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Training in Policy and Educational Leadership
Monday, February 27 - Wednesday, March 1 ,2017

Monday, February 27
Session l: Educotion policy: Whot it is ond why it motters

8:30 am: Registration

8:30 - 9:0O am: Breakfast available at AEI

9:00 - l0:30 am: Setting the stage: Why policy matters for education leadership
Frederick M. Hess, AEI

lO:30- l0:45 am: Break

lO:45 - 12:00 pm: How to make policy work for you

Frederick M. Hess, AEI

l2:00 - 1:00 pm: Lunch available at AEI

Session 2: How does policywork? How do policymokersthinkobouttheir role?

l:00 - 1:50 pm: Experiences in policymaking: An interactive discussion

Gerard Robinson, AEI
Ryan Streeter, AEI

l:50 - 2:00 pm: Group reflection period at tables

2:OO - 3:10 pm: How to think about policy and engage policymakers: An interactive conversation
Dakarai Aarons, Data Quality Campaign
Catherine Brown, Center forAmerican Progress
Lindsay Fryer, Penn HillGroup
AmyJones, US House of Representatives Committee on Education and the
Workforce

Moderators: Gerard Robinson, AEI

Ryan Streeter, AEI

3:10 - 3:20 pm: Break

3:20-4:00 pm: Reflection and wrap up

Gerard Robinson, AEI
Ryan Streeter, AEI

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4:00 - 5:00 pm: NC Stote University invites Kotherine Compbellto discuss Notive Americon
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Katherine Campbell, Bureau of lndian Education

5:00 pm: Adjourn

Evening octivities

5:00 - 6:00 pm: lnternal meeting for NC State University participants

Kimpton Rouge Hotel, l315l6th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

7:00 pm: Dinner

Sette Osteria, I666 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009

Tuesclay, Fenruary 28
Session 3: How policy gets mode: From the inside ond the outside

8:30 - 9:00am: Breakfast available at AEI

9:00-9:.l5 am: Morning debrief and refresh

Bonnie Fusarelli, NC State University

9:.l5 -'10:.l5 am: Understanding the policy process from the "inside": An interactive conversation
Jason Delisle, AEI
David J. Johns, White House lnitiative on Educational Excellence for African
Americans
Zakiya Smith, Lumina Foundation

Moderator: Elizabeth English, AEI

l0:.l5 - lO:30 am: Break

l0:30 - I l:40 am: Understanding the policy process from the "outside": An interactive conversation
Heather Harding, Billand Melinda Gates Foundation
Michael Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham lnstitute
Marla Ucelli-Kashyap, American Federation of Teachers
Christy Wolfe, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Moderator: Nat Malkus, AEI

II :40 - 12:00 pm: Reflection and wrap up

Jason Delisle, AEI

l2:00 - 1:00 pm: Lunch available at AEI

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 Session 4: ESSA ond whot it meons for schools
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l:00- 1:10 pm: ESSA:An overyiew

Max Eden, Manhattan lnstitute
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- 2:I0 pm: ESSA from a Washington perspective: An interactive conversation
Chad Aldeman, Bellwether Education Partners
Alyson Klein, Educotion Week
Brad Thomas, US House of Representatives Committee on Education and the
Workforce

Moderator: Max Eden, Manhattan lnstitute

2:1O pm:
-2:25 Break

2:25- 3:35 pm: ESSA in states and schoolsystems:An interactive conversation

Kristen Amundson, National Association of State Boards of Education
Chris Minnich, Councilof Chief State SchoolOfficers
Josh Parker, Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School, Washington, DC
Julia Raful-Baer, Chiefs for Change

Moderator: Jenn Hatfield, AEI

3:35 - 4:00 pm: Reflection and wrap up

Max Eden, Manhattan lnstitute
Jenn Hatfield, AEI

4:OO pm: Adjourn

Evening activities

5:00 - 6:00 pm: lnternal meeting for NC State University participants

Kimpton Rouge Hotel, l315l6th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

7:OO pm: Dinner

Beacon Bar& Grill, Beacon Hotel, l615 Rhode lsland Ave NW, Washington, DC
20036

Wednesday, March 1

Session 5: Bringing it olltogethe

8:30 - 9:00 am: Breakfast available at AEI

9:OO - 9:.l5 am: Morning debrief and refresh

Lance Fusarelli, NC State University

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9:.l5 -'lO:.l5 am: Lessons learned working in the world of policy: An interactive conversation
Mashea Ashton, National Association of Charter School Authorizers
Cynthia Brown, Center for American Progress
Chester Finn, Thomas B. Fordham lnstitute

Moderator: Andy Smarick, AEI

l0:15 - lO:30 am: Break

lO:30 - I l:30 am: How to think about policy going forward

Frederick M. Hess, AEI

ll:30 - 12:OO pm: Reflection and wrap up

Lance Fusarelli, NC State University
Frederick M. Hess, AEI

l2:00 - 1 :00 pm: Lunch available at AEI

Adjou rnment after unchI

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