Presentations

Presentations I’ve given:

• 15 Nov 2021. Child Development in South Africa. Presentation to Parliament.
• 28 Oct 2021. Putting learning at the centre of everything we do. WC Premier’s Skills Council.
• 22 Oct 2021. Falling at the First Hurdle. Keynote address to the ECLD Conference.
• 31 Aug 2021. Education and COVID-19 in South Africa WC Premier’s Coordinating Forum.
• 8 Aug 2021. COVID-19 Learning Losses and Dropout in SA. Presentation to WCED PTM.
• 5 Aug 2021. An Overview of Schooling, Qualifications and Skills in SA 1994-2020. Presentation to Tutuwa
• 29 July 2021. Inspiring Innovation. Presentation to Western Cape Treasury.
• 17 June 2021. COVID-19 and Learning Losses in SA. Independent Philanthropy Association of South Africa (IPASA).
• 8 July 2021. NIDS-CRAM Wave 5 Launch Presentation. Full NIDS-CRAM website here.
• 26 May 2021. Education expenditure and learning losses. Presentation to the After School Forum.
• 21 May 2021. Understanding SA Schooling: Presentation to Acorn Education SGBs.
• 12 May 2021. NIDS-CRAM Wave 4 Launch Presentation. Full NIDS-CRAM website here.
• 15 April 2021. The Race between expectations and realities: NSFAS and Higher Education in SA. Presentation to NWU Business School.
• 16 March 2021. Investing in Education in SA: Presentation to the Allan Gray Philanthropy Initiative.
• 30 Sept 2020. NIDS-CRAM Wave 2 Launch Presentation. Full NIDS-CRAM website here.
• 15 March 2020. Alignment & Coherence: Components of professional development and LTSM alignment to ensure all children learn to read for meaning by age 10. Presentation at the launch of the WCED’s Reading Strategy, Cape Town.
• 17 Feb 2021. NIDS-CRAM Wave 3 Launch Presentation. Full NIDS-CRAM website here.
• 5 Feb 2020. Quality ECD for All Children in SA. Presentation to the ECD Think Tank. Molenvliet. 6 Feb 2020.
• 21 Jan 2020. South African Schooling and Inequality. Presentation to Amsterdam MBA students – UCT.
• 6 Sept 2019. Presentation to WCED Metro South: Getting Reading Right. Sanlam Centre, CT.
• 21 Aug 2019. Presentations to Durban Girls College: Staff (21st Century Skills and Socioemotional Skills), Parents (Is our vision more compelling than our history?)
• 9 July 2019. GTAC Winter School: An Overview of SA Schooling and the Economics of Education. SARB. Pretoria.
• 1 July 2019. SA Schooling and Inequality. Presentation to the UCT GSB Rotterdam EMBA. Cape Town.
• 21 June 2019. RISE Community of Practice: Reading in SA. RISE. Washington DC.
• 24 May 2019 The Nuances of Learning to Read in African Languages. University of Stellenbosch Business School. Video recording here.
• 14 May 2019. Working Twice as Hard for Half as Much. Presentation on gender differences in SA education. Rhodes Education Faculty. Grahamstown.
• 9 May 2019 Strategies for Social Investment: Presentation to the FEMEF Board. Pretoria
• 15 April 2019. Assessing early literacy outcomes in Burkina Faso and Senegal: Combining DHS and PASEC. (Co-authored with Adaiah Lilenstein, chapter here) Presentation at CIES 2019, San Francisco.
• 1 April 2019. Education and a sense of ‘us’. Presentation to Ark EPG. Bandwidth Barn.
• 18 Mar 2019. The National Budget and a Social Economy (panel discussion input) Presentation to the Social Justice M-Plan Economic Dialogue hosted by Profs Thuli Madonsela and Mark Swilling. Artscape, CT
• 9 March 2019. Reading for Meaning. WCED MetroSouth Systemic Awards. Bergvliet Primary
• 7 Mar 2019. Stellenbosch PGCE: Curriculum guest lecture: “How do you know the curriculum made a difference? An overview of evaluation.“
• 24 January 2019. A Sense of ‘Us’. Presentation to Mensa Cape Town. Somerset West.
