The GSA Munich chapter invites to its next Stanford Alumni Dinner on Thursday, November 19, 19:00 h. Special guest at the dinner will be Stanford professor Eric Hanushek.
See below for full invitation details.


Dear Alumni,
our last Stanford Alumni get-together is already quite some time ago.

It would be great to see you again at our next Stanford Alumni Dinner in Munich on

November 19, 19:00 German time.

Location:
Wirtshaus im GrünTal
Grüntal 15
81925 München
phone +49.89. 998 411-0

http://www.kuffler-gastronomie.de/de/muenchen/gruental/index.php

I am happy to announce that Professor Eric „Rick“ Hanushek from Stanford University will join us this time.

He will talk about his recent studies on „Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses" – further details see below.

Please respond if you can make it until October 30 (alex@abrand.de), so that we have a big enough room for all of us.

Best regards – and looking forward to seeing you again
Alex

Eric Hanushek specializes in the economics and finance of schools. His ongoing research spans a number of important areas of education policy including the impacts of high stakes accountability and of class size reduction, the importance of teacher quality, and current debates about school finance adequacy and equity. His soon-to-be-released book, Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in American Public Schools, describes how school finance policy can be used to reach our educational goals. Professor Hanushek was a member of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Committee for Educational Excellence and is chair of the National Board for Education Science. He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and has a PhD in economics from MIT.

School Quality and Economic Growth Much of schooling policy in nations around the world is motivated by notions of the economic value of schooling but until recently the full extent of economic impact has not been understood. Recent investigations point to a critical role for schools in determining the economic growth of nations. But questions remain about the best kinds of policies to pursue to improve the quality of schools. This talk will cover recent research into this range of issues.