Poverty & Social Policy Seminar: “Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works”

About the Event

The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University invites you to a Poverty & Social Policy Seminar with Rucker Johnson, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. Professor Johnson will discuss his newly released book, Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works.

About the Speaker

Rucker Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. As a labor economist who specializes in the economics of education, Johnson’s work considers the role of poverty and inequality in affecting life chances.