Book Lecture at UC Berkeley: How Local Organizations Shape US Education
UC Berkeley, Berkeley Way West Building | 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA
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The talk explores how organizations outside schools have created an invisible infrastructure not only to affect local school districts but also to shape US education. Using the case of school dropout prediction systems, it provides a behind-the-scenes look at how local organizations in Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City have transformed data and dropping out. More broadly, it shows that changes in a decentralized system happen less through top-down or bottom-up processes, and more through “outside-in” initiatives of networked organizations. A panel discussion will follow the talk.
Author: Jose Eos Trinidad is Assistant Professor of Education Policy at the University of California Berkeley. He is author of the book, Subtle Webs: How Local Organizations Shape US Education (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Panelists: Gloria Lee is a social start-up founder of Educate78 and board of Oakland REACH. Karling Aguilera-Fort is the deputy superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District.
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Cost: FREE*
