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Brown Bag Seminar: A Question of Belonging: A Social-Psychological Approach to Understanding and Remedying Group Disparities in School Achievement
Brown Bag Seminar: A Question of Belonging: A Social-Psychological Approach to Understanding and Remedying Group Disparities in School Achievement
February 27, 2012

Professor Greg Walton will explore the psychological factors behind group differences in academic achievement between ethnic and gender groups. 
Brown Bag Seminar: Despite the Best Intentions: Exploring Why Racial Inequality Persists in Good Schools
Brown Bag Seminar: Despite the Best Intentions: Exploring Why Racial Inequality Persists in Good Schools
March 5, 2012

Amanda Lewis will discuss her current project, which examines why racial inequality persists in good schools. 
Screening of Mitchell 20 and Panel Discussion
Screening of Mitchell 20 and Panel Discussion
March 20, 2012

Join us for a screening and panel discussion of Mitchell 20, the true story of a group of 20 teachers who decided to improve the quality of teaching in an inner city school. 
Smaller Learning Community Study Visits: Hillsdale High School
Smaller Learning Community Study Visits: Hillsdale High School
March 26, 2012 - March 27, 2012

School teams can register now for the final 2011-12 inquiry-based tour in March of a highly successful high school of smaller learning communities in San Mateo, CA.
Desegregated Schools and Segregated Education
Desegregated Schools and Segregated Education
April 9, 2012

Professor Darity will address the paradox of segregated education in desegregated schools—a phenomenon he describes as resulting from the separate tracking of students within the same school.
Brown Bag Seminar: From the Courtroom to the Classroom: Seeking Educational Finance Reform in California
Brown Bag Seminar: From the Courtroom to the Classroom: Seeking Educational Finance Reform in California
April 23, 2012

Professor William Koski will discuss legal efforts to reform California's K-12 public school finance system. 
Marketized Educational Reforms and the Politics of Advocacy
Marketized Educational Reforms and the Politics of Advocacy
May 21, 2012

Professor Janelle Scott will look at market-driven education reform and the racial politics of advocacy.