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EVENTS
Leaving No Child Behind?
Options for Kids in Failing Schools
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
- Friday, January 16, 2004
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Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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About This Event
This conference will provide an in-depth look at two key provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act two years after its creation. Increased public school choice-meant to encourage the improvement of traditional public schools and the availability of supplemental services (essentially free tutoring services)-are intended to provide positive education options and support better achievements for children in failing schools. This event will consider new research on what has transpired thus far at the state, local, and school levels and what lessons that experience holds for practitioners, policymakers, and parents. The entire set of revised papers will be included in Leaving No Child Behind: Options for Kids in Failing Schools (forthcoming August 2004) published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Agenda
| Thursday, January 15, 2004 | | 11:45 a.m. | Registration | | 12:15 p.m. | Welcome: | Frederick M. Hess, AEI | | 12:30 | Developments on the Federal Level | | | Presenters: | Richard Lee Colvin, Columbia University | | | | Siobhan Gorman, National Journal | | | Discussants: | Michael Cohen, Achieve | | | | Lisa Graham Keegan, CEO, Education Leaders Council | | | | Nina Rees, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education | | 2:00 | Break | | | 2:15 | The State of State Implementation | | | Presenters: | Jane Hannaway, Urban Institute | | | | Robert Maranto, Villanova University | | | | Alex Medler, University of Colorado | | | | David Plank, Michigan State University | | 4:00 | Discussants: | Mitchell Chester, Ohio assistant superintendent for policy development | | | | Jeff Cohen, Sylvan Education Solutions | | | | Rep. Jane Cunningham, Missouri House of Representatives
Tom Houlihan, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers | | | | John Stevens, Texas Business and Education Coalition | | 5:30 | Reception | | | | | | | Friday, January 16, 2004 | | 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast | | | 8:30 | District-Level Developments | | | Presenters: | Julian Betts, University of California, San Diego | | | | Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools | | | | William Howell, Harvard University | | | | Douglas Reed, Georgetown University | | 10:15 | Discussants: | Keisha Hegamin, Black Alliance for Educational Options | | | John Liechty, associate superintendent for the Los Angeles Unified School District | | | | Gail Littlejohn, president, Dayton Public School Board | | | | Joe Williams, New York Daily News | | 11:45 | Luncheon | | | | Conclusion: | Frederick M. Hess, AEI | | | | Chester E. Finn Jr., Thomas B. Fordham Institute | | 12:45 p.m. | Adjournment |
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