The Future of K-12 Education

Description

March 29
A Look at Teacher Quality and Technology
With California’s state budget crisis looming over the future of our public schools, the issues of teacher quality and the economics of education hang precariously in the balance. Hear two esteemed members of Cal’s faculty discuss the future of public K-12 education in California, as well as the effect of philanthropy on urban education.

Jesse Rothstein, Professor of Public Policy and Economics
Glynda Hull, Professor of Education

March 30
A Look at Teacher Quality, Charter Schools, and Race
With California’s state budget crisis looming over the future of our public schools, the issues of teacher quality and the economics of education hang precariously in the balance. Hear two esteemed members of Cal’s faculty discuss the future of public K-12 education in California, as well as the effect of philanthropy on urban education.

Jesse Rothstein, Professor of Public Policy and Economics
Janelle Scott, Associate Professor of Education

Dates and Locations

Los Angeles

March 29, 2011
Omni Los Angeles Hotel

Atherton

March 30, 2011
Menlo Circus Club

Featuring

Jesse Rothstein

Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy and Economics
Faculty Director, California Policy Lab

Jesse Rothstein is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, with appointments in the department of economics and the Goldman School of Public Policy.…

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Glynda Hull

Hull’s research interests include writing in and out of schools; multimedia technology and new literacies; and community, school, and university collaborations. In 2003, she received the campus’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Her books include School’s Out! Bridging Out-of-School Literacies with Cl…

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Janelle Scott

Scott ’91 is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education and African American Studies Department. She studies the racial politics of public education, the politics of school choice, and the role of the private sector in shaping public education. Her current research examines the rela…

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