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
Download a free version of QuickTime, if needed, to play the videos above.
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.
