October 24th and 25th at  Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University

Schedule of Presentations

Day 1: October 24, 2005

• Continental Breakfast/Check In (8:15 - 9:00)

• Introductory Remarks (9:15 - 10:00)
  • Introductory Remarks
    • Arthur Levine
      
  • Introductory Remarks
    • Laurie Tisch
      
  • Introductory Remarks
    • Michael Rebell
      
  • Keynote
    • Charles Rangel
      
  • Henry Levin, Arthur Levine, Michael Rebell, Laurie Tisch

• Session One (10:00 - 11:45)
  • Remakrs on the Social Costs of Inadequate Education
    • Henry M. Levin
      
  • The Many Dimensions of Racial Inequality
    • Richard Rothstein
      
    • Tamara Wilder
      
  • Moderator: Darlyne Bailey, Dean of Teachers College, Columbia University
    Discussant: Doug Willms, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick, Canada

• Lunch (11:45 - 12:45)
  • Box lunches provided

• Session Two (1:00 - 2:35)
  • Diversity and the Demographic Dividend: Achieving Educational Equity in an Aging White Society
    • Irwin Garfinkel
      
    • Brendan Kelly
      
    • Jane Waldfogel
      
  • Public Assistance Programs: How Much Could be Saved with Improved Education
    • Marta Tienda
      
  • Moderator: Amy Stuart Wells, Teachers College, Columbia University
    Discussant: Tim Smeeding, Department of Economics, Syracuse University

• Break (2:35 - 2:55)

• Session Three (3:05 - 4:45)
  • The Promise of Early Childhood Education
    • Clive R. Belfield
      
  • Toward Skilled Parenting & Transformed Schools Inside a National Movement for Excellence With Equity
    • Ronald F. Ferguson
      
  • Moderator: Erica Walker, Teachers College, Columbia University
    Discussant: Janet Currie, Department of Economics, Columbia University

• Closing (4:45 - 5:00)

Day 2: October 25, 2005

• Continental Breakfast/Check In (8:15 - 9:00)

• Session One (9:15 - 9:55)
  • Health Returns to Education Interventions
    • Peter Muennig
      
  • Moderator: Edmund Gordon, Teachers College, Columbia University
    Discussant: Michael Grossman, Graduate Center, City University of New York

• Stretch Break (9:55 - 10:05)

• Session Two (10:05 - 11:45)
  • Does Education Reduce Participation in Criminal Activities?
    • Enrico Moretti
      
  • The Political Costs of Unequal Education
    • Jane Junn
      
  • Moderator: Jeff Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University
    Discussant: Miguel Urquiola, Department of Economics, Columbia University

• Lunch: "Working Action" Response Sessions (11:45 - 1:15)

• Session Three (1:30 - 3:15)
  • Implications of Educational Inequality for the Future Workforce
    • Thomas Bailey
      
  • The Labor Market Consequences of an Inadequate Education
    • Cecilia E. Rouse
      
  • Moderator: Luis Huerta, Teachers College, Columbia University
    Discussant: Russ Rumberger, School of Education, University of California—Santa Barbara

• Closing Session (3:15 - 4:45)
  • Closing Remarks
    • Michael Rebell