At the 129th GRIPS Forum on October 24, 2016, Dr. Susan M. Dynarski, Professor, University of Michigan gave a lecture titled “Three “Improving Education With Innovation and Evaluation”.

Please click here to see the video of the Forum.

Abstract

There is a dangerous disconnect between academic research and practice in education. To improve education, both researchers and policymakers need to identify the questions that are important for improving policy and practice.

To this end, it is important to apply rigorous research methodologies that yield reliable answers. Equally important is that both researchers and policymakers have to communicate findings in a way that is comprehensible to practitioners and the public who need to act on them.

In this talk Dynarski described successes and failures to connect research to practice in education policy, and described a potential model to improve education research in Japan. 

Speakers’ Profile:

2012-Present  Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy;

                    Professor, School of Education;

                    Professor, Department of Economics, University of

                    Michigan

2008- Present Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research,

                    University of Michigan

2008-2012     Associate Professor, Ford School of Public Policy,

                    School of Education, & Economics, University of

                    Michigan

2007          Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2005-2006  Visiting Fellow, Princeton University

1999-2008  Associate Professor of Public Policy (Assistant Professor until 2004),

                 Harvard University

1987-1993  Union Organizer, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees