Institute staff present papers at professional conferences, such as the American Educational Research Association and the American Education Finance Association.
Upcoming Presentations:
To be announced.
Recent Presentations
New Leaders, New Schools: A study of principal turnover and academic achievement at new high schools in New York City
Meryle Weinstein, Robin Jacobowitz, Todd Ely, Kate Landon and Amy Ellen Schwartz
Education Finance Research Consortium
Presented by Meryle Weinstein
October 23, 2009
The New York City Aspiring Principals Program: A School-Level Evaluation
Sean Corcoran, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Meryle Weinstein
Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation
National Evaluation Institute
Presented by Meryle Weinstein
October 9, 2009
Louisville, KY
The Impact of Title I Funding on School Spending and Student Achievement
Meryle Weinstein, Leanna Stiefel, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Luis Chalico
International Atlantic Economic Society
Presented by Leanna Stiefel
October 8, 2009
Boston, MA
The Impact of Title I Funding on School Spending and Student Achievement
Meryle Weinstein, Leanna Stiefel, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Luis Chalico
Presented at the following conferences:
NCES Summer Data Conference
School Finance Track
Presented by Meryle Weinstein
July 30, 2009
Washington, DC
21st Annual Conference of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
Presented by Leanna Stiefel
September 24, 2009
Washington, DC
Immigrants and Inequality in Public Schools
Amy Ellen Schwartz and Leanna Stiefel
Brookings Russell Sage Prepared for Project on Social Inequality and Educational Disadvantage
Presented by Amy Ellen Schwartz
September 24, 2009
Washington, DC
How Students Living in NYC Public Housing Fare in School
On May 27, more than 45 private funders attended "Quality Youth Services in Public Housing Community Centers" at the Philanthropy New York offices. This joint presentation with the New York City Youth Funders Network, the Independence Community Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, and the New York Life Foundation featured a presentation on "How Students Living in NYC Public Housing Fare in School" by Dr. Amy Ellen Schwartz of IESP.
For more information on this event, click here.
2009 American Education Finance Association Annual Conference (AEFA)
The Institute for Education and Social Policy recently presented at the American Education Finance Association Annual Conference, held in Nashville 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
The Views of AEFA Members on Issues in Education Finance and Policy, Anne Katherine Rotenberg and Leanna Stiefel
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
2009 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA)
The Institute for Education and Social Policy recently presented at the American Educational Research 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 Julie Simon Thomas
Opening Democratic Teacher Forums: Small Schools, Graduate Schools, and Alternative Certification Programs, Leslie Santee SiskinNew Frontiers in School Trust Research, Leslie Santee Siskin, Discussant
Mandating Autonomy: Inside the New Decentralization in New York City Public Schools, Joseph P. McDonald and Leslie Santee Siskin