PARTICIPANTS
Eric Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann, Michael Boskin, John Cochrane, Tom Church, Andrew Filardo, Paul Gregory, John Gunn, Bob Hall, Dan Kessler, Ed Lazear, Hongbin Li, Tom Stephenson, John Taylor, Ramin Toloui, Eric Wakin, Lulu Wang.

ISSUES DISCUSSED
Eric Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at Hoover, and member of the Hoover Education Success Initiative, and Ludger Woessmann, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Hoover and Professor of Economics at the University of Munich, discussed their paper “Closing the SES Achievement Gap: Trends in the U.S. Student Performance.”

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Comparative Civics: Beyond Western Civ
The Alliance for Civics in the Academy hosts "Comparative Civics: Beyond Western Civ" with Dongxian Jiang, Shadi Bartsch, Simon Sihang Luo, and Peter… Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Immigration Conference 2026
Immigration Policy and the Economics of Innovation
This conference will explore the critical intersection of immigration policy and technological innovation in the United States, with a particular…
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Kay Udea leading a discussion during the Second international workshop on Japanese diaspora 2022
Fourth International Workshop on Japanese Diaspora
The call for papers is now open. Submissions are due May 18, 2026. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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