Events

Using Historic Preservation to Foster Community Development: Lessons and Issues from Historic Boston, Inc.’s New Focus on Boston’s Neighborhoods
Tuesday, February 21 at 5:30 p.m.
Bell Hall, 5th floor, Belfer Building, Corner of John F. Kennedy and Eliot Streets

Presentation by Kathy Kottaridis, Executive Director, Historic Boston, Inc.; former Rappaport Urban Scholar; and Rappaport Institute Advisory Board member

Commentary by Matthew Kiefer, Chair of Historic Boston, Inc’s Board of Directors; partner, Goulston and Storrs; and Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Alexander von Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, Joint Center for Housing Studies and author, House by House, Block by Block: The Rebirth of America’s Urban Neighborhoods

Cosponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and The Joint Center for Housing Studies

Do Borrower Rights Improve Borrower Outcomes?
Evidence from the Foreclosure Process
Tuesday, February 28 at 5:30 p.m.
Allison Dining Room, 5th floor, Taubman Building, 15 Eliot Street

Presentation by Paul Willen, Senior Economist and Policy Advisor, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Commentary by Sheila Dillon, Housing Advisor to Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino

Cosponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Joint Center for Housing Studies

The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers:
Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
Tuesday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m.
Allison Dining Room, 5th floor, Taubman Building, 15 Eliot Street

Presentation by John Friedman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Raj Chetty, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Commentary by Thomas Payzant, Professor of Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education and former Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

Cosponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Program on Education Policy and Governance

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