• 22 Jan 2019. Preparing for the 4th Industrial Revolution. Somerset House.
• 14 Jan 2019. Staff Development at Bishops, CT. 21st C Skills, Socio-emotional skills and Diversity at Bishops.
• 22 November 2018. Presentation to President Cyril Ramaphosa: Back to Basics. Roundtable: “Strategies for long term prosperity: What would it take to place South Africa on a higher-growth trajectory?” Sandton, Johannesburg.
• 28 August 2018. “Back to Basics: Reading for Meaning” Presentation to the WCED’s Curriculum Strengthening Forum (CSF). Literacy Break-away presentation here. Kleinmond.
• 14 Aug 2018. “Investing for Impact” Presentation to the Old Mutual Education Fund. Johannesburg.
• 4 Aug 2018. 21st Century Skills & Expanding our Definition of Success. Presentation to Somerset House.
• 31 July 2018. Learning outcomes in SA Schools: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Stellenbosch Forum Lecture.
• 18 July 2018. The South African Education System. Presentation to Wikimania Cape Town 2018.
• 13 July 2018. Reading for Meaning. Presentation to Oxford University Press Centennial Celebration.
• 29 May 2018. Back to Basics: Foundations for the Future. Presentation to the Serious Social Investing Conference. Johannesburg.
• 28 May 2018. Research methods and evaluation: How do we know if something works? Presentation to the Global Schools Forum, Zurich.
• 28 February 2018. From evidence to policy – in theory and in practice. Presentation to the IEFG Annual Conference in JHB.
• 8 November 2017. Who makes it into PISA? Presentation to the PISA Governing Board. Paris, OECD.
• 17 October 2017. Education and inequality in South Africa. PenTalk. Penryn College. (PowerPoint here video here)
• 25 September 2017. School Leadership in Challenging Contexts: The need for 21st Century Skills. International Confederation of Principals (ICP) 2017. Cape Town.
• 21 September 2017. An Overview of Education and Inequality in South Africa. Guest lecture to the UCT-LSE Atlantic Fellows. Cape Town,
• 21 September 2017. 21st Century Skills and Expanding our Definition of Success. SAHISA Conference. Cape Town.
• 19 September 2017.  WCED Metro South Strategic Planning Presentation. Muizenberg, Cape Town.
• 5-7 September 2017. Investigating the Comprehension Iceberg Developing empirical benchmarks for early grade reading in agglutinating African languages (with Lillie Pretorius & Mpumi Mohohlwane). UKFIET 2017. Program. London, UK.
• 30 August 2017. The Martha Effect: The Compounding Female Advantage in Higher Education in South Africa (with Hendrik van Broekhuizen). Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) 2017. (Also presented PISA paper). Program. Grahamstown
• 22-25 August 2017. Who Makes it Into PISA? Understanding the Impact of Sample Eligibility using Turkey (2003-2012) as a Case Study. European Conference on Education Research (ECER). Program. Copenhagen, Denmark
• 4 August 2017. 21st Century & Socio-Emotional Skills in SA. Presentation to NAPTOSA Gauteng.
• August 2017. Lead the Change Q&A with Nic Spaull. AERA: Educational Change SIG.
• July 2017. Bridging the gap: Reading outcomes in SA and what librarians can do about it. Presentation to the SA Librarian’s Conference (Highbury) – Presentation One and Presentation Two, 4 July 2017.
• March 2017. Getting Early Learning Right. Presentation to the ISASA ECD Conference at Lebone II College. 19 March 2017 (Akanyang presentation)
• March 2017. 21st Century & Socio-emotional skills in Boys Schools in South Africa. Presentation to the International Boys Schools Coalition. 11 March 2017
• March 2017. What do we know about reading outcomes in South Africa? Address to the Reading Association of South Africa (RASA) AGM. 6 March 2017
• February 2017. After School Symposium 2017 – Keynote address. 16 February 2017.
