Spencer Foundation Award Lecture & Breakfast

Reardon, Sean F.; Reardon, Sean F.

Special Events: Spencer Foundation Award Lecture & Breakfast

Friday, November 13, 2015: 7:00 AM-8:15 AM

Jasmine (Hyatt Regency Miami)

Join your peers for a lecture by the 2015 Spencer Foundation Award winner, Sean Reardon of Stanford University. A buffet breakfast will be provided for all attendees.

Lecture Details:

Public Policy and Educational Inequality

There are two competing narratives about the role of schooling in American society. One sees schooling as an equalizing force, the agent of the American Dream; the other sees US schools as deeply unequal institutions that exacerbate social inequalities. Which is true? How should we think about the potential of education policy, and public policy more broadly, to reduce social inequality?

Speaker: Sean F. Reardon, Stanford University

Join your peers for a lecture by the 2015 Spencer Foundation Award winner, Sean Reardon of Stanford University. A buffet breakfast will be provided for all attendees. Lecture Details: Public Policy and Educational Inequality. There are two competing narratives about the role of schooling in American society. One sees schooling as an equalizing force, the agent of the American Dream; the other sees US schools as deeply unequal institutions that exacerbate social inequalities. Which is true? How should we think about the potential of education policy, and public policy more broadly, to reduce social inequality?

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