Events

2009-2010 TSP Seminar Series

Texas Schools Project hosts a monthly seminar, focusing on education research. Our invited speakers include economists and leading education researchers.

Our monthly seminar is held the third Friday of each month in Green Hall, room 3.606, from 12:00-1:00pm (unless noted differently below).
Cookies and beverages are provided.

If you are interested in receiving electronic communications about our seminar series, please add your name to our email list.

2009-2010 Seminar Schedule

Aug. 21, 2009 - Jim VanOverschelde, Texas Education Agency
"The State of English Language Learners"
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Slides
Sept. 18, 2009 - Colby Stoever, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
"Pathways: Understanding High School to College Course Alignment"
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Slides   I   Video
Oct. 16, 2009 - Jordan Matsudaira, Cornell University
"Sinking or Swimming: Bilingual Education and the Achievement of Immigrant Youth"
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Slides   I   Video
Nov. 13, 2009 -
GR2.302
3:00 - 4:00pm
Steve Rivkin, Amherst College
"Do Disadvantaged Urban Schools Lose Their Best Teachers?"
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Paper   I   Slides   I   Video
Nov. 20, 2009 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Brian McCall, University of Michigan
"Regression Discontinuity Design: Econometric Issues"
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Slides
12:00-1:00pm
Steve DesJardins, University of Michigan
"Investigating the Effects of the Gates Millennium Scholars and Washington State Achievers Programs"
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Slides
Jan. 15, 2010 - Terri Nelson, The University of Texas at Dallas
"Books or Babies: Dropouts & Pregnancies in Texas Public Schools"
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Slides
Feb. 19, 2010 - Cliff Adelman, Institute of Higher Education Policy
Topic TBD
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Slides
March 2010 - No Seminar (Spring Break)
Apr. 16, 2010 - Mike Lovenheim, Cornell University
Topic TBD
Invitation   I   Bio   I   Slides

Questions?
Contact Kristin Klopfenstein

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We plan to provide slides and video coverage of each TSP seminar for which we have permission of the presenter.

November 6, 2009 - APPAM Fall Conference
"Principal Turnover and Effectiveness"
Steven Rivkin, presenter
Washington, D.C.

December 1, 2009 - Joint Advisory Board Meeting
Austin, TX
For information on proposal submission, go to the Access page.

December 8, 2009 - Texas Assessment Conference
"Did It Work? Data-Driven Answers from the Texas Education Research Centers"
Dan O'Brien, Hersh Waxman, Pedro Reyes, Jim VanOverschelde, and
Susan Brown, presenters
Austin, TX

Page last updated on November 11, 2009.