Alex Spurrier, Sara Hodges, and Jennifer O'Neal Schiess. (October 2021). Priced out of public schools: District lines, housing access, and inequitable educational options.
- Malcom Glenn. (October 12, 2021). How inequities in housing affect education - and vice versa. Ahead of the Heard.
- Alia Wong. (October 7, 2021). The communities are side by side. They have wildly different education outcomes - by design. Yahoo News.
November 19: Davíd Martínez
- Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
- Lecture Title: "Equity, Justice, and Participatory Inclusion: Addressing Disparities and Barriers in School Finance"
- Suggested Readings:
- Martínez, D.G. (2021). Interrogating Social Justice Paradigms in School Finance Research and Litigation. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education.
- Martínez, D.G. (2020). Blaming the Victim. Inside Higher Education.
Spring 2021 Lecture Series
January 29, 2021: Bradford Wilcox
- Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia
- Lecture Title: “The Family Diversity Myth: Is it true that love and money matter more than marriage for children’s educational, emotional, and economic well-being?”
- Suggested Readings:
- Bradford Wilcox (2014) "Family Matters: What’s the most important factor blocking social mobility? Single parents, suggests a new study." Slate.com. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/new-harvard-study-where-is-the-land-of-opportunity-finds-single-parents-are-the-key-link-to-economic-opportunity.html
- Bradford Wilcox (2014) "A Key to College Success: Involved Dads." The Atlantic.
- Bradford Wilcox (2011) "Suffer the Little Children: Cohabitation and the Abuse of America’s Children." Public Discourse: the journal of the Witherspoon Institute. https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/04/3181/
February 5, 2021: Mark Bauerlein
- Professor of English at Emory University and Senior Editor at First Things
- Lecture Title: "Stop the Screen! An Adversarial Culture for the Classroom"
- Suggested Readings:
- American Time Use Survey 2010 Results
- Kaiser Family Foundation (2010) Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-year olds. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Lenhart, A., Ling, R., Campbell, S., & Purcell, K. (2010) Teens and Mobile Phones. Pew Research Center.
- Neilsen.com. (2010). US Teen Mobile Report Calling Yesterday, Texting Today, Using Apps Tomorrow.https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/article/2010/u-s-teen-mobile-report-calling-yesterday-texting-today-using-apps-tomorrow/
- Scholastic (2010). 2010 Kids & Family Reading Report: Turning the Page in the Digital Age. Harrison Group.
- N/A (2012). Trends in Academic Progress Reading 1971–2012 | Mathematics 1973–2012. National Center for Education Statistics.
- N/A (2008). National Freshman Attitudes Report. Noel-Levitz Inc.
- Center for Evaluation & Education Policy. (2006) High School Survey of Student Engagement. Indiana University
- Pryor, J., Hurtado, S., Saenz, V., Korn, J., Santos, J., & Korn, W. (2006).The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2006. Cooperative Institutional Research Program.
- N/A (2004). Trends in Academic Progress Three Decades of Student Performance in Reading and Mathematics. National Center for Education Statistics.
February 12, 2021: Jennifer Steele
- Associate Professor, School of Education, American University
- Lecture Title: "Who Benefits from Access to Dual-Language Immersion Education? Evidence from a State Scale-Up in Utah."
- Suggested Reading:
- Steele, Jennifer L., Watzinger-Tharp, Johanna, Slater, Robert O., Roberts, Gregg & Bowman, Karl (2021) Achievement Effects of Dual Language Immersion in One-Way and Two-Way Programs: Evidence from a State Scale-Up in Utah. Working Paper.
February 19, 2021: Michael Lovenheim
- Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
- Lecture Title: “Do Health Insurance Mandates Spillover to Education? Evidence from Michigan's Autism Insurance Mandate.”
- Suggested Reading:
- Acton, Riley, Imberman, Scott & Lovenheim, Michael (2020) Do Health Insurance Mandates Spillover to Education? Evidence from Michigan's Autism Insurance Mandate. Working Paper.
