| Tuesday May 15 | |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Sean F. Reardon and Claude Steele |
| 9:00-11:30 | Trends in Socioeconomic Disparities in Educational Attainment |
| (9:00-9:35) | Fabian Pfeffer – “Trends in Wealth Gaps in Educational Attainment” |
| (9:30-10:10) | Arthur Sakamoto and ChangHwan Kim - “Demographic Trends in Educational Opportunity Using a Market-Based Measure” |
| (10:10-10:25) | Break |
| (10:25-11:00) | Greg Duncan, Ariel Kalil, Kjetil Telle, and Kathleen Ziol-Guest – “Trends in Family Income and Completed Schooling in the U.S.” |
| (11:00-11:30) | Session Discussant: Sandy Jencks |
| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30-3:00 | International Patterns of Socioeconomic Disparities in Educational Outcomes and Social Mobility |
| (12:30-1:05) | Sean F. Reardon and Anna K. Chmielewski – “Patterns of Cross-National Variation in the Association Between Income and Academic Achievement” |
| (1:05-1:40) | Juan Pablo Valenzuela Barros and Alejandro Sevilla Encinas – “Income, Inequality and Educational Success in the United States: Better News from International Comparisons” |
| (1:40-1:55) | Break |
| (1:55-2:30) | Gosta Esping-Anderson and Sander Wagner – “Asymmetries in the Opportunity Structure. Intergenerational Mobility Trends in Europe” |
| (2:30-3:00) | Session Discussant: Helen Ladd |
| 3:00-3:10 | Break |
| 3:10-5:00 | Family Income Dynamics and Educational Outcomes |
| (3:10-3:50) | Patrick Wightman and Sheldon Danziger - “Multi-Generational Disadvantages in Socioeconomic Status and Educational Attainment” |
| (3:50-4:30) | Pamela Morris, Lisa Gennetian, Heather Hill, Carly Tubbs, and Sharon Wolf - “Income Volatility: Trends and Implications for Families and Children” |
| (4:30-5:00) | Session Discussant: Greg Duncan |
| 5:00-6:00 | Reception |
| 6:00-8:00 | Dinner |
| Wednesday May 16 | |
| 8:00-8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:30-11:00 | Potential Family and Early Childhood Sources of the Widening Disparities |
| (8:30-9:05) | Robert D. Putnam, Carl B. Frederick, and Kaisa Snellman – “Growing Class Gaps in Social Connectedness among American Youth, 1975-2009” |
| (9:05-9:40) | Sara McLanahan and Patrick Ishizuka– “The Role of Family in Explaining the Growing Income/Test Score Gap” |
| (9:40-9:55) | Break |
| (9:55-10:30) | Sabino Kornrich – “What can Money Buy? Increasing Inequality in Parental Monetary Investments in Young Children” |
| (10:30-11:05) | Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel – “The Role of Early Childhood Education in Changing SES Gaps in Achievement” |
| (11:05-11:35) | Session Discussant: Larry Aber & Frank Furstenburg |
| 11:35-1:00 | Working Lunch |
| 11:50-2:20 | Schooling and the Widening Educational Disparities |
| (11:50-12:25) | William Schmidt, Leland Cogan, Richard Houang, and Nathan Burroughs – “Examining the Relationship Between Two Types of SES Gaps: Curriculum and Achievement” |
| (12:25-1:00) | Ann Owens, Sean F. Reardon, and Christopher Jencks – “Trends in Socioeconomic School Segregation, 1970-2009” |
| (1:00-1:15) | Break |
| (1:15-1:50) | Douglas Lauen and S. Michael Gaddis – “Can Schools Close SES Achievement Gaps? The Role of Accountability, Resources, and Teacher Quality” |
| (1:50-2:20) | Session Discussant: Susanna Loeb |
| 2:20-2:35 | Break |
| 2:35-4:15 | Trends in the Returns to Skills and Implications for Social Mobility |
| (2:35-3:10) | Richard Murnane, John Willett, and Katie Buckley – “Recent Trends in the Importance of Cognitive Skills in Wage Determination” |
| (3:10-3:45) | Yujia Liu and David Grusky – “The Payoff to Skill in the Third Industrial Revolution” |
| (3:45-4:15) | Session Discussant: TBD |
| 4:15-4:30 | Break |
| 4:30-5:00 | Wrap Up Harry Brighouse and Sean Reardon |
