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Education Policy in Transition Public Forum
November 18, 2008
As a briefing on the National Academy of Education’s white papers project, the Education Policy in Transition public forum was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC on November 18, 2008. The purpose of the forum was to allow researchers and policy leaders to engage with advisers to President-elect Barack Obama and Congressional staff in a discussion of some of the most urgent issues in education policy.
[AGENDA]
[Bio sketches of presenters and panelists]
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Introduction and
Panel One:
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[***VIDEOCAST***]
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Academic Achievement
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Reading and literacy
Richard Anderson
Science and mathematics education
Jeremy Kilpatrick and
Helen Quinn
Moderator:
Lorrie Shepard, University of Colorado at Boulder
Panelists:
Denise Forte, House Committee on Education and Labor
Cora Marrett, National Science Foundation
John Winn, National Math and Science Initiative
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[briefing sheet]
[powerpoint presentation]
[briefing sheet]
[powerpoint presentation]
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Panel Two:
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[***VIDEOCAST***]
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Expanding the Resources of Teacher Quality and Time for Learning
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Time for learning
Brian Rowan
Teacher quality
Suzanne Wilson
Moderator:
Robert Floden, Michigan State University
Panelists:
Philip Handy, Former Chair of the Florida Board of Education and Chairman of Senator McCain’s National Policy Council on Education
Marc Lampkin, Strong American Schools
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[briefing sheet]
[powerpoint presentation]
[briefing sheet]
[powerpoint presentation]
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Jon Schnur, New Leaders for New Schools
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Cheryl Smith, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
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Panel Three:
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Standards, Accountability, and Equity in American Education
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Standards, assessments, and accountability
Jane Hannaway
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[briefing sheet]
[powerpoint presentation]
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Equity and excellence in American education
Robert Hauser
Moderator:
Susan Fuhrman, Teachers College, Columbia University
Panelists:
Kerri Briggs, U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
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[briefing sheet]
[powerpoint presentation]
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Andrew Rotherham, Education Sector
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Ross Wiener, The Education Trust
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Keynote Speech:
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Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University, Education Adviser to President-Elect Obama
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[***VIDEOCAST***]
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Jack Jennings (keynote moderator), Center on Education Policy
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