2024 Summer Economic Institute for Teachers
Event Details:
Location
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building
366 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305
United States
The 37th annual Stanford Summer Economic Institute for Teachers will take place from July 22 – 26, 2024. This is a week-long program, organized by Professors Ran Abramitzky, John Shoven, and Gavin Wright, and directed at high school and community college economic teachers. The program covers a broad range of economic topics to enhance teacher's curricular goals.
The broad theme this year will be “Economic Challenges for the 21st Century.” In addition to the faculty organizers’ presentations, there will be talks on topics likely to include climate change, personal finance, labor management practices and the changing workplace, and human-centered artificial intelligence. In addition, Jennifer Burns, Stanford Associate Professor of History, will discuss her new book, Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative (an Economist best book of 2023). Another highlight will be a presentation by 2021 Nobel Prizewinner, Guido W. Imbens, Stanford Professor of Economics.
Schedule
Monday, July 22, 2024
- 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
Breakfast
- 9:00am - 9:30am PDT
Institute Overview and Introductions
- 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Should the U.S. Close its Borders to Less Educated Immigrants?
Ran Abramitzky, Stanford Sr. Associate Dean of Social Sciences
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Lunch
- 1:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Small Groups: Discussion of SIEPR Economic Summit Videos Workshop Participants
- 2:40pm - 4:00pm PDT
Milton Friedman and American Economics
Jennifer Burns, Associate Professor Stanford History Department
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
- 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
Breakfast
- 9:00am - 9:30am PDT
Review and Preview
- 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Investment Basics: Bonds and Stocks
John Shoven, Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Lunch
- 1:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Small Groups: Sharing of Teaching Ideas, Resources, and Teaching Strategies Workshop Participants
- 2:40pm - 4:00pm PDT
Natural Experiments in Economics
Guido Imbens, Professor, Stanford Economics & Graduate School of Business
- 5:30pm - 8:30pm PDT
Reception, Dinner & Keynote Speaker - Growth and Development: A Personal Perspective
Peter Blair Henry, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Dean Emeritus, NYU School of Business
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
- 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
Breakfast
- 9:00am - 9:30am PDT
Review and Preview
- 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Voting, Memory, and Economic History
Gavin Wright, William Coe Professor of American Economic History, Emeritus
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Lunch
- 1:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Improving Educational Opportunities for Students
Susanna Loeb, Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education
- 2:40pm - 4:00pm PDT
Is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Dead?
Tina Jones, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, Cadence Design Systems
Thursday, July 25, 2024
- 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
Breakfast
- 9:00am - 9:30am PDT
Review and Preview
- 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
The Importance of Teaching Personal Finance
Annamaria Lusardi, Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Lunch
- 1:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Is Science Broken?
John Etchemendy, Former Stanford Provost & Co-Director Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
- 2:40pm - 4:00pm PDT
Collaborative Lesson Planning Workshop Participants
Friday, July 26, 2024
- 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
Breakfast
- 9:00am - 9:30am PDT
Review and Preview
- 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Politically Feasible Climate Policy
Hunt Allcott, Professor, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Lunch
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