Beyond the Business of Parallel Play: Engineering Change in METS Welcome by Julia Kaufman Introduction by Margaret Smith, Professor in the School of Education and a Senior Scientist at the LRDC Presented by William F. Tate IV, Washington University in St. Louis The lecture will focus on engineering quality academic and social opportunities for urban school students in the face of significant structural barriers including organizational tendencies to treat learning as a discrete set of isolated events. Examples and models will be drawn from mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (METS) research and development. The costs and benefits of success will be highlighted. (Javascript is required to view Mediasite content)