Stay Connected
Subscribe to our Biweekly Digest, event invitations, and more.
Sector Spotlight
Report Release: Reforming Teacher Pensions for a Changing Work Force
New Education Sector report examines teacher pensions and details the problems facing current state pension programs.
Sport or Not? A Question for the Courts
Senior Policy Analyst Elena Silva interviewed by the New York Times on Title IX.
Teachers Unions as Agents of Reform
Brad Jupp, an architect of Denver's landmark performance-based teacher pay system, ProComp, is an outspoken advocate of both labor organizing and quality education for disadvantaged kids. In this interview, Jupp talks about ProComp, his views on teacher unionism, and the future of the teaching profession.
Education Sector Welcomes Three New Board Members
Education Sector's board of directors names three prominent leaders in the fields of education and journalism to the board: David W. Breneman, Richard Lee Colvin, and Peter McWalters.
For-profit colleges: Do they shortchange students?
Policy Director Kevin Carey comments on a recent Senate HELP Committee hearing on for-profit colleges.
Events
The Evolving Federal Role in Education: Past, Present, and Future
March 20, 2008 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)Contact Name: Renee Rybak
- Featured Presenter:
- Andrew J. Rotherham
ABOUT THIS EVENT:
The federal No Child Left Behind Act—the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965—is central to many education policy debates today. But the origin of this groundbreaking law, its structure, and the expansion of the federal role in education since the law's enactment are important to today's debates, yet often overlooked.
This Education Sector event brought together leaders who have shaped ESEA on Capitol Hill to discuss how the federal role in education began, how it's changed, and what this important history means for accountability debates today and in the future.
This event featured:
Christopher T. Cross, education consultant and a former assistant secretary with the U.S. Department of Education
Samuel Halperin, Founder and Senior Fellow, American Youth Policy Forum
Jack Jennings, President and CEO, Center on Education Policy
Kati Haycock, President, Education Trust
Fritz Edelstein, Principal, Public Private Action, (introductions)
Andrew J. Rotherham, Co-director, Education Sector, (as moderator)
WHEN:
Thursday, March 20, 2008, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Root Room, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(closest metro stop is
This event is made possible with a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Download
"The Federal Role In Education" Event Agenda and Panelist Bios (103K)
[download]
Kevin_Carey_Testimony (82K)
[description]
[download]
Andrew_Rotherham_Testimony (84K)
[description]
[download]
Erin_Dillon_OpEd (75K)
[description]
[download]
Reader to read PDF files.
Related Work
- Profiles
- Supplementary Materials
- Related Issue