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
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