{"id":1400,"date":"2018-05-22T18:17:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T18:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehd.uchicago.edu\/?page_id=1400"},"modified":"2019-06-27T19:16:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T19:16:58","slug":"1400-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehd.uchicago.edu\/?page_id=1400","title":{"rendered":"Genes, Schools, and Interventions That Address Educational Inequality:  Can the Science of Treatment-Effect Heterogeneity Unite Diverse Perspectives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This conference will bring together experts in genetics, economics, sociology, psychology, and education, in order to advance an integration of research on the genetics of cognitive and non-cognitive skills, structural determinants of educational inequality, and the effects of large-scale educational interventions. Critical questions at the interface of these rapidly-developing fields include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What, if anything, do results from genetic research and sociological research imply about the effectiveness of educational interventions?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can intervention designs be used to test hypotheses about the mechanisms linking genotypes with complex human phenotypes, including gene-by-environment interaction hypotheses?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can intervention designs be used to test hypotheses about who is advantaged or disadvantaged by school structures? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can discoveries about mechanisms of genetic effects be used to identify intervention targets in diverse school settings? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can integrating genetic data (e.g., measured genotypes, genetically-related samples) into intervention studies improve estimates of overall effects and advance understanding of heterogeneity of treatment effects?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of the conference will be to develop a White Paper with methodological recommendations for how intervention research could integrate genetic and sociological data, and how genetic or population-based studies could integrate light-touch experimental interventions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This conference will bring together experts in genetics, economics, sociology, psychology, and education, in order to advance an integration of research on the genetics of cognitive and non-cognitive skills, structural determinants of educational inequality, and the effects of large-scale educational interventions. 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