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Schooling in Developing Countries: the Roles of Supply, Demand, and Government Policy

Apr 1, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Abstract In developing countries, rising incomes, increased demand for more skilled labor, and government investments of considerable resources on building and equipping schools and paying teachers have contributed to some global convergence in enrollment rates and completed years of schooling but substantial education gaps persist, such as between rural and urban households and also between males and females, in some settings. To address these gaps, some governments have introduced school vouchers or cash transfers programs that are targeted to disadvantaged children.
Ford School
EPI Speaker Series

The Past and Future of Education Research

Mar 9, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Abstract As a new administration takes the reins of the federal education research enterprise, the former director of federal education research, evaluation, and statistics will reflect on his experience in leading a research agency within the Bush administration that maintained its independence and integrity, and will offer his thoughts on what must be done to strengthen education research further so as to provide practitioners and policymakers with the knowledge to improve education outcomes substantially.
Citi Foundation Lecture

Charting a course for the next generation

Jan 27, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Michigan Union
Marian Wright Edelman speaks from her new book, The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation, which she wrote as a call to action for all Americans to address the urgent needs of our country's youth.
Ford School
EPI Speaker Series

Improving Impacts of Classrooms: Professional Development and Classroom Observation

Nov 19, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Dr. Pianta is Dean of the Curry School of Education, as well as the Novartis Professor of Education and Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia. A former special education teacher, Dr. Pianta's research focuses on investigating the effects of schooling on children's social and academic outcomes and on improving school and classroom experiences through teachers' professional development. He has been involved in developing observational assessments of classrooms and observationally-based systems for professional development. Dr.
Ford School
EPI Speaker Series

Learning to Teach? Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement

Apr 2, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Abstract: Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement: This research project describes the recent changes in the routes into teaching in New York City. It assesses the effects of these changes on the distribution of teachers across schools and the academic achievement of students. It then looks more closely at the preparation of teachers in the district and estimates the effects of characteristics of this preparation on teachers' value-added to student achievement in their first two years of teaching.
Ford School

The Role of the Private Sector in K-12 Public Education

Mar 18, 2008, 11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Abstract: The challenges facing K-12 public education systems in Michigan and throughout the U.S. are formidable, and seem to grow more complex by the day. Issues related to globalization, federal oversight through the No Child Left Behind law, unfunded state mandates, aging infrastructure, and many more, are putting pressure on K-12 public school systems even while calls to improve student achievement and public education accountability grow from all quarters.
Ford School
EPI Speaker Series

Can Educational Outcomes Be Improved in Community Colleges? Recent Evidence from Two Randomized Trials

Jan 22, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Abstract: Community colleges today enroll over one-half of all college students nationwide or nearly 12 million students. And yet, fewer than 40% of those who start at a public two-year college earn any type of degree within six years. Even among those students who intend to complete a degree, only about one-third do so within six years.
Ford School

Reflections on No Child Left Behind

Oct 24, 2007, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Abstract: Accountability programs, including the one implemented by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, operate under the assumption that schools are inefficient -- that is, that schools can provide higher quality education without investing additional resources. These programs seek to make schools more efficient by using incentives. The state of North Carolina currently operates two independent incentive systems for public schools.
Ford School

Impact on Inequality: Contributions of Michigan Social Science

Nov 9, 2017, 10:00 am-5:00 pm EST
Rackham Amphitheater
An illustrious group of Michigan graduates from fields such as economics, education, political science, psychology, public policy, social work, sociology, and women’s studies will discuss past, present, and future research on issues related to gender, race, poverty, inequality, and economic mobility.
Ford School
EPI Speaker Series

Supplying Disadvantaged Schools with Effective Teachers: Experimental Evidence on Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America

Apr 7, 2014, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public Teach For America (TFA) is an important but controversial source of teachers for hard-to-staff subjects in high-poverty U.S. schools. We present findings from the first large-scale experimental study of secondary math teachers from TFA. We find that TFA teachers are more effective than other math teachers in the same schools, increasing student math achievement by 0.07 standard deviations over one school year.
Ford School
Critical Race Theory Discussion Series

A Primer: Critical Race Theory and Public Policy

Sep 14, 2018, 11:45 am-1:00 pm EDT
Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall)
The Critical Race Theory (CRT) Discussion Series is co-sponsored by the Ford School and the University of Michigan Law School. Graduate and professional students are invited to join us for our first session, "A primer: Critical Race Theory and Public Policy." Lunch will be provided.
Policy Talks @ the Ford School

CANCELED: Mike Duggan, Mayor of Detroit

Mar 12, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
CANCELED
CLOSUP and EPI welcome Mayor of Detroit Mike Duggan for a Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture.
Ford School
EPI Speaker Series

APPAM 2017 Fall Research Conference

Nov 2-4, 2017, 8:00 am-5:00 pm EDT
Hyatt Regency, Regency Ballroom West Tower
Join EPI's scholars at 27 roundtables, panels and poster sessions, and help us to celebrate Susan Dynarski's selection as the recipient of APPAM's Spencer Award for transformative work in education policy research.
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Texting students to help achieve their goals

Apr 13, 2016, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
A presentation by Phil Oreopoulos, Professor of Economics at University of Toronto
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Medical school salaries at Michigan

Mar 16, 2016, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
A presentation by Paul Courant, Professor of Public Policy & Jeffrey Smith, Professor of Economics and Public Policy
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