American Public Opinion on K-12 Education Policy: Lessons from a decade of polling – by Education Next

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Sept. 16, 2016, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Hoover Institution in Washington, The Johnson Center
1399 New York Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005
Click here to register to attend

This year Education Next celebrates the tenth anniversary of its annual survey of public opinion on K-12 education policy. This year’s release of the results from the 2016 survey are 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.

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

• Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
• Michael J. Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
• Celine Coggins, Teach Plus

10:45 AM – Panel II: What Are the Options for the Future?

• Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
• Nina Rees, Nathional Alliance for Public Charter Schools
• Shavar Jeffries, Democrats for Education Reform
• Neal McClusky, Cato Institute

This event will be webcast live on this page on September 16, 2016. Follow the event discussion on Twitter with @EducationNext using the hashtag #ENPoll.

For those attending in person, space is limited and registration is required. A continental breakfast will be available beginning at 8:30 AM.

Click here to register to attend the event in DC.

For more on the annual Education Next-PEPG poll, visit educationnext.org/ednext-poll/.

This event is sponsored by Education Next in cooperation with the Hoover Institution, the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance, and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

For inquires about the event, please contact Jackie Kerstetter at jackie.kerstetter@educationnext.org or (814) 440-2299.

Panelists

	Paul E. Peterson Paul Peterson is the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government in the Department of Government at Harvard University. He directs the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance, is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and is senior editor of Education Next, a journal of opinion and research. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education, he is an author or editor of over 30 books, four of which have been identified as the best work in its field by the American Political Science Association.
	@Paul_E_Peterson

	Michael Barone Michael Barone is Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. A political analyst and journalist, he studies politics, American government, and campaigns and elections. The principal coauthor of the annual Almanac of American Politics (National Journal Group), he has written many books on American politics and history. Barone is also a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner.
	@MichaelBarone

	Martin R. West Martin West is associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is also deputy director of Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and editor-in-chief of Education Next, a journal of opinion and research. He received his Ph.D. in Government and Social Policy from Harvard University and his M.Phil in Economic and Social History from Oxford University. In 2013-14, West worked as senior education policy advisor to the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
	@ProfMartyWest

	Michael J. Petrilli Michael Petrilli is an award-winning writer and president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, one of the country’s leading education-policy think tanks. He is the author of The Diverse Schools Dilemma: A Parent’s Guide to Socioeconomically Mixed Public Schools, and co-editor of Knowledge at the Core: Don Hirsch, Core Knowledge, and the Future of the Common Core. Petrilli is also a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and executive editor of Education Next, a journal of opinion and research.
	@MichaelPetrilli

	Celine Coggins Celine Coggins, Chief Executive Officer of Teach Plus, founded the organization in 2009 to create leadership and growth paths for excellent teachers and help stem their attrition from high-needs schools.
	@teachplus

	Nina Rees Nina Rees is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the leading national nonprofit organization committed to advancing the charter school movement.
	@Ninacharters

	Shavar Jeffries Shavar Jeffries is President of Democrats for Education Reform.
	@shavarjeffries

	Neal McCluskey Neal McCluskey is the Director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute.
	@NealMcCluskey