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The Hoover Institution hosted the "American Public Opinion on K-12 Education Policy: Lessons From a Decade of Polling" on Friday, September 16, 2016 from 8:30am - 12:00pm EDT. The event video is below.

This year Education Next celebrated the tenth anniversary of its annual survey of public opinion on K-12 education policy. This year’s results from the 2016 survey were discussed in a report that includes analysis of ten-year trends in public opinion on the most important issues in education reform. Coinciding with this special release, EdNext will host an event in Washington, D.C., to discuss the findings on key issues in more depth.

VIDEO

AGENDA
Time FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

8:45 AM

Welcome and Keynote Address
Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Michael Barone, American Enterprise Institute, Washington Examiner 

9:30 AM

Panel I: Accountability and Teacher Policy
Chair: Matt Chingos, Urban Institute
Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Michael J. Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
Celine Coggins, Teach Plus
Mary Cathryn Ricker, American Federation of Teachers

10:45 AM

Panel II: School Choice
Chair: Amber M. Northern, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Nina Rees, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Shavar Jeffries, Democrats for Education Reform
Neal McCluskey, Cato Institute

 

 

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