Dan E. Sweat Lecture Series
Dan E. Sweat Distinguished Chair in Educational and Community Policy
As a memorial to visionary leadership and commitment to the community and to learning in all forms, Georgia State University has created the Dan E. Sweat Distinguished Scholar Chair in Educational Community Policy. Ross Rubenstein currently holds this position.
The 2022 Dan E. Sweat Lecture
April 12 at 1:00 PM – sean reardon
“Inequality, Schooling and Educational Opportunity in America”
sean reardon is the endowed Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education and is Professor (by courtesy) of Sociology at Stanford University. His research focuses on the causes, patterns, trends and consequences of social and educational inequality; on the effects of educational policy on educational and social inequality; and in applied statistical methods for educational research. Professor Reardon is the director of the Educational Opportunity Project (EOP) and the developer of the Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA). Using data from over 400 million standardized tests taken in the last decade by students in every public school in the U.S., the Project helps us understand how educational opportunities differ across communities, races and income groups, and understand what role schools, families and neighborhoods play in shaping educational opportunity at different points in the life course. This talk will describe the Educational Opportunity Project and what its research reveals about race, income and educational opportunity in the U.S.
2020
Mark D. Weist (University of South Carolina: College of Arts & Sciences Professor of Psychology)
2019
Charles Clotfelter (Duke University: Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy & Professor of Economics & Law)
2018
Amy Ellen Schwartz (Syracuse University: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, New York University: Institute for Education and Social Policy)
2017
David N. Figlio (Northwestern University; Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy, Institute for Policy Research Fellow)
2016
Susan Dynarski (University of Michigan: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, School of Education, and Department of Economics, and Institute for Social Research)
2013
Sarah Turner (University of Virginia and National Bureau of Economic Research)
“Public Universities: Challenges of the Great Recession for Students and Faculty”
2012
Brian Jacob (Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy and Professor of Economics, University of Michigan)
“Does Raising Educational Standards Raise Student Achievement?”
2011
Analysis and a Co- Director of Policy Analysis for California Education [PACE]at Stanford University)
“Understanding School Leadership: The Importance of Organizational Management and Personnel Practices”
2009
Amy Stuart Wells (Center for Understanding Race and Education (CURE) at Teachers College, Columbia University)
“Metro Migration, Racial Segregation and School Boundaries: Education Policy in Changing Suburban and Urban America”
2007
Richard J . Murnane (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
“Preparing Students to Thrive in the 21st Century Economy”
2006
Jane Hannaway (The Urban Institute)
“Accountability and the Classroom: A New Light Inside the Black Box of Schooling”
2005
Eric A. Hanushek (Hoover Institute at Stanford University)
“The Economic Importance of School Quality”
2004
Ronald F. Ferguson (Werner Center for Social Policy)
“The Racial Gap in Education Outcomes: Confronting the Challenge”