
At the Yidan Prize Conference Series: The Americas 2019, a diverse array of experts from leading universities, research firms and nonprofit organizations gathered at Northwestern University to explore how research findings may address inequities and improve practice in education. Themed “The Future of Evidence and Innovation in Education,” the two-day conference focused on the future of educational innovation and the role evidence plays in implementing educational ideals.
Morton Schapiro, Northwestern University
Dr Charles Chen Yidan, Founder of the Yidan Prize
Larry V. Hedges, Yidan Prize for Education Research Laureate 2018 Northwestern University
Moderated by Elizabeth Tipton, Northwestern University
Pamela Buckley, University of Colorado Boulder
Emily Tanner-Smith, University of Oregon
Jeffrey Valentine, University of Louisville
Moderated by Jon Baron, Arnold Ventures
John Q. Easton, University of Chicago
David Myers, American Institutes for Research
Ruth Curran Neild, Mathematica Policy Research
Wendy Kopp, Teach for All
Introduction by David Figlio, Northwestern University
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University
Professor Anant Agarwal, Yidan Prize for Education Development Laureate 2018, Founder, edX
Moderated by Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University
Neil Finkelstein, WestEd
Kirabo Jackson, Northwestern University
Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University
Moderated by Nichole Pinkard, Northwestern University
Jim Flanagan, International Society for Technology in Education
Herbert Ginsburg, Columbia University
Krista Marks, Woot Math
Jonathan Holloway, Northwestern University


