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Helen F. Ladd CV

Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emerita of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0312
117 Sanford Building, Durham, NC 27708
CV

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Presentations · May 1, 2014 Lecture New Zealand
Invited presentation on school accountability in session on Poverty and Performance, International Perspectives, AERA meetings · April 1, 2014 Lecture San Francisco
Presentation of Chapter 4 on Educational Goods · March 1, 2014 Lecture Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Achievement as an Educational Good · November 1, 2013 Lecture and chair of session on teacher attrition, APPAM fall conference
NC education policy to the Fearrington Village Democratic Club · October 22, 2013 Lecture
UNC Center for the Study of the American South Advance Women · October 15, 2013 Lecture
Leveraging Matched Administrative Datasets to Improve Educational Practice and Lon-Run Life Outcomes: Toward Building a National Interdisciplinary Network · October 10, 2013 Lecture Northwestern
Achievement as an Educational Good, Sanford faculty and graduate seminar · October 1, 2013 Lecture
Topic: Education and Poverty: Confronting the Issues · September 10, 2013 Lecture
From Birth to School: Early Childhood Initiatives in North Carolina · August 24, 2013 Lecture Annual Congress of the Institute for International Public Finance in Taormina, Italy
NC Scholars Speak Out on education policy · March 1, 2013 Lecture held at the Sanford School
Presentation of community college paper and discussant of papers on KIPP session, AEFP annual meetings · March 1, 2013 Lecture New Orleans
Presentation of community college developmental education paper at the annual CALDER conference · February 22, 2013 Lecture
Bridging the Gap: Funding General Government and Public Education in Connecticut (Invitational Policy Seminar, Part 2) · October 4, 2012 Lecture Hartford Connecticut
Keynote address for Conference on “Improving Education through Accountability and Evaluation: Lessons from Around the World,” sponsored by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, INVALSI, and the U · September 10, 2012 Lecture
Presidential Address to the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington D.C. · September 10, 2012 Lecture
Keynote address to the Korean Association for Policy Studies, Seoul, Korea, June 2011. (Translated into Korean for the Association publication.) · September 10, 2012 Lecture
Member of expert faculty, Aspen Institute Seminar for Congressional education staffers · July 1, 2011 Lecture Washington, D.C.
Presentation on problems with using student test scores to measure teacher effectiveness to NC Race to the Top Teacher Effectiveness Work Group · March 9, 2011 Lecture Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Policy Watch. Presentation on Charter Schools · March 9, 2011 Lecture
Moderator of panel sessions, Brookings Genome Project, Brookings Institution · March 9, 2011 Lecture Washington, D.C.
Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence Presidential address, APPAM annual meeting · March 9, 2011 Lecture Washington, D.C.
Presentation on Charter Schools to Duke School Research Partnership with the Durham Public Schools · March 9, 2011 Lecture
Keynote address "Administratvie Data, Research, and Policy Making: Insights from the U.S." Keynote address to the Korean Association for Policy Studies · March 9, 2011 Lecture Seoul, Korea
Presentation of paper (co-authored with Clara Muschkin and Kenneth Dodge) on early childhood programs, Top Institute for Education Research · March 9, 2011 Lecture Amsterdam
Discussant, Benefit Cost Conference, sponored by the Benefit Cost Association · March 9, 2011 Lecture Washington, D.C.
Presentation of jointly authored paper on teacher mobility and teacher pay at the annual CALDER conference · March 9, 2011 Lecture Washington, DC
Seminar presentation on Weighted Student Funding in the Netherlands, Georgetown Public Policy program · March 9, 2011 Lecture Washington, DC
Two presentations to the Civil Rights Research Roundtable on Education and Equitable Access to Effective Teaching, sponsored by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Social Policy and Law · March 9, 2011 Lecture Washington, DC
Discussant for papers on effects of the Great Recession on School District Finances, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy · March 9, 2011 Lecture
Presentation of early childhood paper (co-authored with Clara Muschkin and Kenneth Dodge), APPAM fall meetings · March 9, 2011 Lecture Washington, D.C.
Participated in National Association of Education annual meetings · March 9, 2011 Lecture Washington, D.C.
The State of Things, Discussion of Charter Schools with Frank Stacio · March 9, 2011 Lecture
Presentation at Forum, Costs and Consequences: What's at Stake for Wake sponsored by the Coalition for Great Schools in Wake, Raleigh · October 16, 2010 Lecture
Invited speaker for Education Conference in Bahrain sponsored by the Crown Prince, with 500 delegates fromthe mud East and around the world · October 1, 2010 Lecture
Seminar presentation on school funding in the Netherlands at U.C. Davis sponsored by the economics and education departments · September 1, 2010 Lecture
Wake School Board - Media Session - Presentation on school segregation and the distribution of teachers in North Carolina to the media at an event sponsored by the Coalition for Great Wake County Schools · July 27, 2010 Lecture
Wake School Board - Presentation to the Wake County School Board on school segregation and the distribution of teachers in North Carolina · July 27, 2010 Lecture
SREE - Presentation of paper on Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Policies to Level the Playing Field · July 27, 2010 Invited Talk
University of Amsterdam, TIER Working Group - Seminar presentation of paper on Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Poilcies to Level the Playing Field · July 27, 2010 Lecture Amsterdam, NL
Maastricht - Presentation of paper on Migrant Education in the Netherlands; also chaired a plenary session on Perspectives from the South · July 27, 2010 Lecture
AEFA - Presentation on Using Survey Data to Measure the Quality of School Principals · July 27, 2010 Lecture AEFA Meetings, Richmond Virginia
Sanford Inaugural Event - Presentation on school segregation and the distribution of teachers in North Carolina as part of seminar presentation for a Sanford School inaugural event honoring Terry Sanford · July 27, 2010 Lecture
Discussant on paper by Ludwig and Jacob · February 5, 2009 Lecture Institute for Research on Poverty
Moderator, CALDER value added conference · February 5, 2008 Lecture Washington, D.C.
Presentation on teacher working conditions · February 5, 2008 Lecture APPAM Meetings, Washington, D.C.
Presentation on High School credentials · February 5, 2008 Lecture AEFA Meetings, NYC
Presentation on Teacher Working Conditions · February 5, 2008 Lecture AEFA Meetings, Denver
Discussant, National Academy of Sciences Workshop on value added modeling · February 5, 2008 Lecture Washington, D.C.
Seminar presentation black white test score gap at Davidson · February 5, 2008 Lecture
Panelist at Education 08 Conference · February 5, 2008 Lecture Library of Congress
Presentation of teacher working conditions · February 5, 2008 Lecture Southern Economics Association
Moderator of session, Campaign for Educational Equity · February 5, 2008 Lecture Teachers' College, New York
Presentation on teacher mobility, Shanker Institute · February 5, 2008 Lecture Washington, D.C.
Presentation on teacher credentials · February 5, 2008 Lecture CALDER public meeting
League of Women Voters in Orange County on Accountability · February 5, 2008 Lecture