See below for two upcoming opportunities:
“Education 2012: What the Election Year Will Mean for Education Policy”
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Time: 9:00-11:00am EST*
*This event can be attended in-person for those in the Washington, DC area at the American Enterprise Institute, but it will also be livestreamed for those who wish to participate remotely.
Event Description (from AEI):
Participants:
PETER CUNNINGHAM, U.S. Department of Education
FREDERICK M. HESS, AEI
ALYSON KLEIN, Education Week
CELIA SIMS, Office of SenatorRichard Burr (R-NC)
JOE WILLIAMS, Democrats for Education Reform
DAVID WINSTON, The Winston Group
The 2012 election cycle is off and running, with big implications for America’s schools. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) awaits reauthorization. The Obama administration is implementing new regulations targeted at for-profit colleges. Standoffs between the GOP-controlled House and the Obama administration have yielded budget brinksmanship, while domestic spending has been squeezed by massive deficits. President Obama, following in the footsteps of the Bush administration, has aggressively championed federal education initiatives like Race to the Top and the Investing in Innovation fund. Meanwhile, the Republican primaries have been marked by candidates’ rejection of an active federal role in education, as several have pledged to “turn out the lights” at the U.S. Department of Education.
What do the 2012 elections hold for education? What will happen this year when it comes to ESEA, for-profit education and federal education spending? Join us at AEI for a conversation that will consider these issues against the backdrop of the new book “Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America’s Schools,” edited by AEI’s Frederick M. Hess and Andrew P. Kelly.
To RSVP for this session or watch live online, please visit http://www.aei.org/events/2012/02/01/education-2012-what-the-election-year-will-mean-for-education-policy/
“Chairman Kline Unveils GOP Vision to Fix No Child Left Behind”
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Time: 8:30-9:30am EST*
*This event can be attended in-person for those in the Washington, DC area at the American Enterprise Institute, but it will also be livestreamed for those who wish to participate remotely.
Event Description (from AEI):
Participants:
FREDERICK M. HESS, AEI
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN KLINE (R-Minn.), Chairman, House Education and the Workforce Committee
In recent years, we have seen a lot of hype around the need to reauthorize No Child Left Behind and to tackle its more troubling provisions. Last year, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed a bill that overhauled the law while retaining a substantial federal role. Now the Republican House is planning to introduce the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, which call for a dramatically curtailed federal role while retaining NCLB’s requirements that states annually assess and report on the performance of all students and of various demographic subgroups. Join us to hear U.S. Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, discuss the bills and take questions about them prior to their introduction in the U.S. House.
To RSVP for this session or watch live online, please visit http://www.aei.org/events/2012/02/09/congressman-kline-unveils-gop-vision-to-fix-no-child-left-behind/
