Leading education researchers, superintendents, and school financial officers joined Education Week on Jan. 11, 2011, for a daylong discussion of K-12 policy and economics, plus the release of our 15th annual Quality Counts report, an in-depth assessment of the challenges facing the states and how successfully education systems are meeting them.
The presentations and roundtable discussions, produced with support from the American Institutes for Research, investigated the impact of the recession, federal stimulus, and broader economic conditions on the nation’s schools. Our researchers also discussed the findings in the Quality Counts report, announced this year’s state grades and rankings, and sat down with the schools chief of the top-ranked state for a conversation about what works.
Agenda
Opening Remarks
• Gina Burkhardt, Executive Vice President, American Institutes for Research
Quality Counts 2011 Highlights
• Christopher B. Swanson, Vice President, Editorial Projects in Education
• Moderator: Mark W. Bomster, Assistant Managing Editor, Education Week
State Leadership Address
• Moderator: Mark W. Bomster, Assistant Managing Editor, Education Week
District Perspectives—Challenges and Opportunities
• John W. Scanlan II, Deputy Superintendent of Administration, Rochester City School District
• Matthew E. Stanski, Chief Financial Officer, Prince George's County Public Schools
• Moderator: Sean Cavanagh, Assistant Editor, Education Week
Insight—High-Quality Special Education on a Tight Budget
Policy Roundtable—The Education Forecast
• Bethany Little, Chief Education Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
• Gerard Robinson, Secretary of Education, Virginia
• Andrew J. Rotherham, Co-Founder and Partner, Bellwether Education
• Moderator: Alyson Klein, Staff Writer, Education Week