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The Forum on the Future of Public Education

The Forum on the Future of Public Education strives to bring the best empirical evidence to policymakers and the public.

The Forum draws on a network of premier scholars to create, interpret, and disseminate credible information on key questions facing P-20 education. The Forum pursues original research and facilitates collaboration between researchers and policymakers to examine the pressing issues shaping the future of public education. Key constituencies of the Forum include scholars who influence research, policy and practice; policy makers and policy making bodies at all levels; members of the media who influence public opinion; foundations, organizations, business groups and others who support, criticize and advocate for reform; and citizens who make choices about education for themselves and their children.

America is witnessing a drastic redefinition of the policies and practices associated with “public education.” Too often, discussions around the future of public education are strong on passion but short on actual evidence. The Forum for the Future of Public Education is filing that gap by building a resource of objective, research-based insights on key educational issues. We are establishing an open venue- a true public forum to debate controversial and consequential policy issues that will shape American’s future.

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EPOL Faculty Present on Migration, Education at Stockholm University

by Liv Thorstensson Davila (livtd@illinois.edu) / Sep 24, 2018

Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership (EPOL) faculty members Liv Davila and Linda Herrera gave a Sept. 21 seminar at Stockholm University that focused on refugees, displaced populations, and migration in relation to schooling and livelihoods. The scholars' visit was hosted by Stockholm University professors Anna Lund and Nihad Bunar of the Department of Child and Youth Studies. It was funded through an Illinois-Sweden Program for Educational Research Exchange (INSPIRE) grant to support collaborative research among faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Stockholm University, and the Karolinska Tekniska Högskolan.