Bringing Civil Rights Research to Bear on Voucher Programs: Are the Promises Realized?
There have been important efforts to expand school vouchers, and a variety of tax subsidies at the state and federal level, based on pledges to equalize opportunity and strengthen schooling for excluded groups. At this event, important new data and original research will assess these claims and provide guidelines for policy development that protect the rights of low-income students and students of color. Research findings will look at the civil rights implications of voucher programs and ask: do vouchers actually expand opportunity or undermine it?
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Mar 05, 2018 09:30 AM to 11:30 AM |
| Where | Dirksen Senate Office Building Room SD-G50 |
| Contact Name | crp@ucla.edu |
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Bringing Civil Rights Research to Bear on Voucher Programs:
Are the Promises Realized?
Monday, March 5, 2018
Dirksen Senate Office Building: Room SD-G50
AGENDA
Introduction: Gary Orfield, Civil Rights Project, UCLA
@CRPatUCLA @orfieldtweet
Presentations (7 minutes each):
Private Schools in American Education: A Small Sector Still Lagging in Diversity
Jongyeon Ee, Civil Rights Project, UCLA
Co-authors Gary Orfield and Jennifer Teitell, UCLA
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Lessons Learned from Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program
Mark Berends, Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, Univ. of Notre Dame
Co-authors R. Joseph Waddington, Univ. of Kentucky and Megan Austin, American Institutes for Research
@berendma @EdStatsGuy @maustin1
Washington, D.C.’s Opportunity Scholarship Program: Civil Rights Implications
Mary Levy, PhD, budget and policy analyst, DC public education
@MaryLevy17
Private School Vouchers: Legal Challenges and Civil Rights Protections
Preston Green, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
Co-author, Kevin Welner, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
@DrPrestonGreen @NEPCtweet
Commentary: Tom Gentzel, National School Boards Association
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Q&A
Summary and Wrap-up: Gary Orfield
