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Professor Dan McAdams will discuss "Who We Are vs. Who We Were" in a post-show lecture at 6 p.m. on March 10 with Randall Colburn, the playwright of Hesperia at Writers Theatre in Glencoe.

In an article called "Facebook Is Using You," the New York Times refers to the term redlining popularized by professor emeritus John McKnight in the 1970s. Today data aggregation results in "weblining," denying people opportunities based on their digital selves, according to Lori Andrews.

Professor Figlio warns New Hampshire not to expect revolutionary changes with school choice, based on his study of the Florida law. "Anybody who was looking for a miracle has to keep looking," he tells the New Hampshire News.

Recent graduate Julie Kornfeld, who is working in Uganda for her Princeton in Africa fellowship, is keeping a blog at http://jujintheug.blogspot.com/. She also continues to volunteer for Kayda, an orphanage that helps street children.

Megha Agrawal (BS10) is director of The Unreasonable Institute as Institute, which supports entrepreneurs who tackle the world’s greatest environmental and social challenges.

SESP students Alexa Herzog, Josh Parish, Becca Portman and Jake Rosner head up the unique Northwestern University Public Interest Program (NUPIP), which places Northwestern graduates in public interest jobs.

Professor Brian Reiser will give a workshop for educators entitled "Implications of the New National Research Council Framework and National Science Standards for Curriculum Materials and Classroom Teaching" on January 27 in Minnesota.

In Fast Company research associate professor Kemi Jona describes how iLabs allow high school students to run remote experiments. "Remote labs can be transformative," he says, noting that students who use the labs show increases in test scores.

Education Week describes assistant professor Kirabo Jackson's study on public schools in Trinidad and Tobago, which found that, while single-sex schools may benefit female students who prefer a single-sex environment, they are not inherently beneficial for boys or most girls.

John McKnight, founder and co-director of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) at SESP, is blogging at http://www.abundantcommunity.com.

Two studies by SESP assistant professor Diane Schanzenbach and her colleagues show that "a good teacher makes a lifetime impact on his or her students," Schanzenbach tells the Daily Northwestern. Early school experiences affect college attendance, salary and interpersonal skills later on, she explains.

The Urban Education Lab, co-directed by SESP associate professor Jon Guryan, will partner with the City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools to study the effects of the extended school day initiative in Chicago.

Northwestern University head coach and SESP graduate Pat Fitzgerald (BS97) was elected to the Board of Trustees of the American Football Coaches Association. Fitzgerald, along with three other college head coaches, was elected by members attending the 2012 AFCA convention in San Antonio, Texas.

In a Chick-fil-A commercial that ran during the recent bowl game, sophomore sophomore Brianna Castle represents the company's scholarship program for team members who excel in the classroom and contribute to their community.

A paper co-authored by Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, who is director of the Center for Talent Development at SESP, won the Gifted Child Quarterly Paper of the Year Award.

As the Hispanic population rises in many districts, postdoctoral researcher Megan Hopkins tells NPR why says schools need Spanish-speaking educators to fill the role of bilingual teachers.

The Atlantic cites professor Fay Cook's study showing that wealthy Americans are far more likely to be active in politics than less-affluent citizens. Editor Derek Thompson uses it as an argument for why Congress might be swayed to keep investment regulations and taxes and low.

With the “First-Ever Adulthood and Aging Video Clip Festival,” students in research associate professor Gina Logan’s Adulthood and Aging class brought to life topics they studied this quarter by sharing brief videos.

A three-year middle school science curriculum series, Investigating and Questioning our World through Science and Technology (IQWST), developed by a team led by SESP professor Brian Reiser and his collaborators, was commercially released for the 2012 school year.

Disadvantaged community environments contribute to extreme obesity and diabetes, according to a new study by associate professor Emma Adam and Thom McDade.