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July 2013
7/10:	Cage-Busting Leadership ► Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Kentucky Association of School Administrators Lexington, KY
June 2013
6/27:	Busting Out of the Cage; Leaders Win ► Thursday, June 27, 2013 Education Commission of the States St. Louis, MO
6/26:	Cage-Busting Leadership ► Wednesday, June 26, 2013 American Association of School Adminstrators Savannah, GA
6/14:	School Leaders and the Scholar Practitioners ► Friday, June 14, 2013 Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate Washington, DC
May 2013
5/21:	Superintendent's Book Club ► Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Montgomery County Public Schools Montgomery, Maryland
April 2013
4/18:	Frederick M. Hess' "Cage-Busting Leadership" - a Gutman Library Distinguished Author Event ► Thursday, April 18, 2013 Harvard Graduate School of Education Cambridge, MA
4/17:	Cage-Busting Leadership ► Wednesday, April 17, 2013 TeachPlus, The Rennie Center, Education Pioneers, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education Boston, MA
4/10:	Annual Luncheon ► Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Public Education and Business Coalition Denver, CO
March 2013
3/13:	Cage-Busting Leadership Keynote Session ► Wednesday, March 13, 2013 North American Education Negotiators San Antonio, TX
3/5:	Cage-Busting Leadership Book Reading ► Tuesday, March 5, 2013 SXSWedu Austin, TX
February 2013
2/22:	Cage-Busting Leadership in Education ► Friday, February 22, 2013 Stand for Children Baton Rouge, LA
2/21:	New Orleans Public Education: Cage-Busting Our Way Toward Better Results for Kids ► Thursday, February 21, 2013 New Schools for New Orleans, 4.0 SCHOOLS New Orleans, LA
	"Cage-Busting Leadership" in a Performance-Based School Culture: A Conversation with Rick Hess ► Thursday, February 21, 2013 Kickboard Webinar
2/19:	Cage-Busting Teacher Leadership ► Tuesday, February 19, 2013 National Network of State Teachers of the Year Webinar
2/12:	Cage-Busting Leadership in K–12 Education ► Tuesday, February 12, 2013 American Enterprise Institute Washington, DC
2/7:	Cage-Busting Leadership Seminar ► Thursday, February 7, 2013 Center for Education Policy Analysis Stanford, CA
January 2013
1/31:	Cage-Busting Leadership Workshop ► Thursday, January 31, 2013 Center for Reinventing Public Education Nashville, TN
	Unleashing leadership talent in portfolio districts ► Thursday, January 31, 2013 Center for Reinventing Public Education Nashville, TN
1/15:	Why fixing education policy isn't enough: The "culture of can't" in K–12 ► Tuesday, January 15, 2013 American Enterprise Institute Washington, DC
	#cagebusting Please check back for upcoming events in a city near you! *For more information or to schedule Rick in your town, please contact Lauren Aronson at Lauren.Aronson@aei.org or 202.862.5904

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Frederick M.
Hess

An educator, political scientist and author, Frederick M. Hess studies K-12 and higher education issues. His books include "Cage-Busting Leadership," "The Same Thing Over and Over," "Education Unbound," "Common Sense School Reform," "Revolution at the Margins," and "Spinning Wheels." He is also the author of the popular Education Week blog, "Rick Hess Straight Up." Hess's work has appeared in scholarly and popular outlets such as Teachers College Record, Harvard Education Review, Social Science Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review, American Politics Quarterly, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Phi Delta Kappan, Educational Leadership, U.S. News & World Report, National Affairs, the Washington Post, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic and National Review. He has edited widely cited volumes on education philanthropy, school costs and productivity, the impact of education research, and No Child Left Behind. Hess serves as executive editor of Education Next, as lead faculty member for the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program, and on the review boards for the Broad Prize in Urban Education and the Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools. He also serves on the boards of directors of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 4.0 SCHOOLS and the American Board for the Certification of Teaching Excellence. A former high school social studies teacher, he has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Rice University and Harvard University. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Government, as well as an M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum, from Harvard University.

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Monday, July 29, 2013 | 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Squaring the circle: General Raymond T. Odierno on American military strategy in a time of declining resources

AEI’s Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies will host General Raymond Odierno, chief of staff of the US Army, for the second installment of a series of four events with each member of the Joint Chiefs.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and 21st Century Trade Agreements

Please join AEI for a briefing on the TPP and the current trade agenda from 12:00 – 1:15 on Tuesday, July 30th in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Thursday, August 01, 2013 | 8:10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

International conference on collateral risk: Moderating housing cycles and their systemic impact

Experts from the US, Europe, Canada, and Asia will address efforts to moderate housing cycles using countercyclical lending policies.

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