BUSH CENTER IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL POLICY LUNCHEON SERIES – FALL 2002 Mason Laboratory, Room 211 Yale University, 9 Hillhouse Avenue (next to St. Mary’s Church), New Haven Web site: www.yale.edu/bushcenter/ 9/13 Edward Zigler Sterling Professor of Psychology and Director, Bush Center, Yale University Moving America to Universal Preschool Education 9/20 Dorothy S. Strickland Samuel DeWitt Proctor Professor in Education, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Early Literacy Education: Problems, Pressures, and Promise 9/27 Janet S. Hansen Vice President and Director of Education Studies, Committee for Economic Development, Washington, DC Universal Preschool: An Idea Whose Time is Coming 10/4 Stanley J. Vitello Professor, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Revitalizing or Revamping the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)? 10/11 Jim Greenman Senior Vice President, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Minneapolis, MN Bright Horizons: The Drive for Quality, Innovation, and Responsibility to the Field and Community in a Public Child Care Company 10/18 Fred Rothbaum Professor, Eliot Pearson Department of Child Development and Nancy Martland Executive Director, Child & Family WebGuide, Tufts University, Medford, MA A Portal for Information About Children: The Child & Family WebGuide 10/25 Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham Metro Staff Writers, The Washington Post, and Winners of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, Washington, DC A Decade of Deadly Mistakes 11/1 Celia Fisher Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology and Director, Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University, Bronx, NY; Bioethicist in Residence 2002-2003, Yale University Ethics for Mental Health Science Involving Ethnic Minority Children and Youth 11/8 Richard J. Gelles Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence, School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Do Not Help Children 11/15 Richard Rothstein Education Columnist, The New York Times, and Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute Bringing Economic, Social and Educational Policy Into Balance 12/6 John Eckenrode Professor, Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Investing in Young Mothers and Their Children: Do Home Visitation Programs Yield Long-Term Benefits? For more information, call the Bush Center: (203) 432-9935 or 432-4581 The social policy luncheon series is free and open to the public. No reservation required. No lunch is served during or after the lecture. In the event of cancellation due to weather or illness, a message will be posted on voice mail at (203)-432-9935. .