Past McEvoy Lecture Series Information and Resources
2008-2009 Lecture Series
Prioritizing Involvement in Building
Minnesota's Early Childhood System
Heather Weiss, Ph.D., Founder and
Director, Harvard Family Research Project;
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
April 22, 2009
Reducing Racial and Social Class Gaps in
School Readiness: What We Know and What We
Need to Learn
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., National
Center for Children & Families
November 5, 2008
2007-2008 Lecture Series
Connecting Early Childhood to K-12
Charlie Kyte, Executive Director,
Minnesota Association of School
Administrators, moderator for a panel of
state legislators
March 14, 2008
Smarter Reform: Beyond Single Program
Solutions to an Early Care and Education
System
Louise Stoney,
Alliance for Early Childhood Finance
October 15, 2007
Quality in Early Child Care & Education:
It's All About Relationships
Dr. Robert Pianta and Dr. Byron Egeland
September 13, 2007
Minnesota Policies for Closing Early
Gaps
Panel of Minnesota legislators
March 23, 2007
Understanding School Readiness Gaps:
SES, Race, and Ethnicity
Katherine Magnuson, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
February 16, 2007
2005-2006 Lecture Series: Framing the Issues
Focus on Universal Preschool
Libby Doggett, Ph.D., National Director of
Pre-K Now
May 19, 2006
Snapshot of Minnesota's Policies and
Best Practices
Legislative panel from the Minnesota Early
Childhood Caucus
March 3, 2006
Cost Effectiveness in Early Intervention
Arthur Reynolds, Ph.D., Professor of Child
Development, and Judy Temple, Ph.D., Professor of Applied Economics,
University of Minnesota
January 20, 2006
Suffer Not the Little Children: What
Religions Tell Us About Caring for Young
Children
Panel of religious leaders
November 4, 2005
2004-2005 Lecture Series
McEvoy Lecture on Early Childhood and
Public Policy
David Lawrence
March 22, 2005
Early Childhood Policy in Minnesota: The
Future Starts Now
Panel of Minnesota leaders
January 28, 2005