Past Events
Selected in 1985 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King to edit and publish the papers of her late husband, Stanford University historian Clayborne Carson has devoted most of his professional life to the study of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the movements King inspired.
In this talk David Plank will discuss the implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula to date, and the challenges that must be addressed if the promise of California’s recent reforms are to be achieved.
Please join us on January 23 as Professor Davad F. Labaree discusses the history of U.S. higher education in a talk entitled, A Perfect Mess: Understanding the Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher Education.
What are the equity impacts of investment in education as a public good? Of privatization approaches? To advance the discussion of this important question, SCOPE presents this independently produced documentary.
From the film makers:
This feature-length documentary explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting impact on America’s most vulnerable children. Filmed in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Nashville and other cities, Backpack Full of Cash takes viewers through the 2013–14 school year.
In this presentation, Professor Valdés will examine the challenges facing immigrant-receiving countries in providing formal language instruction to both newly arrived and established immigrants.
Learn about the design and implementation of California State school reform since 2011.
The President of the California State Board of Education, Michael Kirst, will provide an overview of California State school reform. Using guiding words like patience, persistence, and humility, California systematically approached reform by aligning policies into a coherent framework supported by a broad political coalition. The result is seven years of sustained reform and continuous improvement.
Jonathan Rosa researches the interplay between youth socialization, raciolinguistic formations, and structural inequality in urban contexts.
Sarah Levine will present on "a hundred years of tone and mood" at SCOPE's Brown Bag Semiar Series.
Learn more about SCOPE's involvement at this year's AERA Annual Meeting, which focuses on 'Achieving the Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity.'
Thomas S. Dee's work focuses largely on the use of quantitative methods to inform contemporary policy debates.
