Achievement Gap between The Haves and Have nots: How We Can Close It
with Paul E. Peterson, Professor of Government, Kennedy School
Professor Peterson’s presentation will show the size and durability of the achievement gap and analyze alternative strategies for closing it.EVENT DETAILS:
DATE: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
TIME: 5:30 pm Registration/Networking, with hors d'ouevres & non-alcoholic beverages
6:00 pm Presentation
LOCATION: UBS, One North Wacker Dr., 34th Floor, Chicago, 60606
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Visitors must present a valid photo ID to building security.
Registration deadline is April 29 at 5pm.
COST: HCC members and their guests: $25
Non-HCC members: $45
Paul E. Peterson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Senior Editor of Education Next: A Journal of Opinion and Research, and Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University. He has evaluated the effectiveness of school vouchers and other education reform initiatives. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Saving Schools, which documents the forces that undermined the effectiveness of a once dynamic educational system. His recent book (with Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann), Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School, documents the large economic costs of a stagnant K-12 education system. He served as a member of Hoover's Koret Task Force on K–12 Education between 1998 and 2013.
EVENT DETAILS:
DATE: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
TIME: 5:30 pm Registration/Networking, with hors d'ouevres & non-alcoholic beverages
6:00 pm Presentation
LOCATION: UBS, One North Wacker Dr., 34th Floor, Chicago, 60606
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Visitors must present a valid photo ID to building security.
Registration deadline is April 29 at 5pm.
COST: HCC members and their guests: $25
Non-HCC members: $45
CANCELLATION POLICY: All cancellations must be received two (2) business days BEFORE the event or the attendee who made the reservation may not receive a refund, regardless of participation, due to costs associated with the reservation.
Reservations will be held at the door.
Where:
UBS
One North Wacker Dr. 34th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606 US
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Look Who's Coming:
Baird & Warner
Thurston Group
UChicago
Chicago Tribune
Ropes & Gray LLP
North Shore School Dist 112
North Shore School District 112
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