Event: The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform – by Education Next

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The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform
What does the public think about school choice, Common Core, and other key issues?

Friday, September 8, 2017
Hoover Institution in Washington, D.C., The Johnson Center
1399 New York Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005

11:00 AM: Welcome and presentation of poll results

• Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

11:20 PM: Panel discussion

Moderator: Alyson Klein, Education Week
• Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Marc Sternberg, Walton Family Foundation
• Hanna Skandera, former Secretary of Education, New Mexico
• Roberto J. Rodriguez, Teach Plus

12:30 PM: Adjourn, with lunch available

Register to attend the event here.

Join the discussion on Twitter with @EducationNext using the hashtag #ENPoll

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

	Alyson Klein Alyson Klein is a federal policy reporter for Education Week and the co-author of the Politics K-12 blog. She has written about how work in Washington impacts schools for more than a decade. She has appeared on CNN, PBS, NPR, and other outlets to discuss education news.
	@PoliticsK12

	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 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

	Marc Sternberg Marc leads the Walton Family Foundation’s initiatives in education nationally. Previously Marc served as the Senior Deputy Chancellor at the New York City Department of Education, where he directed citywide portfolio planning efforts, including new school development, co-location and school closure, and advised the mayor’s office on education policy and strategy. Marc was the founding principal of the Bronx Lab School, a non-selective high school of choice. He served as a White House Fellow in 2009-10.
	@WFFMarc

	Hanna Skandera Hanna Skandera is a former Secretary of Education of New Mexico. She served in the position from 2010-2017.
	@HannaSkandera

	Roberto J. Rodriguez Roberto J. Rodríguez is President and CEO of Teach Plus. He spearheads the organization’s work to grow and strengthen the teacher leadership movement by developing and advancing teachers as leaders in education policy and practice, and by supporting their contribution to educational innovation and change in classrooms and schools.
	@teachplus