PIER Public Seminar Series

Judy Scott-Clayton Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College Columbia University More information to come! Event registration is encouraged, but not required. Join us in person in Longfellow Hall. Seating is first-come, first-seated. We...

Jack Mountjoy Associate Professor of Economics, University of Chicago More information to come! Event registration is encouraged, but not required. Join us in person in Longfellow Hall. Seating is first-come, first-seated. We recommend you arrive a few...

Brendan Bartanen Associate Professor, University of Virginia Anna Bystran Research Systems Support Specialist, Harvard Graduate School of Education More information to come! Event registration is encouraged, but not required. Join us in person in...

Christina Weiland Professor, University of Michigan Marsal Family School of Education More information to come! Event registration is encouraged, but not required. Join us in person in Longfellow Hall. Seating is first-come, first-seated. We recommend you...

Phone-Free Schools and Achievement Growth: A Student-Level Analysis Douglas Staiger Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College _ Event registration is encouraged, but not required. Join us in person in Longfellow Hall. Seating is first-come, first-seated...

The Effects of Charter Schools on Economic Mobility Sarah Cohodes Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan A number of studies have found that charter school models can produce improvements in math and reading test scores and increase...

How Private Tutoring Centers Impact Student Achievement and Educational Inequality Joshua Goodman Professor of Education and Economics, Boston University Private tutoring chains like Kumon and Sylvan have expanded rapidly in recent decades. Goodman and...

PIER PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES | cepr.harvard.edu/pier-seminar | #PIERseminar Beth Tipton, Co-Director, Statistics for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice (STEPP) Center; Professor of Statistics and Data Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research...

The Impact of a Two-Generation College Pipeline Program PIER PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES | cepr.harvard.edu/pier-seminar | #PIERseminar Lesley Turner, Associate Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Join us in person or via livestream...

Easy A's, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation PIER PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES | cepr.harvard.edu/pier-seminar | #PIERseminar Jeff Denning, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs and Educational Leadership and Policy, University of...