| Fixing Failing Schools |
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| Is the NCLB Toolkit Working? |
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Thursday, November 30, 2006
9:00 AM
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Thursday, November 30, 2006
5:00 PM
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Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has fundamentally reshaped debates about American schooling by mandating that students in each district school make “adequate yearly progress.” Schools and districts that fail to improve are subjected to a five-year “cascade” of remedies and sanctions. These detailed prescriptions are intended to force low-performing schools and districts to improve and provide new options for their students.
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of NCLB, AEI director of education policy Frederick M. Hess and Thomas B. Fordham Foundation president Chester E. Finn Jr. present the very first comprehensive five-year assessment of the implementation of all NCLB remedy provisions. Until now, NCLB as a whole has attracted extensive analysis and even more opinion, but complete and rigorous examinations of its remedy provisions have been sparse—especially when compared to the attention lavished upon the law’s testing and reporting sections. This assessment was conducted by a wide-ranging group of renowned education scholars and analysts.
Please join us on November 30 as AEI hosts a conference during which original research about NCLB remedies will be presented and discussed.
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8:15 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
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9:00 |
Introduction: |
Frederick M. Hess, AEI |
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Panel I: The Big Picture—National Implementation and Capacity |
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Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools |
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Jeffrey R. Henig, Columbia University Teachers College |
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Paul Manna, College of William and Mary |
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Michael J. Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation |
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Discussant: |
Chester E. Finn Jr., Thomas B. Fordham Foundation |
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10:40 |
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Panel II: The NCLB Remedies in the States |
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Julian Betts, University of California, San Diego |
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Patrick McGuinn, Drew University |
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Alex Medler, Colorado Children’s Campaign |
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John Winn, Florida Commissioner of Education |
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12:05 p.m. |
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12:55 |
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Panel III: The NCLB Remedies in the Districts |
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Stephen K. Clements, University of Kentucky |
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Jay P. Greene, University of Arkansas |
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Jane Hannaway, Urban Institute |
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David Plank, Michigan State University |
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Discussant: |
Stephen Jones, Norfolk (Virginia) Public Schools |
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2:30 |
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2:35 |
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Panel IV: Reconstituting Districts and Schools |
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Bryan C. Hassel, Public Impact |
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Joe Williams, Education Sector |
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Discussants: |
Alan Bersin, California Secretary of Education |
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Morgan Brown, U.S. Department of Education |
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3:50 |
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3:55 |
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Panel V: Lessons Learned |
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Kati Haycock, The Education Trust |
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Diane Ravitch, Brookings Institution |
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Marshall (Mike) Smith, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation |
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5:00 |
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Adjournment and Reception |
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More Information
Rosemary Kendrick
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-7173
Fax: 202-862-5821
E-mail: RKendrick@aei.org
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Media Inquiries
Veronique Rodman
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-4870
E-mail: VRodman@aei.org
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