Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

Special Events: Plenary: Educational Inequalities

Chair: Lee Elliott Major, The Sutton Trust

Speakers: Sean Reardon, Stanford University, Bridget Terry Long, Harvard University and Sandra McNally, University of Surrey and LSE

This plenary session will feature presentations from three leading researchers studying educational inequalities. Sean Reardon will begin with an overview of trends in inequality in school achievement. Bridget Terry Long will then talk about inequality in access to and completion of higher education. Sandra McNally will discuss two other domains - early childhood education and vocational/technical education. Lee Elliot Major from The Sutton Trust will chair and lead the discussion.