Join us as we welcome Conor Williams, a Fellow at The Century
Foundation, a leading think tank in Washington, DC. Dr. Williams will discuss
inequities in the U.S. education system. Specifically, he will address the
marginalization and displacement of English learners from dual language
immersion programs. He sees that as an illustration of how a number of the
racial, socioeconomic, and other privileges work in urban educational access.
Q&A with Dr. Williams will follow.
About the Presenter
Conor P. Williams is a fellow at The Century Foundation, where he writes about
education, immigration, early education, school choice, and work-life balance
challenges for American families. He is an expert on American educational
inequity, English learner students, dual immersion programs, urban education
reform, and the history of progressivism.
Williams was previously a senior researcher in New America’s Education
Policy Program, a senior researcher in its Early Education Initiative, and the founding
director of its Dual Language Learners National Work Group. He has taught
postsecondary courses at Georgetown University, George Washington University,
and American University. He is a member of the Children’s Equity Project and
the National Conference of State Legislatures’ State Policy and Research for
Early Education (SPREE) Working Group.
