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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

8:45 am

Coffee and light breakfast.


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


COFFEE BREAK


11:00-12:30

Lesley Jacobs / York (Canada) / Law & Society
Stakes Fairness, Educational Adequacy, and Equal Opportunities in Education [download paper]
Respondent: Barbara Fried / Stanford / Law
Chair: Faviola Rivera Castro / Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico / Philosophy


LUNCH is provided.


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


COFFEE BREAK


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: Prudence Carter / Stanford / Education


4:45-6:15

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

Saturday, October 18, 2008

9:30 am

Coffee and light breakfast.


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


COFFEE BREAK


11:45-1:15

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


LUNCH is provided.


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
Hierarchies of Need
Respondent: Josh Ober / Stanford / Classics
Chair: Peter Stone / Stanford / Political Science

 
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