9:00 a.m.

Session I – Rick Hanushek

The funding-achievement crisis: Generalizing from California

10:20 a.m.

Break

10:40 a.m.

Session II – Tom Loveless

Understanding international testing

12:00 NOON

Lunch Disscussion: Paul Peterson and members ot the Koret K–12 Task Force

Topics du jour: The role of the federal government, NCLB, public opinion, school finances...

1:30 p.m.

Session III – Terry Moe and John Chubb

Technology and a potentially different educational future

2:50 p.m.

Break

3:10 p.m.

Session IV – Checker Finn

A cautionary view of universal preschool

 

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 6:30 PM ET
Markus Wolf
Book Talk: "The Troika: The Troika: A Story Of Three Families, Friendship, And The Cold War"
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives is partnering with the International Spy Museum to co-host a hybrid event on "The Troika", Markus Wolf'… International Spy Museum (700 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington DC 20024)
Thursday, September 24, 2026 12:00 PM PT
Yellow Peril Newspaper Excerpt
The Kaiser's Warning: How A 1908 Interview Wrongly Predicted The Transformation Of American Racism
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University and the Japanese Association for Migration Studies will co-host a virtual… Zoom
Friday, October 2, 2026
Democracy Without Shelter: How Mongolia Holds The Line
You are coordially invited to a fireside chat on Democracy Without Shelter: How Mongolia Holds the Line with Elbegdorj Tsakhia and H.R. McMaster on… Hauck Auditorium, David and Joan Traitel Building
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