Event: 2018 Education Next Annual Survey of American Public Opinion on Education – by Education Next

Friday, September 14, 2018, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Hoover Institution in Washington, The Johnson Center
1399 New York Ave., NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005

RSVP To Attend

On Tuesday, August 21, Education Next will release our 12th annual survey of American public opinion on K-12 education policy. This year’s poll updates EdNext’s trend data to reveal the public’s latest thinking on school choice, teacher policies, school spending, accountability, and more. Questions featured in this year’s poll will explore opinion on other topical policy issues, such as affirmative action, teacher salaries, and race-based school discipline policies.

Coinciding with this special release, EdNext will host an event in Washington, D.C., to discuss the findings on key issues in more depth. Click here to register to join us!

Lunch will be available beginning at 11:45 a.m.

Join us in D.C.

For those who would like to attend in person, space is limited and registration is required.

Watch live

This event will be webcast live on this page. Follow the event discussion on Twitter with @EducationNext using the hashtag #ENpoll.

Sign-up for more information and to receive reminders.

Schedule

11:45 AM: Lunch available

12:00 PM: Welcome
• Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education

12:05 PM: Presentation of poll results
• Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

12:20 PM: Panel discussion
Moderator: Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Derrell Bradford, 50CAN
• Simone L. Hardeman-Jones, Educators for Excellence
• Mary Cathryn Ricker, American Federation of Teachers

1:30 PM: Adjourn

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

	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 the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Education Policy and Governance and executive editor of Education Next, a journal of opinion and research on education policy. West studies the politics of K-12 education in the United States and how education policies affect student learning and non-cognitive development. His current projects include studies of public opinion on education policy, the effects of charter school attendance and on cognitive and non-cognitive skills, data use in schools, and the influence of relative pay on teacher quality. In 2014-15, West worked as senior education policy advisor to the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. He previously taught at Brown University and was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he is now a nonresident senior fellow.
	@ProfMartyWest

	Derrell Bradford Derrell Bradford is the executive vice president of 50CAN, a locally led, nationally supported education advocacy organization. In his national role, Derrell recruits and trains local leaders across the 50CAN network for roles as CAN executive directors, fellows and YouCAN advocates. Derrell previously served as the executive director at Better Education for Kids, where he worked to secure passage of the tenure reform legislation TEACH NJ. He serves on several boards dedicated to putting the needs of students and families first.
	@Dyrnwyn

	Simone Hardeman-Jones Simone L. Hardeman-Jones serves as the National Director of Policy and Partnerships at Educators for Excellence (E4E). In this role, Simone manages the overall policy, partnerships and advocacy agenda for E4E, an organization working to ensure that teachers have a leading voice in the policies that impact their students and profession through its growing movement of more than 30,000 educators. Simone previously served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education. As a lead advisor and advocate for the Obama Administration’s education priorities, Simone provided strategic legislative and policy advice to Education Secretaries Arne Duncan and John King. Prior to being appointed to this role, Simone was appointed to serve as Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Simone also spent several years on Capitol Hill serving as the Senior Education Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) as well as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn). In addition to her time on the Hill, Simone has also spent time on the campaign trail.
	@Ed4Excellence

	Mary Cathryn Ricker Mary Cathryn Ricker is a National Board Certified middle school English teacher elected as executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers in July 2014. Ricker served as president of the Saint Paul (Minn.) Federation of Teachers from 2005 to 2014, as an AFT vice president since 2012, and a member of the AFT K-12 Teachers program and policy council 2006-14. A native of Hibbing, Minn., Ricker has taught in classrooms in St. Cloud and Saint Paul, Minn.; Camas, Wash.; and Seoul, South Korea. Ricker also serves on the boards of NBPTS and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
	@mcricrke