Comparative and International Education Society 2025 (CIES 2025)

March 22–26, 2025

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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The annual CIES conference brings together educators, students, researchers, and policy makers to discuss educational issues, trends, and policies through comparative, intercultural, and international perspectives.

 

Council presentations will explore 1) girls’ participation in the care economy and the impact on educational attainment; 2) lessons learned from utilization of technologies during the COVID pandemic in Kenya; and 3) the impact and complexity of civil society organization interventions in Guatemala that aim to sustain educational recovery efforts from the pandemic.

 

A Council panel on Monday will examine new evidence on how social environments within schools influence both the academic and non-academic development of students, highlighting whether these environments—by reinforcing or challenging societal norms around gender, identity, and inequality—impact learning, educational attainment, and economic outcomes.

 

Council staff are bolded.

Sessions & Speakers

  1. Sunday 03/23

      Formal Panel Session | 9:45–11:00 am CDT | Palmer House, Clark 7

      Session: Adolescents’ learning during COVID-19: Lessons learnt in the utilization of technology during emergencies (Abstract)

       

      Presentation: Learning beyond lockdown: Understanding marginalized adolescents school retention in Kenya post COVID-19 (Abstract)

      Ruth Nanjekho

    • Monday 03/24

        Formal Panel Session | 9:45–11:00 am CDT | Palmer House, 7th Floor, Clark 3

        Session: Catalysts for change or keepers of tradition? How school environments influence gender dynamics and impact education outcomes (Abstract)

         

        Chair: Arindam Nandi

        Presentations:

         

        Does socially constructed identity impact schooling outcomes? A novel analysis in South Africa (Abstract)

        Allegra Cockburn

         

        Gendered school environment and impact on learning in India (Abstract)
        KG Santhaya
        Nicole Haberland

         

        Impact of corporal punishment on learning and the ameliorating effects of the GirlsRead! intervention (Abstract)

        Nachela Chelwa

        Nicole Haberland

        Erica Soler-Hampejsek

         

        Gender in the education system: Civil society and government collaboration in Guatemala (Abstract)

        Elizabeth Vasquez

         

        Chair: Meera Pathmarajah

          Roundtable Session 5 | 9:45–11:00 am CDT | Palmer House, 3rd Floor, Crystal Room

          Session: Teaching methods in comparative and international education: Preparing for the future of CIE  (Abstract)

           

          Presentation: Seven case studies on local civil society’s contributions to educational recovery in Guatemala from the RECARGA initiative (Abstract)

          Angel del Valle

          Aiken Chew

           

        • Wednesday 03/26

            Paper Session | 2:45–4:00 pm CDT | Palmer House, 3rd Floor, Salon 8

            Session: Digital tools supporting youth and gender justice in educational settings (Abstract)

             

            Presentation: Adolescents’ care involvement, school attendance and academic achievement: Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam (2009–2016) (Abstract)

            Maimouna Balde Bah

            Erica Soler-Hampejsek

            George Odwe

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