PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
A Nation at Risk? Reflections on the Past and Future of U.S. Public Education
10th Annual Educational Policy Studies Conference
Madison, Wisconsin
March 21-22, 2013
All events in Room 159 of the Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, UW-Madison
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Thursday, March 21, 2013
8:30-10:00AM: 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 Dixon, University of Illinois-Chicago
Michael Fultz, EPS, UW-Madison
Chair: TBA
BREAK FOR LUNCH
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: TBA
3:00-4:30 PM: From “A Nation at Risk” to “No Child Left Behind”
Maris Vinovskis, University of Michigan*
Chair: Adam Nelson, EPS & History, UW-Madison
BREAK FOR DINNER
7:00-8:30: The Chicago Teachers Strike: Reframing Education Reform and Teacher Unions
Pauline Lipman, University of Illinois-Chicago
Discussant: Chad Alan Goldberg, Sociology, UW-Madison
Friday, March 22, 2013
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: TBA
10:15-11:45 AM: Future Challenges, Roles, & Opportunities for Public Education
Robert Asen, Communication Arts, UW-Madison
Constance Flanagan, Interdisciplinary Studies, UW-Madison
Constance Steinkuehler, Curriculum & Instruction, UW-Madison
Chair: TBA
