Schedule

Monday, November 22

2:00 – 5:00 pm CST

Welcome
Arturo Fontaine, Director Centro de Estudio Públicos, CEP
Colm O’Muircheartaigh, Dean, Harris School

Topics
Testing, Determinants of School Choice, Experiments

Moderators
Harald Beyer, Academic Coordinator, Centro de Estudio Públicos, CEP and Dan Black, Deputy Dean, Harris School

Presenters

• Susan Mayer, “Computers in Schools: For Better or Worse?”
• David Bravo, “Early Child Development Programs in a Developing Economy: Evidence From Chile"
• Marcos Rangel, "Discrimination Goes to School? Racial and Gender Differences in Performance Assessments by Teachers”
• Paul Goren and Sarah Kremsner, “Perspectives on School Reform and Accountability - Chicago's Story”
• Jim Heckman, “Hard Evidence on Soft Skills: The GED and the Problem of Soft Skills in America”
   

Tuesday, November 23

1:00 – 4:00 pm CST

Topics
Higher Education, Teacher Quality, Technology and other Substitutions

Moderators
Harald Beyer and Dan Black

Presenters

• Ofer Malamud, "The Structure of Higher Education from a Global Perspective"
• Dan Black, "Some Lessons from the US Higher Education Experience"
• James Cronin, "Astronomy Outreach in Argentina"
• Rocky Kolb, "Connecting Students with the Cosmos"
• Joaquin Lavin, Minister of Education, "Challenges and Obstacles to Education Reform in Chile"