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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