Rappaport/Kennedy School program
Feb 20, 2007 14:30
Events by the
Rappaport Institute and the Kennedy School of
Government's Taubman Center for State and Local
Government.
For more information on any of these events, please contact Cara Cappello at 617-495-5140.
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Sprawl - No Longer a Dirty Word?
Monday, March 5, 12:00 noon
Taubman BC, 5th Floor Taubman Building, 15 Eliot St.
Robert Bruegman, Professor of Art History, Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Illinois at Chicago, author, Sprawl: A Compact History
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Tough Choices or Tough Times: Rebuilding American Schools for the 21st Century
Monday, March 19, 5:00 p.m.
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 15 Eliot St.
Thomas Payzant, former superintendent, Boston Public Schools, member of The New Commission on Skills of the American Workforce, and senior lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education Commentary by Thomas Kane, Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Co-sponsored by the Kennedy School?s Program on Education Policy and Governance, the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Graduate School of Education?s Project for Policy Innovation in Education
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Full Disclosure: The Promise and Perils of Transparency
Wednesday, April 11, 12:00 noon
Taubman A, 5th Floor Taubman Building, 15 Eliot St.
Archon Fung, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Co-director, Transparency Policy Project
Mary Graham, Research Fellow, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Co-director, Transparency Policy Project David Weil, Associate Professor of Economics, Boston University, Co-director, Transparency Policy Project
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Government Failure in Urban Transportation and the Case for Privatization
Tuesday, April 24, 12:00 noon
Taubman AB, 5th Floor Taubman Building, 15 Eliot St.
Clifford Winston, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, co-author, "On the social desirability of urban rail transit systems," forthcoming in the Journal of Urban Economics, and "The effect of government highway spending on road users? congestion costs," Journal of Urban Economics, November 2006
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Expanding the Talent Pool: Kevin White and the Encouragement of Public Service
Friday, May 4th, 12:00 noon
Kennedy Room, Charles Hotel Conference Pavilion, One Bennett St.
Panel Discussion featuring:
U.S Representative Barney Frank, former chief of staff for Boston Mayor Kevin H. White
Paul Grogan, president and CEO, The Boston Foundation and former special assistant to Mayor White
Micho Spring, chair, U.S. Corporate Practice, Weber Shandwick Worldwide, and former Deputy Mayor of Boston
Other panelists to be announced
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
RSVP required to Polly O'Brien at 617-495-5091 or
polly@rappaportinstitute.org
For more information on any of these events, please contact Cara Cappello at 617-495-5140.
******
Sprawl - No Longer a Dirty Word?
Monday, March 5, 12:00 noon
Taubman BC, 5th Floor Taubman Building, 15 Eliot St.
Robert Bruegman, Professor of Art History, Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Illinois at Chicago, author, Sprawl: A Compact History
******
Tough Choices or Tough Times: Rebuilding American Schools for the 21st Century
Monday, March 19, 5:00 p.m.
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 15 Eliot St.
Thomas Payzant, former superintendent, Boston Public Schools, member of The New Commission on Skills of the American Workforce, and senior lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education Commentary by Thomas Kane, Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Co-sponsored by the Kennedy School?s Program on Education Policy and Governance, the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Graduate School of Education?s Project for Policy Innovation in Education
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Full Disclosure: The Promise and Perils of Transparency
Wednesday, April 11, 12:00 noon
Taubman A, 5th Floor Taubman Building, 15 Eliot St.
Archon Fung, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Co-director, Transparency Policy Project
Mary Graham, Research Fellow, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Co-director, Transparency Policy Project David Weil, Associate Professor of Economics, Boston University, Co-director, Transparency Policy Project
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Government Failure in Urban Transportation and the Case for Privatization
Tuesday, April 24, 12:00 noon
Taubman AB, 5th Floor Taubman Building, 15 Eliot St.
Clifford Winston, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, co-author, "On the social desirability of urban rail transit systems," forthcoming in the Journal of Urban Economics, and "The effect of government highway spending on road users? congestion costs," Journal of Urban Economics, November 2006
******
Expanding the Talent Pool: Kevin White and the Encouragement of Public Service
Friday, May 4th, 12:00 noon
Kennedy Room, Charles Hotel Conference Pavilion, One Bennett St.
Panel Discussion featuring:
U.S Representative Barney Frank, former chief of staff for Boston Mayor Kevin H. White
Paul Grogan, president and CEO, The Boston Foundation and former special assistant to Mayor White
Micho Spring, chair, U.S. Corporate Practice, Weber Shandwick Worldwide, and former Deputy Mayor of Boston
Other panelists to be announced
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
RSVP required to Polly O'Brien at 617-495-5091 or
polly@rappaportinstitute.org
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