Harvard’s Partnering in Education Research Program Awarded Funding to Continue Training Future Education Scholars

August 5, 2020

Cambridge, MA (August 5, 2020) The Partnering in Education Research (PIER) Fellowship, an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, has received $4.5 million in funding from the federal Institute of Education Sciences to transform the way the next generation of education researchers are trained.

Launched in 2015 in collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), the PIER Fellowship gives Harvard graduate students opportunities to work with...

2020 Mar 09

Partnering in Education Research (PIER) Fellowship Info Session

1:15pm

Location:

Larsen Hall, Room G01 | Harvard Graduate School of Education

Learn more about the PIER Fellowship and hear about its benefits from past PIER Fellows themselves. The PIER program trains doctoral students on how to conduct quantitative education research in partnership with school districts and state education agencies. Such an experience also provides you with additional opportunities to expand your network, publish, and work towards your dissertation. Current doctoral students in their G-1 and G-2 year at the Harvard Graduate School of Education are eligible to apply.

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Got Data?

October 30, 2019

How partnerships make it easier for doc students to get much-needed data for research... Read more about Got Data?

2020 Mar 31

PIER Public Seminar: Thomas Kane

4:15pm to 5:30pm

Location:

Zoom Web Conference: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/109289140

Speaker:
Thomas Kane
Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Faculty Director, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University

Presentation:
Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed?

Research paper jointly authored by Professor Douglas Staiger; and PIER Fellows Shirin Hashim, Mary Laski, and Thomas Kelley-Kemple.

Zoom Web Conference: ...

2020 Mar 10

CANCELLED - PIER Public Seminar: Daphna Bassok

4:15pm to 5:30pm

Location:

Larsen Hall 106, 14 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA

We have made the difficult decision to cancel the PIER Public Seminar on March 10 due to concerns around the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and related travel restrictions. The event will be rescheduled, and we look forward to having the presentation in the fall. Thank you for understanding.

Speaker:
Daphna Bassok
Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy
University of Virginia Associate
Director, EdPolicyWorks

4:15 PM: Presentation and Q&A
5:15 PM: Light Refreshments

Live Stream:
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2020 Feb 11

PIER Public Seminar: Peter Bergman

4:15pm to 5:30pm

Location:

Larsen Hall 106, 14 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA

Speaker:
Peter Bergman
Assistant Professor of Economics and Education
Teachers College, Columbia University

4:15 PM: Presentation and Q&A
5:15 PM: Light Refreshments

Live Stream:
www.cepr.harvard.edu/pier-seminar

2019 Nov 05

PIER Public Seminar: Phillip Levine

4:15pm to 5:30pm

Location:

Larsen Hall 106, 14 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA

Speaker:
Phillip Levine
Katherine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics
Wellesley College

Presentation Title:
Do College Applicants Respond to Sticker Prices Even When They Don't Matter?

4:15 PM: Presentation and Q&A
5:15 PM: Light Refreshments

Live Stream:
www.cepr.harvard.edu/pier-seminar

Melanie Rucinski

Partnering in Education Research (PIER) Fellow
Doctoral Student
Harvard Kennedy School