PEPG events are intended to create an open academic environment in which top scholars can present and discuss the best current thinking on education policy and governance. Towards this end, the program has hosted numerous conferences and seminars since its founding in 1996. And in 2003, we initiated the Education Policy Colloquium Series with the expressed purpose of providing the Harvard community with greater access to cutting-edge education research.
Emerging School Models
Broadening the landscape for choice
Now entering its fifth annual convening, the Emerging School Models conference continues to grow as a leading national forum on school choice and educational innovation. Acknowledging proliferating state legislation across the country as well as the new federally-funded tax-credit scholarship program, this year’s theme shall emphasize “Broadening the landscape for choice.”
Event archive
2025: Emerging School Models: Scaling for Success
2025: School Choice: Tradeoffs and Evidence-Based Policy Making
2024: Emerging School Models: Maintaining the Momentum
2024: A Modern Teaching Profession: Compensation, Preparation, Representation, Evaluation
2023: Emerging School Models: Moving from Alternative to Mainstream
2023: Should School Boards Run Schools?
2022: Charting New Terrain: A Conference on Emerging School Models
2021: Post-Pandemic Future of Homeschooling
2021: School Choice in the Post-Pandemic Era