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"Resources for education are not to be allotted solely or necessarily mainly according to their return as estimated in productive trained abilities, but also according to their worth in enriching the personal and social life of citizens, including the less favored. As a society progresses the latter consideration becomes increasingly more important."

(John Rawls,
Theory of Justice, p. 92)

Friday October 17, 2008

9:15 am

Welcome Remarks by Eamonn Callan / Stanford / Education

9:30-10:45 am

Keynote Speakers:
Michael McPherson President, Spencer Foundation and John Hennessy President, Stanford University
Ethical Issues in Higher Education
Chair: Donald Kennedy / Stanford / Environmental Science

BREAK 11:00-12:30

Lesley Jacobs / York (Canada) / Philosophy
Issues of Stakes Fairness in Educational Policy
Respondent: Barbara Fried / Stanford / Law
Chair: Faviola Rivera Castro / Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico / Philosophy

LUNCH 1:30-3:00

Jennifer Hochschild / Harvard University / Government, African and African--American Studies, Education
Immigration Regimes, Schooling Regimes, and Educational Outcomes: What Is Fairest to Immigrants and Native-born Residents
Respondent: Irene Bloemraad / Berkeley / Sociology
Chair: Anne Newman / Washington University / Education

3:15-4:45

Susan Mayer / University of Chicago / Public Policy
The Relationship Between Economic Inequality and Inequality in Schooling
Respondent: Josh Cohen / Stanford / Political Science, Philosophy, Law
Chair: TBA

4:45-6:15

Caroline Hoxby / Stanford / Hoover Institute, Economics
Charter Schools Closing the Achievemenet Gap: Results from New York City and Chicago
Respondent: Kenneth Strike / Syracuse / Education
Chair: Sean Reardon / Stanford / Education

Saturday, October 18, 2008

10:00-11:30

Dan Weinstock / University of Montreal / Philosophy and Ethics Center
Can we learn anything about justice in education from thinking about justice in health-care?
Respondent: Susanna Loeb / Stanford / Education
Chair: Tamar Schapiro / Stanford / Philosophy

11:45-1:15

Eric Hanushek / Stanford / Hoover Institution
Harming the Best: How Schools Affect the Black-White Achievement Gap
Respondent Glenn Loury / Brown / Economics
Chair: Goodwin Lui / Berkeley / Law

LUNCH 2:30-4:00

Paul Weithman / Notre Dame University / Philosophy
Education and Equality
Respondent: Rob Reich / Stanford / Political Science
Chair: Nadeem Hussain / Stanford / Philosophy

4:00-5:30

David Schmitdz / University of Arizona / Philosophy and Economics
Need as a Distributive Principle
Respondent: Josh Ober / Stanford / Classics
Chair: Peter Stone / Stanford / Political Science

 
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