The States' Impact on Federal Education Policy
New Perspectives on Research and the Historical Record
May 8–9, 2008 • Holiday Inn Capitol • Washington D.C.
Agenda
Note: Each panel session incorporates significant time for small-group discussions
| Thursday, May 8 | ||
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Opening Reception | Discovery II Ballroom |
| Friday, May 9 | ||
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast | Discovery Ballroom |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | Panel Session—Welcome, Opening, and Orientation to the States’ Impact on Federal Education Policy Project
Gordon Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired Christine Ward, assistant commissioner, New York State Archives; chief executive officer, Archives Partnership Trust |
Columbia Ballroom |
| 9:20 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Panel Session and Table Discussions—The Context and Changing Nature of Federalism in Education
Presenter: Lorraine McDonnell, professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara Moderator: Carl Kaestle, professor emeritus, Department of Education, Brown University Discussants: Jeffrey Henig, professor, Department of Political Science and Education Politics, Teachers College, and professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University; and Kathryn McDermott, associate professor, School of Education and Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Columbia Ballroom |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Break | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Panel Session and Table Discussions—The Rise of State Standards, Assessments, and Accountability
Presenter: Marshall Smith, director, Education Program, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Moderator: Lynn Olson, managing editor, Special Projects; executive project editor, Quality Counts and Diplomas Count, Education Week Discussant: Marguerite Clarke, senior education specialist, The World Bank; and Carmen Perez-Hogan, former coordinator for the Office of Bilingual Education, New York State Education Department, retired |
Columbia Ballroom |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch | Discovery Ballroom |
| 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Panel Session and Table Discussions—Improving Educational Opportunity: The Case of Students with Disabilities
Presenter: Tom Hehir, professor of practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education Moderator: Chris Cross, chairman, Cross & Joftus Discussants: Sandra Covington Smith, research associate, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities; and Margaret McLaughlin, professor of special education, University of Maryland, and associate director, Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children |
Columbia Ballroom |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Panel Session and Table Discussions—Future Directions: Implications for Federal Policy
Moderator: Margaret Goertz, professor, Education Policy; co-director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania Panelists: Gordon Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired; Christopher Cross, chairman, Cross & Joftus; and Patricia Sullivan, deputy directory, Educational Issues, American Federation of Teachers |
Columbia Ballroom |
| Closing Session—Looking to the Future
Kathleen Roe, director of operations, New York State Archives |
Columbia Ballroom | |