UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, supported by the UCSB Committee on Education Policy, announces the 2016-17 “Policy Goes to School” Lecture Series. The three talks – all free and open to the public – will examine areas where current academic research sheds light on policy dilemmas in education, concerning topics such as special education, history, and cost-benefit analyses.
“Academic research often operates in silos, limited to providing empirical information to small audiences. ‘Policy Goes to School’ is an effort to expand the scope and reach of our research endeavors,” says Department of Sociology Professor Victor Rios, a member of UCSB Committee on Education Policy. “The goal is to translate solid evidence into applicable, practical, and sound solutions for the most pressing issues in education today.”
Michael Gottfried of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education will give the first lecture “Children with Disabilities in Full-Day Kindergarten: Effects & Policy Implications” on Wednesday, October 12 from 1-2 pm in 4108 Education Building on the UC Santa Barbara campus.
The Winter Quarter lecture in January 2017 will be by Ethan Hutt, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership in the School of Education at the University of Maryland College Park. His research interests include the historical relationship between schools, the law, and education policy.
The Spring Quarter lecture in May 2017 will be by Brooks Bowden, an Assistant Professor of Methods and Policy in the School of Education at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on methods of economic evaluation and conducting rigorous evaluations of education interventions.
The members of the UCSB Committee on Education Policy are: Michael Gottfried, Chair (Department of Education), Sharon Conley (Department of Education), Russell Rumberger (Department of Education), Kelly Bedard (Department of Economics), Victor Rios (Department of Sociology), and Edward Telles (Department of Sociology).