Faculty Roundtable Series
Connect with the Evans School's internationally recognized faculty and dynamic community leaders for a lecture series exploring issues at the cutting edge of public policy and management.
Upcoming Lectures
Strife and Progress: Transforming Public Education in Big Cities
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
5:30–7:00 p.m.
A growing number of the nation's leading urban school districts are pressing on all fronts to improve student performance and narrow achievement gaps using a continuous improvement “portfolio strategy”, which involves developing a diverse mix of schools and granting them autonomy over budgeting and hiring, while holding them accountable to common performance standards.
What are the effects of these reforms on student achievement? What are the challenges facing these pioneering districts? What counterarguments are made, and what is the impact of political opposition on these reforms?
Featuring an opening lecture by Paul Hill, founder, Center on Reinventing Public Education and research professor, UW Bothell, presenting the results of a three-year study of six cities that have adopted the portfolio strategy. The lecture will be followed by a discussion with Evans School faculty Mark Long, William Zumeta, alumna Edie Harding (MPA ’78) of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Evans School Ph.D. candidate Katharine Destler.
RSVP to secure a seat to esevents@uw.edu or call 206.221.7779
Past Lectures
How Philanthropy Can Build Enterprising Nonprofits
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room
Can nonprofit social enterprises achieve new scale in responding to human needs? What is the role of companies in increasing social enterprise? How can foundations spur new and promising advances in social enterprise?
Featuring an opening lecture by Carla Javits, President of REDF, and a post-lecture discussion with Evans School faculty Mary Kay Gugerty, Justin Marlowe, Sanjeev Khagram, and David Harrison.
The Changing Face of American Poverty
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre
5:30–7:00 p.m.
The latest population survey by the U.S. Census Bureau finds that 15.1% of Americans had incomes below the federal poverty line in 2010—the highest poverty level that the U.S. has seen since 1993. Why, after billions of dollars, are we still here? How is the face of poverty changing? What are the most promising anti-poverty policy options today?
Join the Evans School for a faculty roundtable to hear from our national experts, whose evidence-based methodology has led to recent innovations in the field of poverty studies. The roundtable will be moderated by Dr. Constance Rice (MPA ’70), Managing Director for Knowledge Management for Casey Family Programs, and features Evans School faculty Robert D. Plotnick, Marieka M. Klawitter, Rachel Garshick Kleit, and Marcia Meyers.