BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Frank Adamson &\; Björn Åstrand (Jan 26\, Tue\, 12pm-1pm\, P ST) \;AbstractWe will present key ideas from our forthcoming book -&nb sp\;Global Education Reform: How Privatization and Public Investment Influ ence Education Outcomes - \;which offers a comparative analysis of pol icies and outcomes in countries pursuing either market-based\, privatizing or government-based\, public investment approaches to education. The book spans six countries organized into threegeographically proximatepairs: 1) Chile and Cuba\, 2) Sweden and Finland\, and 3) Canada and the United Sta tes. Each pair contains one country trending towards privatization \;w hile the other employs a public investment approach. Authors from each cou ntry (except for Cuba) provide individual case studies. We will synthesize these in framing (introductory) and comparative chapters that reveal the higher levels of equity and outcomes \;occurring in countries using th e public investment approach to education. \;Bio: Frank Adamson curren tly studies the effects of different political and economic approaches to education on student experiences and their performance \;in schools. I n the U.S.\, he researches the impacts of charter schools and portfolio di stricts on students\, teachers\, and communities. Internationally\, Frank compares strategies of privatization and public investment in national edu cation systems. Previously\, \;he has published on the adoption of ass essments of deeper learning and 21st century skills at the state\, nationa l\, and international levels\, as well as on teacher salary differences be tween districts and within metropolitan labor markets in New York and Cali fornia. \;Frank earned his Ph.D. in International Comparative Educatio n from Stanford University and began his career in education as an English teacher.Björn Åstrand is dean for teacher education and educational scien ces at Karlstad University\, Sweden. He pursued a secondary teacher career in \;1980s followed by teaching history at Umeå University in 1990s. He served as dean from 2005 to 2011 for teacher education and educational sciences at Umeå University. He has been vice chair of the Swedish associa tion for deans in teacher education and he has \;chaired the network o n Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE). He has been active in advance ment of teacher education in specific areas as advancing the scientific fo undations for teacher education\, internationalisation\, quality assurance \, and use of ICT. \;In 2007 he was appointed to a governmental expert committee proposing a revised model for Swedish teacher education and in 2015 the government assigned him to an expertise group for the improvement of the Swedish School system. He earned his PhD in history \;from Ume å University in 2000 and was a visiting scholar at Stanford University in 2012. His current research is focused on educational history\, democracy a nd values\, and teacher education.If you are attending in person\, please come to Scarfe 308A\, University of \;British Columbia\, Vancouver cam pus\, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm (Pacific Standard Time) on Tuesday\, Januar y 26\, 2016.If you are joining the webinar\, \;please go to http://blu ejeans.com/ \;and click “Join meeting” as a participant and enter Meet ing ID: 305154344 Please \;join us at 12:20pm so that we can ensure ev eryone’s audio and video work properly. Also\, please (1) mute your microp hone\, (2) turn off your video feed\, and (3) do not share screen. If you would like to ask questions or need technical assistance\, please use  \;the 'CHAT' typing function.*****Please RSVP by filling out the form: htt ps://docs.google.com/forms/d/1O4st1bq9rwo7RMU52bA71RInQll4vV2kTaQUXNsJsZM/ viewform?c=0&\;w=1&\;usp=mail_form_linkFor other assistance\, please send a message to Ee-Seul Yoon: eeseul@gmail.com.For past presentation ab stracts and presenter contact info\, please go to http://mpeducation.weebl y.com/ DTEND:20160126T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260609T144407Z DTSTART:20160126T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Forum on the Future of Public Education Presents: Webinar/Semin ar on the Marketization and Privatization in Education Seminar Series UID:RFCALITEM639165950477402172 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Frank Adamson &\; Björn Åstrand (Jan 26\, Tue\, 12pm-1pm\, PST) \;

Abstract

We wi ll present key ideas from our forthcoming book - \;Global Education Re form: How Privatization and Public Investment Influence Education Outcomes - \;which offers a comparative analysis of policies and outcomes in c ountries pursuing either market-based\, privatizing or government-based\, public investment approaches to education. The book spans six countries or ganized into threegeographically proximatepairs: 1) Chile and Cuba\, 2) Sw eden and Finland\, and 3) Canada and the United States. Each pair contains one country trending towards privatization \;while the other employs a public investment approach. Authors from each country (except for Cuba) provide individual case studies. We will synthesize these in framing (intr oductory) and comparative chapters that reveal the higher levels of equity and outcomes \;occurring in countries using the public investment app roach to education. \;

Bio: Frank Adamson currently studies the effects of diffe rent political and economic approaches to education on student experiences and their performance \;in schools. In the U.S.\, he researches the i mpacts of charter schools and portfolio districts on students\, teachers\, and communities. Internationally\, Frank compares strategies of privatiza tion and public investment in national education systems. Previously\,&nbs p\;he has published on the adoption of assessments of deeper learning and 21st century skills at the state\, national\, and international levels\, a s well as on teacher salary differences between districts and within metro politan labor markets in New York and California. \;Frank earned his P h.D. in International Comparative Education from Stanford University and b egan his career in education as an English teacher.

Björn Åstrand is dean for teacher education and educational sciences at Karlstad Universit y\, Sweden. He pursued a secondary teacher career in \;1980s followed by teaching history at Umeå University in 1990s. He served as dean from 20 05 to 2011 for teacher education and educational sciences at Umeå Universi ty. He has been vice chair of the Swedish association for deans in teacher education and he has \;chaired the network on Teacher Education Polic y in Europe (TEPE). He has been active in advancement of teacher education in specific areas as advancing the scientific foundations for teacher edu cation\, internationalisation\, quality assurance\, and use of ICT. \; In 2007 he was appointed to a governmental expert committee proposing a re vised model for Swedish teacher education and in 2015 the government assig ned him to an expertise group for the improvement of the Swedish School sy stem. He earned his PhD in history \;from Umeå University in 2000 and was a visiting scholar at Stanford University in 2012. His current researc h is focused on educational history\, democracy and values\, and teacher e ducation.

If you are attending in person\, please come to Scarfe 308 A\, University of \;British Columbia\, Vancouver campus\, from 12:30 p m to 1:30 pm (Pacific Standard Time) on Tuesday\, January 26\, 2016.

If you are joining the webinar\, \;please go to http://bluejeans.com/ \;and click “Join meeting” as a p articipant and enter Meeting ID: 305154344

Please \;join us at 12:20pm so that we can ensure everyone’s audio and video work properly. Al so\, please (1) mute your microphone\, (2) turn off your video feed\, and (3) do not share screen. If you would like to ask questions or need techni cal assistance\, please use \;the 'CHAT' typing function.

*****P lease RSVP by filling out the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1O4st1 bq9rwo7RMU52bA71RInQll4vV2kTaQUXNsJsZM/viewform?c=0&\;w=1&\;usp=mail _form_link

For other assistance\, please send a message to Ee-Seul Y oon: eeseul@gmail.com.

For past presentation abstracts and presenter contact info\, please go to http ://mpeducation.weebly.com/

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