School governance, learning equity, teacher policy, accountability, and public education reform.
Bloomington student research forum
Education Policy and Social Research Forum
A student-led community in Bloomington for people interested in education policy, social research, public ideas, and careful conversation.
Qualitative inquiry, survey thinking, community context, social mobility, and research ethics.
Indonesia, the United States, and broader conversations on education systems and inequality.
Profile
A quiet forum for students who want to think carefully together.
Education Policy and Social Research Forum is a student community and casual academic forum in Bloomington, USA. It exists as a space to learn, read, discuss, and exchange thoughtful feedback among students interested in education policy and social research.
The forum is an unincorporated student forum and is not affiliated with or representative of any institution. It is not a registered nonprofit organisation, corporation, or legal entity, and it does not conduct financial activity. Its main activities are casual academic conversations, reading groups, methods discussions, and sharing working ideas.
Research
Questions we gather around.
These topics are not framed as an official program. They are areas of shared interest that often become material for reading, discussion, and shared reflection.
Education policy and equity
Access, school choice, funding, accountability, and how policy affects unequal learning conditions.
Social research methods
Qualitative fieldwork, survey design, interviews, causal inference, and ethical research practice.
Indonesia and comparative education
Education debates in Indonesia read alongside broader global and local policy conversations.
Public writing and peer feedback
Drafting essays, research notes, policy memos, and presentations for constructive discussion.
Article & Publication
Writing, field notes, and activity photos.
This section will host short essays, reading notes, photo stories, and documentation from forum conversations or student-led academic activities.
Book discussion
Bedah Buku: American Philosophy: The Basics
Wiwit Kurniawan invites readers to consider American intellectual traditions, their relationship to contemporary research, and their relevance to Indonesian contexts.
Read article
Book discussion
Bedah Buku: American Philosophy: The Basics
Photo story
Scenes from a Bloomington reading conversation
Reflection