Steinhardt Starts New Degree in Education and Social Policy
Beginning in September, 2009, The Steinhardt School is accepting applicants for its new Master's degree in Education and Social Policy , with a first class in September 2010. Read about the new program at: https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/humsocsci/policy/
IESP Presents at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
The Institute for Education and Social Policy recently presented at the American Educational Reasearch Association Annual Meeting, held in San Diego from April 13 - 17, 2009. Presentations included the following:
Charter Schools and the Gender Gap, Jennifer L. Jennings, Sean P. Corcoran, and Juli Simon Thomas
Mandating Autonomy: Inside the New Decentralization in New York City Public Schools, Joseph P. McDonald, Leslie Santee Siskin
New Frontiers in School Trust Research, Leslie Santee Siskin, Discussant
Opening Democratic Teacher Forums: Small Schools, Graduate Schools and Alternative Certification Programs, Leslie Santee Siskin
IESP Presents at the American Education Finance Association Annual Conference
The Institute for Education and Social Policy recently presented at the American Education Finance Association Annual Conference, held in Nashville, Tennessee from March 19 - 21, 2009. Presentations included the following:
Testing the Convergence Hypothesis in Immigrant Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis (Poster Session), Costanza Biavaschi, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Leanna Stiefel
Effects of School Characteristics on Performance Differential between Foreign and Native-Born High School Students: Lessons from New York City, Luis Chalico
Alternative Equity Reforms in School Finance, Sean Corcoran, Discussant
Urban School Decentralization and 'Weighted Student Funding, Sean P. Corcoran, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Leanna Stiefel
Determinants of School Capital Spending, Todd L. Ely
Public Housing and Public Schools: How Do Students Living in New York City Public Housing Fare in School?, Brian McCabe and Amy Ellen Schwartz
Quality Counts: Education Week's Annual Investigation of Education Policy and Finance Leanna Stiefel
The Views of AEFA Members on Issues in Education Finance and Policy, Anne Katherine Rotenberg, Leanna Stiefel
The State of New York City's Public Schools: Financing Urban Education
A Mayoral Control Discussion Series event
On March 10, 2009, the Institute for Education and Social Policy, the Wagner Policy Alliance, and the Wagner Education Policy Studies Association hosted "The State of New York City's Public Schools: Financing Urban Education," a panel discussion focused on the financial crisis facing New York City's public schools. Four panelists weighed in on a range of local, state and federal education finance questions from moderator and IESP Director Amy Ellen Schwartz and the nearly 60 guests in attendance, including: How can the Governor and Mayor remain committed to public education in the face of such steep cuts? Will the federal stimulus bill come to the rescue of New York City's public school system? Panelists included: George Sweeting, Deputy Director of the New York City Independent Budget Office; Ling Tan, Director of Budgeting and Financial Planning for the New York City Department of Education; Joseph Colletti, United Federation of Teachers; and Charles Brecher, NYU Wagner Professor and Research Director for the Citizens Budget Commission. This event was part of the ongoing Mayoral Control Discussion Series co-sponsored by IESP, the Wagner Policy Alliance, and the Wagner Education Policy Studies Association.
Brown Bag Talk by Columbia Professor Jonah Rockoff
A Mayoral Control Discussion Series event
Columbia Business School Professor Jonah Rockoff delivered a brown bag talk at the Institute for Education and Social Policy on February 19, 2009. Dr. Rockoff presented his paper, "Short Run Impacts of Accountability on School Quality," to roughly 25 attendees. This event was part of the ongoing Mayoral Control Discussion Series co-sponsored by IESP, the Wagner Policy Alliance, and the Wagner Education Policy Studies Associate. To download Dr. Rockoff's paper, please visit the IESP website: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/iesp/brown_bags.
Amy Ellen Schwartz delivers keynote address at the College Board's Annual Leadership Colloquium
Amy Ellen Schwartz delivered the keynote address at the College Board's Annual Leadership Colloquium in Tampa, Florida, on February 27, 2009. Dr. Schwartz's address, "Closing the Race Gap in College Readiness," focused on the disparities in academic performance between African American and white high school students and potential policy levers to close this gap.
Click here for the presentation slides.
Amy Ellen Schwartz testifies before New York City Council
On February 25, 2009, Dr. Amy Ellen Schwartz testifed before the New York City Council Committee on Education and Subcommittee on Public Housing. Dr. Schwartz presented the results of a joint study conducted by IESP and NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy that examines the school performance of children living in New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) housing.
Click here to read Dr. Schwartz's testimony.
Click here to read the policy brief that summarizes the results of this study.
IESP Research Featured at Abu Dhabi Conference
The NYU Abu Dhabi Institute's inaugural conference on Education and Human Development was held on January 20-22, 2009 at the Al Mamoura Auditorium, Abu Dhabi. This three-day conference, organized by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, focused on the following areas: Teacher Education and Development; Education Assessment and Evaluation; Economics of Education; and Media and Civil Society
Dr. Amy Ellen Schwartz, Director of the Institute for Education and Social Policy, was the organizer/moderator for one of the conference panels:
Contributions of Quantitative Analysis to Education Policy
Amy Ellen Schwartz
Organizer/Moderator
The papers in this session used econometric anaysis of administrative and survey data to explore issues in education policy. While the papers are based on U.S. data, the panelists have extensive experience in countries outside of the U.S. and the panel discussion focused on their experience with this approach in other countries, what we can learn from them, and the implications for applications in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates.
Presenters:
Sean Corcoran, New York University, "'Value added' Measures of Teacher Quality: Use and Policy Validity"
Peter Dolton, University of London and London School of Economics, "Quantitative Analysis of Education Policy in the UK"
Andrew Leigh, Australian National University, "Quantitative Analysis of Education Policy in Australia"
Abigail Payne, McMaster University, "Insights into the Canadian Education System"
Leanna Stiefel, New York University, "Can Reorganizing K-8 Education Improve Academic Performance? The Impact of Grade Span on Student Achievement"
Matt Wiswall, New York University