The Equity in Education
Forum Series at Teachers College
seeks to
promote education equity by highlighting important new research
emerging from
the Equity Campaign’s Research Initiative and by fostering dialogue on
important equity issues affecting schools today. All forums are open to
the Teachers College community, the Columbia University community
and the general public.
With Margo Gardner, Research Scientist, NationalCenter
for Children and Families, Jodie Roth, Senior Research Scientist, NationalCenter
for Children and Families, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of
Child Development and Education, Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity,Robert Granger, President, William T. Grant Foundation, and Lucy Friedman, President, The After School Corporation
With Sharon Lynn Kagan, Professor of Early Childhood and Family
Policy, Teachers College, Columbia University, Clive Belfield, Associate
Professor, Queens College, City University of New York, and Nancy Kolben,
Executive Director, Child Care, Inc.
With Ofelia García,
Professor of Bilingual Education, Teachers College; James Crawford,
President of the Institute for Language and Education Policy; Donna Nevel,
community psychologist, co-founder and collective member, Center for Immigrant Families; and Michael Rebell,
Executive Director, The Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College
Reassessing the Achievement Gap: Fully Measuring What Students Should Be Taught in School
Forum Date: February 21, 2008
With Richard Rothstein,
Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute, and Senior Researcher, The
Campaign for Educational Equity;Francisco
Rivera-Batiz, Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; John H. Jackson, President and CEO, The Schott Foundation
for Public Education; and Henry M. Levin,
William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Beyond NCLB Hype: A New Agenda for the New Administration
Forum Date: March 5, 2008
With Michael A.
Rebell, Executive Director, The Campaign for
Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University;John H. Jennings, President & CEO, Center on Education
Policy; Thomas L. Rogers, Executive Director,
Council of State Superintendents; and Arlene
Ackerman, Incoming
Superintendent of the Philadelphia Public Schools & Christian A. Johnson
Professor of Outstanding Educational Practice, Teachers College, Columbia
University.
With Douglas Ready,
Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University; Charles Achilles, Co-Principal Investigator, STAR Study, and Professor of Educational
Administration, Seton Hall University; Garth Harries, Chief Executive of Portfolio Development,
New York City Department of Education; Carolyn Riehl, Associate Professor, Teachers
College, Columbia University
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