A Nation at Risk? Reflections on the Past and
Future of U.S. Public Education
10th Annual Educational Policy Studies Conference
Day One: Thursday, March 21, 2013
8:00 AM: Coffee and conversation
8:15 AM: Welcome
- Sara Goldrick-Rab, Conference Chair, EPS & Sociology, UW-Madison
8:30-10:00 AM: Public Discourse on American Education
- Michael Apple, Curriculum & Instruction & EPS, UW-Madison
- Nancy Kendall, EPS, UW-Madison
- Gloria Ladson-Billings, Curriculum & Instruction & EPS, UW-Madison
- Chair: Bill Reese, EPS & History, UW-Madison
10:15-11:45 AM: Race/Ethnicity and the Evolution of U.S. Public Education
- Jack Dougherty, Trinity College
- Adrienne Dixson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Michael Fultz, EPS, UW-Madison
- Chair: Dean Julie Underwood, School of Education
BREAK FOR LUNCH: Box lunches provided, Dining space available in rooms 198, 298 and 299
1:00-2:30 PM: The Legacies and Future of Public Higher Education in the U.S.
- Harry Brighouse, Philosophy & EPS, UW-Madison
- Sara Goldrick-Rab, EPS & Sociology, UW-Madison
- Daniel Kleinman, Sociology, UW-Madison
- Chair: Noah Feinstein, Curriculum & Instruction, UW-Madison
3:00-4:30 PM: Federal Involvement in U.S. K-12 Education since the Second World War
- Maris Vinovskis, University of Michigan
- Chair: Adam Nelson, EPS & History, UW-Madison
BREAK FOR DINNER
7:00-8:30 PM: The Chicago Teachers Strike: Reframing Education Reform and Teacher Unions
- Pauline Lipman, University of Illinois-Chicago
- Discussants: Chad Alan Goldberg, Sociology, UW-Madison, John Matthews, Madison Teachers Inc.
A Nation at Risk? Reflections on the Past
and Future of U.S. Public Education
10th Annual Educational Policy Studies Conference
Day Two: Friday, March 22, 2013
8:00 AM: Coffee and conversation
8:15 AM: Welcome
- Sara Goldrick-Rab, Conference Chair, EPS & Sociology, UW-Madison
8:30-10:00 AM: Place, Space, and Public Education
- Bianca Baldridge, EPS, UW-Madison
- Linn Posey-Maddox, EPS, UW-Madison
- Peter Miller, Education Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW-Madison
- Chair: Jack Dougherty, Trinity College
10:15-11:45 AM: Future Challenges, Roles, & Opportunities for Public Education
- Robert Asen, Communication Arts, UW-Madison
- Constance Flanagan, Interdisciplinary Studies, UW-Madison
- David Krakauer, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, UW-Madison
- Chair: Adam Gamoran, Sociology & EPS, UW-Madison
Sponsored by Educational Policy Studies in association with The Wisconsin
Union Directorate Society and Politics Committee, the Vice Provost & Chief
Diversity Officer and the Division of Diversity, The Wisconsin Center for
Education Research, WISCAPE, The Department of History, the Wisconsin
University Union, The National Education Association, United Faculty and
Staff, American Federation of Teachers, and The Wisconsin Education
Association Council