Critical Conversations: Leveling the Playing Field in Education In-Person
Join Dr. Ruth N. Lopez Turley, Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, and Houston Public Library’s Larry Payne for a discussion that explores the challenges and opportunities facing the future of quality education for all.
This is a free, in-person event with limited seating. Registration is required.
- Date:
- Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- 1st Floor Events
- Locations:
- Central Library, Jesse H. Jones Building
- Age Group:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Critical Conversations
Professor López Turley directs the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, which brings together data, research, engagement and action to improve lives. In 2011, she founded the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a research-practice partnership between Rice University and 11 Houston area school districts, representing over 700,000 students. A program of the Kinder Institute, HERC works to improve educational equity by connecting research to policy and practice, working directly with district leaders. She directed HERC from 2011 to 2022, during which she raised over $30M so that school districts would not have to pay for research. She also founded the National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships, which connects and supports over 60 partnerships between research institutions and education agencies throughout the country. She is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard and is originally from Laredo, Texas.