Visiting Lecture: Ariel Kalil, Parenting and the Home Environments of Poor Children

Ariel Kalil, PhD
Professor, Director, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

Thursday, March 21, 2013
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center (formerly Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations)
Room 115

Kalil will describe income- and education-related skill gaps in child development and discuss the role of parenting and home environments in accounting for these gaps. Innovative two-generation strategies to improve parents' teaching and children's learning will also be presented for discussion. 

Co-sponsored by Invest in Children, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management, and the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at CWRU Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.

Click here to view the slides from Kalil's presentation.

Schubert Conversations on Children in Research, Policy, and Practice are monthly seminars featuring cutting-edge research by CWRU faculty, with corresponding commentary by local professionals. These events stimulate an ongoing dialogue about child-related research, policy, and practice among faculty, students, policy experts, advocates, and professionals from Northeast Ohio. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

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