Wednesday | October 9, 2019
2019-2020 Conversations
- Zombie Education Reform: Without A Meaningful Base in Research Evidence, Can Support for Online Charters and Education Vouchers be Sustained? - October 9, 2019.
- Supplement Not Supplant: The Continuing Challanges of Getting Federal Education Dollars to the Intended Beneficiaries - November 13, 2019. More information and registration
- Artificial Intelligence in Education: Is There a ‘Silver Lining’ in the Dystopian Storm Clouds? - February 12, 2020
- Post ‘That’ on Your Facebook Page: The Challenges of Teaching in an Age of Social Media, March 11, 2020. More information and registration.
- Academic Freedom in An Age of Anti-Intellectual Authoritarian Populism - April 8, 2020.
- Who’s Afraid of Retirement Security for Educators? - May 13, 2020
2018-2019 Conversations
- The 2018 Elections: What do they mean for American Educations? - November 27, 2018
Domingo Morel assistant professor, political science, Rutgers University; visiting scholar, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University; Michael Petrilli, president, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution; executive editor, Education Next; distinguished senior fellow, Education Commission of the States; Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers and Albert Shanker Institute; Moderator: Michelle Ringuette, assistant to the president for labor, government & political affairs, American Federation of Teachers. - Civic Education: Is there common ground? - March 13, 2019
Leo Casey, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute; Peter Levine, Research Professor in Philosophy, Tisch College Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, and Research Professor in the Tufts Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at Tufts University; Jessica Marshall, co-author, “Let’s Go There: Making A Case for Race, Ethnicity and a Lived Civics Approach to Civic Education;" doctoral candidate, Northwestern University; former Director of Social Science and Civic Engagement for the Chicago Public Schools; Robert Pondiscio, Senior Fellow and Vice President for External Affairs, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Joe Rogers, Director of Public Engagement and Government Affairs, Center for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University; Moderator: Marla Ucelli-Kashyap, Assistant to the President for Educational Issues, American Federation of Teachers. - Teaching: Art, Craft or Science? - April 10, 2019
Anthony Bryk, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; Elizabeth Davis, President, Washington Teachers Union, AFT; Andy Hargreaves, Research Professor, Boston College; Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Hong Kong University; and Visiting Professor, University of Ottawa and the University of Stavanger; Andrea Worthington-Garcia, National Board Certified Teacher of ESOL, International High School at Langley Park; Moderator: Marla Ucelli-Kashyap, Assistant to the President for Educational Issues, American Federation of Teachers. - Teaching sexual consent and egalitarian relationships in a Me Too era - May 8, 2018
Malcolm Davis, Teacher, Baltimore City Public Schools and member, Baltimore Teachers Union; Janella Hinds, Vice President for Academic High Schools, United Federation of Teachers; Stephanie Hoover, Research Scientist, Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina; Ariana Kelly, member, Maryland House of Delegates, District 16; Moderator: Leo Casey, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute.
2017-2018 CONVERSATIONS
- Vouchers and Education: What Do the History and Research Tell Us? - September 13, 2017
- Austerity Politics and Education Finance: Did the Recession Ever End in K-12 and Higher Education? - November 8, 2017
- Teaching Democratic Citizenship When Democracy Is At Risk - January 10, 2018
- Is the Promise of ESSA Being Actualized? - February 14, 2018
- Academic Freedom In An Age of Polarization - March 14, 2018
- Charter School Expansion and the Visibility of Public Education - May 9, 2018
- The 2018 Elections: What do They Mean for American Education?" - November 27, 2018
2016-2017 Conversations
- The 2016 Elections: What Do They Mean For American Education? - Wednesday, November 16, 2016
- AFT: One Hundred Years of Social Justice Teacher Unionism - Wednesday, January 11, 2016
- Promoting Children’s Well-Being - Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- School Turn Arounds: What Has Worked And What Has Failed - Wednesday, April 12
- In An Age of Scapegoating, Making School A Safe and Nurturing Place for Youth - Wednesday, May 10, 2017
- School Integration by Race and Class: A Movement Reborn? - Wednesday, June 7, 2017