Overview
MIT SEII, with Brown University and MITili, present “Covid-19 Challenges and Opportunities in K-12 Education.”
The two-day event will feature perspectives from education leaders and researchers who are working to ensure students can learn at home or in-person.
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Agenda
February 11, 2021February 12, 2021
Using Data and Evidence to Inform Covid-19 School PoliciesThe Economic and Learning Impacts of Covid-19The Effects of School Re-openings on Covid-19 HospitalizationsThe Rhode Island ResponseAdapting to Life Online: How Non-Profits and Technology are Meeting Educational DemandsHousehold Adaptation to Covid-Induced Schooling ShocksThe Economic Impacts of Learning Losses
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Using Data and Evidence to Inform Covid-19 School Policies
11:00 - 11:40 am
Speakers
Emily Oster
Blueprint Labs
Event Organizer
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The Economic and Learning Impacts of Covid-19
11:45 am - 12:25pm Eastern
Speakers
John Friedman
Professor of Economics and International and Political Affairs
Brown University
Shalinee Sharma
CEO and Co-founder
Zearn
Event Organizer
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The Effects of School Re-openings on Covid-19 Hospitalizations
12:25 - 1:00 pm
Speakers
Doug Harris
Professor and Department Chair of Economics
Tulane University
Elizabeth Setren
Blueprint Labs
Discussant
Engy Ziedan
Assistant Professor of Economics
Tulane University
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The Rhode Island Response
1:10 - 1:40 pm
Speakers
Emily Oster
Blueprint Labs
Moderator
Angélica Infante-Green
Commissioner of Education
Rhode Island Department of Education
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Adapting to Life Online: How Non-Profits and Technology are Meeting Educational Demands
1:40 - 2:10 pm
Speakers
Bob Hughes
Director of K-12 Education
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Sal Khan
Founder and CEO
Khan Academy
Sanjay Sarma
Vice President
MIT Open Learning
Moderator
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Household Adaptation to Covid-Induced Schooling Shocks
2:20 - 2:55 pm
Speakers
Joshua Goodman
Associate Professor of Education and Economics
Boston University
Sarah Cohodes
Blueprint Labs
Moderator
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The Economic Impacts of Learning Losses
2:55 - 3:30pm
Speakers
Eric Hanushek
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow
Stanford University
Joshua Angrist
Director
Blueprint Labs
Discussant
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Chicago Public Schools: Aspirations for a Post-Pandemic FutureMeasuring the Initial Effects of NYC’s School Diversity PlansCovid-19 Perspectives: Boston Public SchoolsCovid-19 Perspectives: New York CityAddressing Learning Gaps with High-Dosage Tutoring InterventionsPost-Pandemic School Accountability
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Chicago Public Schools: Aspirations for a Post-Pandemic Future
11:00 - 11:30 am
Speakers
Janice Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Public Schools
Parag Pathak
Director
Blueprint Labs
Moderator
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Measuring the Initial Effects of NYC’s School Diversity Plans
11:30 am - 12:05 pm
Speakers
Clémence Idoux
Blueprint Labs
Richard Kahlenberg
Director of K-12 Equity & Senior Fellow
The Century Foundation
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Covid-19 Perspectives: Boston Public Schools
12:15 - 12:45pm
Speakers
Brenda Cassellius
Superintendent
Boston Public Schools
Paul Reville
Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Moderator
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Covid-19 Perspectives: New York City
12:45 - 1:15 pm
Speakers
Richard Carranza
Chancellor
New York City Department of Education
Thomas Kane
Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Moderator
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Addressing Learning Gaps with High-Dosage Tutoring Interventions
1:15 - 1:50 pm
Speakers
Susanna Loeb
Director, Annenberg Institute Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs
Brown University
Phil Oreopoulos
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
University of Toronto
Discussant
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Post-Pandemic School Accountability
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Speakers
Joshua Angrist
Director
Blueprint Labs
Mark Schneider
Director of the Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
Susanna Loeb
Director, Annenberg Institute Professor of Education
Brown University
Eric Ashton
Executive Director for School Performance
New York City Department of Education
Brian Gill
Director, Mid-Atlantic Regional Laboratory
Mathematica Policy Research
Carrie Conaway
Senior Lecturer on Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Moderator
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