Education Policy in Transition

Date:	Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Continental Breakfast: 8:00 am – 8:30 am Lunch provided after the formal program
Location:	The National Academy of Sciences 2100 C St. N.W. Washington, D.C.
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A public forum on the National Academy of Education White Papers Project, an initiative to connect policymakers in a new administration and Congress with the best available evidence on selected education policy issues, will be held at the National Academy of Sciences on November 18, 2008, in Washington, DC. 

Please join leading education researchers and policy leaders, including education advisers to President-elect Barack Obama, Congressional staffers for education, and other policymakers in a discussion of the findings and recommendations from the white papers, including topics on:

Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University professor and education adviser to President-elect Barack Obama, will be a featured speaker.

Additional participants in the forum include: Richard Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Kerri Briggs, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education; Michael Feuer, National Research Council; Denise Forte, House Education and Labor Committee; Robert Floden, Michigan State University;
Susan Fuhrman, Teachers College, Columbia University; Philip Handy, Former Chair of the Florida Board of Education and Chairman of Sen. McCain’s National Policy Council on Education; Jane Hannaway, The Urban Institute; Robert Hauser, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jack Jennings, Center on Education Policy; Jeremy Kilpatrick, University of Georgia; Marc Lampkin, Strong American Schools; Tom Luce, National Math and Science Initiative; Cora Marrett, National Science Foundation; Helen Quinn, Stanford University; Lauren Resnick, University of Pittsburgh; Governor Roy Romer, Strong American Schools; Andrew Rotherham, Education Sector; Brian Rowan, University of Michigan; Jon Schnur, New Leaders for New Schools; Lorrie Shepard, University of Colorado at Boulder; Cheryl Smith, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education & Related Agencies; Ross Weiner, Education Trust; and
Suzanne Wilson, Michigan State University.

The forum will take place in the auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences, 21^st and
C Streets, NW (entrance is on C Street).

More Information Judie Ahn National Academy of Education 500 Fifth Street, NW, #333 Washington, DC  20001 Phone: (202) 334-2396 Email: jahn@naeducation.org

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