Ron Ferguson lecture

Toward Excellence with Equity: How Parents and Educators Can Help Raise Achievement and Close Racial Gaps
CRL Learns Guest Lecture – November 4, 2009

Ronald F. Ferguson
Senior Lecturer on Education and Public Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Director and Co-chair, Harvard’s Achievement Gap Initiative
Economist, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Senior Research Associate, Kennedy School’s Wiener Center for Social Policy

Dr. Ferguson’s interests and research cover issues in education policy, youth development programming, community development, economic consequences of skill disparities, and state and local economic development. For several years, his research has focused on racial achievement gaps. His consulting and policy advisory activities target issues of education, employment, youth development, and urban development. He has worked with public school districts on racial and ethnic achievement gaps, provided expert testimony in school finance cases, and participated on National Research Council committees dealing with educational testing, school reforms, and youth development programming.