February 26, 2021: Joni Lakin
- Associate Professor, University of Alabama Department of Educational Studies.
- Lecture Title: "What’s Wrong With Not Testing? Social Costs of Not Identifying Student Talent, the Case of Spatial Talent"
- Suggested Readings:
- Wai, J., & Lakin, J.M. (2020). Finding the missing Einsteins: Expanding the breadth of cognitive and noncognitive measures used in academic services. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2020.101920
- Lakin, J.M., & Wai, J. (2020). Spatially gifted, academically inconvenienced: Do spatially talented students experience less academic engagement and more behavioral issues? British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(4), 1015-1038. http://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12343
- Lakin, J.M. (2016). Universal Screening and the Representation of Historically Underrepresented Minority Students in Gifted Education: Minding the Gaps in Card and Giuliano’s Research [Part of a special issue]. Journal of Advanced Academics, 27(2), 139-149.
March 12, 2021: Brian Gill
- Senior Fellow, Mathematica
- Lecture Title: “Promotion Power: Measuring High Schools’ Impacts on Outcomes that Matter.”
- Suggested Readings:
- Deutsch, J., Johnson, M., & Gill, B. (2020) The Promotion Power Impacts of Louisiana High Schools. Chicago, IL: Mathematica.
- Gill, B., Ruble Whitesell, E., Corcoran S. P., Tilley, C., Finucane, M., & Potamites, L. (2020) Can Charter Schools Boost Civic Participation? The Impact of Democracy Prep Public Schools on Voting Behavior. Cambridge University Press.
April 2, 2021: Meredith Richards
- Associate Professor, Department of Education Policy & Leadership, Southern Methodist University
- Lecture Title: "Stasis and Change in Public School District Racial/Ethnic Segregation"
- Suggested Reading:
- Richards, M.P., Stroub, K.J. (2020) Stasis and Change in Public School District Racial/Ethnic Segregation, 1993-2015. AERA Open. April-June 2020. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1-17.
Fall 2020 Lecture Series
September 25, 2020: Carol Ann MacGregor
- Vice President Academic & Dean, St. Jerome's University
- Lecture Title: "The Content of Their Character"
- Suggested Readings: TBA
October 2, 2020: Deven Carlson
- Associate Director for Education, National Institute of Risk and Resilience, University of Oklahoma
- Lecture Title: "The Effects of Need-Based Financial Aid on Employment and Earnings: Experimental Evidence from the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars"
- Suggested Readings: TBA
October 23, 2020: Takisha Moncrief
- Professional Development Partner, One Team
- Lecture Title: "Developing a Leader Identity: A Solution to Increasing Teacher Efficacy and Adolescent Literacy Efficacy."
- Suggested Readings:
November 6, 2020: Michela Carlana
- Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Lecture Title: "Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on Educational Inequality"
- Suggested Readings: TBA
November 20, 2020: Musa Al-Gharbi
- Ph.D. student in Sociology, Columbia University
- Lecture Title: "The Role of Education in America’s Civic Crises"
- Suggested Readings:
- Universities Run on Disposable Scholars. Chronicle of Higher Education, 1 May 2020.
- The Crisis of Expertise (and Higher Ed). Heterodox Academy, 4 April 2020.
- How Universities Have Been Part of the Problem (And Can Be Part of the Solution) for America’s Civic Crises. Heterodox Academy, 6 September 2019.
- Academic and Political Elitism. Inside Higher Ed, 27 August 2019.
- For Better or Worse, Universities Help Shape Local, Regional Politics. Heterodox Academy, 26 July 2019.
- Viewpoint Diversity Transcends Politics. Heterodox Academy, 29 April 2019.
- Actually, Students Seem Substantially Less Free than the General Public. Heterodox Academy, 19 April 2019.
- Community and Campus: A Longitudinal Extension. Heterodox Academy, 4 February 2019.
December 4, 2020: Rita Koganzon
- Associate Director of the Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy, University of Virginia
- Lecture Title: "Hating School: The Liberal Tradition in American Education"
- Suggested Readings: TBA
