James Ryan, dean of the Harvard School of Graduate Education, presents "Five Miles Away, a World Apart: Five Years Later." A leading expert on law and education, Ryan will revisit his Richmond-based book, Five Miles Away, a World Apart, as a means of discussing the current state of education. Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity. His articles and essays address such topics as school desegregation, school finance, school choice, standards and testing, pre-K and the intersection of special education and neuroscience.

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