Academic Symposium
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Teachers College, Columbia University
Cowin Auditorium
(Broadway between 120th & 121st Streets)
Watch the Phyllis L. Kossoff Lecture on Education and Policy, delivered by NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, followed by a response panel with Carranza and TC faculty, including moderator Mark Gooden and discussants Amy Stuart Wells and Michael Rebell.
The Phyllis L. Kossoff Lecture on Education & Policy

1:00-1:45 p.m.
Keynote address: “Advancing Equity and Excellence in New York City Public Schools.”
Richard A. Carranza
Chancellor, New York City Department of Education

1:45-2:15 p.m.
Response panel to Kossoff Lecture
Moderator: Mark Gooden
Christian Johnson Endeavor Professor of Education Leadership
Program Director for Education Leadership

Discussants:
Amy Stuart Wells
Professor of Sociology and Education
Director, Reimagining Education Summer Institute and The Public Good

Michael Rebell
Professor of Law and Educational Practice
Executive Director, Center for Educational Equity
Watch the panel “Making Research That Matters: Building Consensus for Great Ideas,” featuring TC faculty Laudan Jahromi, Kimberly Noble, Douglas Ready, Robert Siegler and Haeny Yoon.
Panel I

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Making Research that Matters: Building Consensus for Great Ideas
Eminent TC scholars discuss how to shape and gain support for game-changing research for the good of society.
Moderator: Laudan Jahromi
Associate Professor of Psychology & Education

Panelists:
Kimberly Noble
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Education

Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy
Director, Consortium for Policy Research in Education-TC

Jacob H. Schiff Foundations Professor of Psychology and Education

Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education
Watch the panel “Practice Makes (Almost) Perfect: Working with Practitioners in the Field,” featuring TC faculty Erica Walker, Thomas Brock, Charles Basch, Christopher Emdin, and Marie Miville.
Panel II

3:45-4:45 p.m.
Practice Makes (Almost) Perfect: Working with practitioners in the field
Partnering with professionals in the public, private, and non-profit sectors creates pathways for better research and brighter outcomes.
Moderator: Erica Walker
Professor of Mathematics and Education
Director, Institute for Urban and Minority Education

Panelists:
Thomas Brock
Director, Community College Research Center

Charles Basch
Richard March Hoe Professor of Health and Education

Christopher Emdin
Associate Professor of Science Education

Marie Miville
Professor of Psychology and Education
Co-Director, TC Institute for Psychological Science and Practice (IPSP)