Past Seminars & Webinars

Wednesday
Nov122008

Webinar on Pre-K and the Middle Class

Webinar on Pre-K and the Middle Class
The debate continues on whether all children or just the most disadvantaged should be eligible for publicly funded, voluntary pre-kindergarten.

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Sunday
Oct192008

Seminar on Reforming American High Schools

Seminar on Reforming American High Schools
This Seminar will provide an overview of the status and impact of the movement to reform American high schools.

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Friday
Sep122008

Seminar Briefing: Understanding Finances and Financial Aid (2008)

Seminar Briefing: Understanding Finances and Financial Aid (2008)
The second cohort of Community College Fellows campus to Teachers College in September 2008 for an intensive week of studying the nature of community colleges in preparation for embarking on ambitious reporting projects.

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Tuesday
Jul222008

Webinar on Re-Thinking Student Aid

Webinar on Re-Thinking Student Aid
At a time when President Barack Obama insists the U.S. must improve high school graduation rates to help restore the country’s economic and political standing, new research shows that 17 states produce some 70 percent of the students who don’t graduate.

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Sunday
Jul202008

The McGraw Seminar for Reporters New to the Education Beat (2008)

The McGraw Seminar for Reporters New to the Education Beat (2008)
Just landed on the education beat? This is the perfect professional development opportunity.

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Tuesday
May132008

The Kauffman Seminar on Math and Science

The Kauffman Seminar on Math and Science
The results of the PISA tests of international student achievement released in December found that the U.S. lags behind many other developed countries.

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Wednesday
Mar262008

What Do We Know? New Research on Education: In collaboration with AERA

What Do We Know? New Research on Education: In collaboration with AERA
The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association brings together as many as 16,000 scholars to share and discuss the latest research on the gamut of issues in American schools and colleges.

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Wednesday
Mar262008

Covering Collective Bargaining: Connecting Contracts to Classrooms

Covering Collective Bargaining: Connecting Contracts to Classrooms
The Hechinger Institute will convene a one-day workshop for journalists in the Midwest who will be covering teachers union contract talks in 2008 or 2009.

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Tuesday
Feb262008

National Mathematics Advisory Report - Webinar

National Mathematics Advisory Report - Webinar
This content of this Webinar we be carried live in two parts: via a web site and through a conference telephone line. Participants will need to be at a computer with an internet connection to see the presentations, and on a telephone to hear them. Detailed connection instructions will be sent after your registration is received.

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Sunday
Nov182007

Hechinger Seminar for Higher Education Journalists

Hechinger Seminar for Higher Education Journalists
Just one year ago, the bipartisan Commission on the Future of Higher Education called for major changes in U.S. higher education, concluding that far too many Americans are priced out of college.

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