• September 2016. Binding Constraints in Education in SA. Presentation to the Allan Gray Trustees. 24 September 2016.
• September 2016. Binding Constraints in Education in SA (+21st C skills). Presentation to the Allan Gray Circle of Excellence. 24 September 2016.
• May 2016. Getting Reading Right: An overview of the Zenex ‘Laying Firm Foundations’ research project (Full Report and companion report). 24 May 2016
• May 2016. What do we know about reading outcomes in South Africa?. Presentation to Bridge Forum, Johannesburg 18 May 2016
• May 2016. Doing Education Differently: Curriculum and Assessment for the 21st Century. Principals Upfront, Bridge. Johannesburg, 18 May 2016.
• April 2016.”Reading in the Foundation Phase: Current developments and remaining gaps” University of Johannesburg – 28 April.
• April 2016. Assessment: Helping or Hurting the Academic Project? Presentation to Herzlia High School. 20 April 2016.
• March 2016. Alleviating binding constraints to quality education for the poor. Presentation to the Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development (PSPPD). Pretoria, 17-18 March.
• March 2016. (Co-presented with Adaiah Lilenstein). Access to Learning in Six West African Countries: Combining PASEC and DHS Data to Create a Composite Indicator. Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2016 conference, Vancouver, Canada.
• March 2016. Remodelling the Annual National Assessments (ANAs). Presentation to the DBE/Union Task Team. Pretoria.
• September 2015. Exploring relationships between Oral Reading Fluency and comprehension amongst ESL learners in South Africa, Economic Society of South Africa Conference, Cape Town.
• September 2015. Getting Reading Right in the Foundation Phase. Presentation to the VW Foundation, Uitenhage (Speech here)
• September 2015. For-profit schooling in South Africa, an overview for the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) board. Johannesburg.
• August 2015. An overview of South Africa education and children with disabilities that are out of school. SANASE Conference, Johannesburg.
• August 2015. An economist’s view on education. Presentation to the Siyavula Conference in Cape Town. (joint presentation with Gabi Wills)
• August 2015. The role of teachers and principals in system reform in South Africa. NAPTOSA Gauteng AGM, Johannesburg.
• June 2015. Limitations of the Annual National Assessments: What can and can’t we say? Presentation to the CEPD-Umalusi Wits School of Education
• June 2015. Exploring the relationship between oral reading fluency and reading comprehension amongst English second language learners in South Africa. Seminar presentation at UCT School of Education (forthcoming paper with Elizabeth Pretorius).
• May 2015. An overview of South African schooling and our role to improve it. Presentation to the South African Principals Association, Cape Town.
• May 2015. Education and social policy. Guest lecture for Stellenbosch University Hons Development Economics class.
• May 2015. Education and inequality. Guest lecture for Stellenbosch University Hons Economics of Education class.
• May 2015. An Overview and Interrogation of the Annual National Assessments in South Africa. Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office. Cape Town.
• March 2015. An Overview of South African Education. Presentation at the CSSR Conference on Families and the State. UCT, Cape Town.
• March 2015. Measuring access to learning over a period of increased access to schooling: The case of Southern and East Africa since 2000 (updated). Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2015 conference, Washington DC.
• February 2015. Measuring access to learning over a period of increased access to schooling: The case of Southern and East Africa since 2000. Economics Department Seminar, University of the Western Cape.
• February 2015. An overview of SA schooling. Presentation to Principals Forum in KwaZulu-Natal. Durban.
• January 2015. Matric 2015: Understanding the results, interrogating the issues. Presentation at Eduvate’s Ed-Tech seminar (Stellenbosch)
• November 2014. An overview of education in South Africa. Presentation at EduPeg AGM 2014.
• November 2014. Teachers and teacher content knowledge in SA: Finding a way forward. Presentation to UCT Evaluation Seminar.
