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The Institute for Policy Research
at Northwestern University
is
pleased to invite you to a policy briefing on
Shaping our Children's
Destinies
How policies in child welfare,
education, and health are
affecting at-risk children
Currently, more than 35 percent of all children in foster care
are African American, one in four American children is obese or
at risk for obesity, and only one in three public elementary schools
have universal pre-K programs. Three experts will explore these
pressing issues for at-risk children presenting new research and
ideas.
Panelists:
Dorothy Roberts,
IPR Faculty Fellow; Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law, Northwestern
University; author of Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare
(Basic Books, 2003) and “Racial Disproportionality in the
U.S. Child Welfare System: Documentation, Research on Causes, and
Promising Practices” (Annie E. Casey, 2002).
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale,
IPR Faculty Fellow; Professor of Human Development and Social Policy,
Northwestern University; co-editor of Human Development Across Lives
and Generations: The Potential for Change (Cambridge, 2004); Chair,
Board of Directors, Foundation for Child Development
Kristin Butcher, Senior Economist, Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago; co-author of “Maternal Employment
and Overweight Children” (Journal of Health Economics, 27,
2003); and “Reading, Writing, and Raisinets: Do School Finances
Contribute to Childhood Obesity?” (Mimeo, 2004)
Moderator:
Therese McGuire,
IPR Faculty Fellow; Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg
School of Management, Northwestern University
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on panelists.
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here for complete video
(4k/1 hour)
Tuesday, November 30, 12:00-1:30 p.m.*
Wieboldt Hall, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
340 E. Superior St., 4th floor, Chicago Campus
*Registration is required either online at www.northwestern.edu/ipr/regform.html
or by completing and faxing the attached form to 847-491-9916.
Lunch will be served. For more information, please contact Ellen
Whittingham
at 847-491-8704 or h-whittingham@northwestern.edu. |
