Attend a Capitol Hill Research & Policy Briefing

Bringing Civil the Rights Research to Bear on Voucher Programs:
Are the Promises Realized?

Date:  Monday, March 5, 2018  *  9:30 am donuts/coffee * 10 am – 11:30 am program

Location:  Dirksen Senate Office Building: Room SD-G50, 2nd St NE, Washington, DC 20002

There have been important efforts to expand school vouchers, and a variety of tax subsidies at the state and federal level, based on pledges to equalize opportunity and strengthen schooling for excluded groups. At this event, important new data and original research will explore the civil rights implications of voucher programs and ask:  do vouchers actually expand opportunity or undermine it for low-income students and students of color? There will be ample time for Q&A and discussion after the presentations.

Presenters:
Mark Berends, Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, University of Notre Dame
Jongyeon Ee, Civil Rights Project, University of California-Los Angeles
Preston Green, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
Mary Levy, PhD, budget and policy analyst, DC public education
Moderator:  Gary Orfield, Civil Rights Project, University of California-Los Angeles
Commentator: Tom Gentzel, National School Boards Association

For more information: email crp@ucla.edu

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