Rutgers Research Conference on Education Reform, Communities, & Social Justice – June 2,16,30
Posted by Rutgers University on April 20, 2021
Registration is now open for the sixth annual Education Reform, Communities, & Social Justice research conference, which will be held via ZOOM on Wednesday afternoons, June 2, 16 and 30, 3:30-5:15 PM.
Register here.
JUNE 2nd — COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, SCHOOL SAFETY & RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Lea Partnerships Study: Evaluating a School-Community-University Partnership in West Philadelphia
- Richard Liuzzi, Julie Berger, & Caroline Watts, University of Pennsylvania
Community Schools and Neoliberalism
- David Greenberg, Center for Community Schools
“I Would Hate for My Child to Be Greeted by Cops Every Morning”: Security Systems, Neighborhood Characteristics, and Parental Evaluations of School Safety
- Chase M. Billingham, Wichita State University
- Matthew O. Hunt, Northeastern University
- Shelley M. Kimelberg, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Restorative Justice Implementation: Learning from Intentionally Diverse Charter Schools
- Elisabeth H. Kim, Rutgers University, Newark
JUNE 16th — SOCIAL JUSTICE & YOUTH VOICES
“The Schools Our Students Deserve”: Social Justice Teachers Union Advocacy for Marginalized Populations during the Covid-19 Crisis
- Rhiannon Maton, SUNY Cortland
“The children are the future of New Brunswick”: The struggle to save Lincoln Annex School and the moral economy of defending children’s interests
- Marina Feldman, Rutgers Graduate School of Education
Figuring the Transnational: Youth Organizing in Community-Based Educational Space
- Ariel Borns, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Changing Neighborhoods: Youth Perspectives
- Danielle Mulligan, Tufts University
JUNE 30th — SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY
Policy Entrepreneurs, Narratives, and Urban Education Policy Change
- Victoria Cartwright & Gregory Cartwright, University of Texas, Arlington
Virtual Reality: Cyber Charter Schools and the Need for Reform
- Susan L. DeJarnatt, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Financing the Future: Venture Philanthropy Investment and Influence in Urban Education
- Samuel Conver, Temple University
Education Clauses for Tomorrow
- Paul Tractenberg, Rutgers Newark Law School
The Push to Privatize: An Analysis of Private School Voucher Legislation Across the U.S. 2019-2021
- Jessica Levin, Public Funds Public Schools
- Sharon Krengel, Nicole Ciullo, & Jason Pedraza, Education Law Center
- Sam Boyd, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Katherine Dunn, Opportunity to Learn Program, Advancement Project
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