Reducing Inequality through Education Michal Kurlaender in conversation with David Figlio
In this podcast, David Figlio and Michal Kurlaender discuss how
inequality before a child is even born can compound across a
lifetime, and the difference high-quality schools can make for
low-income children.
In April, 2016, Figlio was a Center for Poverty Research Visiting
Scholar to present the seminar “Culture and the Intergenerational
Transmission of Human Capital.” Figlio is the Orrington Lunt
Professor of Education and Social Policy and of Economics at
Northwestern University and director of the Institute for Policy
Research. He studies a wide range of education and health policy
issues from school accountability and standards to welfare policy
and policy design.
Michal Kurlaender’s work focuses on education policy and
evaluation, particularly practices that address existing
racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequality at various stages of
the educational attainment process.
