Event: A Penny Saved: How Schools and Districts Can Tighten Their Belts While Serving Students Better
Date/Time: January 11, 2010 9am-5:30pm
Organization: American Enterprise Institute/Fordham Foundation
Description: AEI resident scholar and director of education policy studies Frederick M. Hess and Thomas B. Fordham Institute vice president Eric Osberg have commissioned ten papers to explore how schools can save money and enhance student achievement by overcoming the particular forces and factors that make effective cost cutting difficult. At this cosponsored event, the authors of the studies will present their findings and discuss them with expert practitioners.
More information/Registration: http://www.aei.org/event/100164
Event: Quality Counts 2010: The New Surge Toward Common Standards
Date/Time: January 19, 2010 2pm
Organization: Education Week
Description: Quality Counts 2010 explores the widening national debate over common academic standards. Join the report’s authors for an in-depth discussion of what they discovered through their research and reporting, as well as the EPE Research Center’s annual updates in four key areas of education policy and performance.
More information/Registration: http://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/webinars/webinars.html?intc=mt
Event: Education Reform: Reviewing the Obama Administration's First Year
Date/Time: January 27, 2010 9-10:30am
Organization: American Enterprise Institute
Description: As the president prepares for his annual State of the Union address, AEI resident scholar and director of education policy studies Frederick M. Hess and fellow panelists will discuss what to make of the administration's current agenda and what to expect in the future. AEI visiting scholar Mark Schneider, who is also vice president at the American Institutes for Research, AEI adjunct scholar Andy Smarick, and Kevin Carey, policy director at Education Sector, will offer their analyses of current and forthcoming education reform efforts. Alice Johnson Cain, education director at the Hope Street Group and a former senior adviser to Chairman George Miller of the House Committee on Education and Labor, will provide a Capitol Hill perspective. Andrew Kelly, research fellow in education policy at AEI, will moderate the discussion.
More information/Registration: http://www.aei.org/event/100187
Event: 2009 Annual Survey: Results on the 10 State Actions
Date/Time: January 29, 2010 2-4 pm
Organization: Data Quality Campaign
Description: The Data Quality Campaign will release its first survey results on state status on implementing the DQC 10 State Actions to Ensure Effective Use of Data. This report will provide greater detail on how states are changing policies and practices to promote linkages across systems, ensure appropriate access to new data and analysis, and strengthen stakeholder capacity to use the information. The event will also include an award ceremony to officially recognize exemplary leaders in their efforts to build and use longitudinal data systems and a corresponding panel to highlight the work of these leading states and districts.
More information/Registration: http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/events/263