• October 2014. “Teachers can’t teach what they don’t know: can school management address this?” Presentation to SMT Programme at University of Johannesburg.
• October 2014. “Teacher content knowledge and teacher training: The way forward“. Presentation at the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO).
• September 2014. “Teacher content knowledge and the teacher training: The way forward” Presentation at the Equal Education Roundtable on Teachers. Cape Town.
• September 2014. “Teachers can’t teach what they don’t know: Can school management address this?” Presentation to the SAOU Principals Conference. Port Elizabeth.
• August 2014. Workshop on “Large Scale Quantitative Research on Education” at SAERA Conference 2014. Durban.
• August 2014. “Accountability & Capacity: understanding the disconnect between resources and results” at SAERA Conference 2014. Durban.
• June 2014. Presentation to MBA students at UCT Graduate School of Business: “An overview of the SA Education System“
• May 2014. Presentation at the Moneyweb Ibandla conference: “An Overview of the SA Education System“
• May 2014. Economics of Education lecture: “Education and Inequality“
• April 2014. Development Economics (Hons) lecture: “Education and Social Policy“
• April 2014. Guest lecture at Columbia’s Teacher College: “Accountability and Corruption in Africa: Understanding the disconnect between resources and results“
• March 2014. Presentation to the UCT Equal Education Society: “Is the South African Education System Improving?“
• March 2014. Presentation at the “Michael & Susan Dell Foundation”: “An overview of the South African Education System“
• March 2014. Presentation at SHINE Cape Town. “Literacy & the South African Education System.“
• March 2014. Presentation at NAPTOSA Gauteng. “Accountability & Capacity in the South African Education System“
• February 2014. Presentation at SAEP. “An overview of the South African Education System”
• February 2014. Presentation at the UJ / Kagiso Trust Education Conversation. “Matric 2013 in retrospect: selected findings and discussion“
• December 2013. Presentation at Siyavula (Cape Town) on “An Overview of the South African Education System”
• November 2013. Presentation at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation on “Accountability and Capacity“
• November 2013. Presentation at “Church Consultative Workshop on Education” (Carnegie 3). “An Overview of South Africa’s Schooling System”
• October 2013. Presentation at CDE Workshop. “South Africa’s Education Crisis – Looking at Mathematics”
• September 2013. Presentation at the UJ / Kagiso Trust Education Conversation. “Accountability & Capacity: Understanding the disconnect between resources and results“
• August 2013. Presentation at NAPTOSA Gauteng’s Leadership Conference. “South African Teacher Content Knowledge in Local and International Perspective” (2 Aug 2013)
• August 2013. Presentation at the Economics Department at the University of the Free State. “Effective enrollment: Creating a composite measure of educational access and educational quality” (1 Aug 2013)
• March 2013. Presentation at Equal Education Society @UCT. “Understanding education in South Africa: Inequality, outcomes and resources” (5 March 2013)
• Feb 2013. SALDRU Seminar “An overview of South African schooling – understanding inequality and underperformance” (15 February 2013)
• Nov 2012. Education & The Law Conference at Webber Wentzel – “Teacher content knowledge and teacher absenteeism in SA” (15 Nov 2012)
• Sept 2012. Carnegie 3 presentation at UCT – “Poverty and Privilege: Primary School Inequality in South Africa” (4 Sept 2012)
• Aug 2012. NAPTOSA keynote address in Durban (24 Aug 2012) – “Education Report Card 1996-2011: An Ailing System” – also see my write up here, published on Politicsweb.
• Aug 2012. AEAA presentation in Gaborone (10 Aug 2012) – Primary School Performance in Southern Africa
• July 2012. UNISA (&JET) education presentation (12+13 July 2012) “Primary schooling in South Africa and Southern Africa: Inequality and Inefficiency”
• July 2012. Equal Education presentation (11 July 2012) – Challenges in SA Education.
• April 2012. SA Basic Education conference presentation (4 April 2012) – Primary School Performance in Southern Africa