At a live event, Education Week and The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development joined forces for a look at the 2018 midterm elections and what education issues and controversies are likely to resonate in the fast-approaching 2020 election year, with control of both the White House and Congress in the balance.
This half-day event at George Washington University’s Jack Morton Auditorium in Washington, D.C., featured incisive analysis and one-on-one discussions of how K-12 education helped shape this year’s campaigns and election outcomes, and what’s in store for the next round in this continuing national debate.
Videos from the event are available below.
Event Videos
Agenda
Event Registration and Luncheon
Jack Morton Auditorium Foyer and 2nd Floor Reception Atrium
Welcome and Introductions
Mark W. Bomster was a deputy managing editor overseeing politics, policy, school law, and school finance coverage.
Michael Feuer
Dean,
George Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Scott Montgomery
Former Editor-in-Chief/Chief Content Officer,
Education Week
Scott Montgomery was previously the Editor-in-Chief for Education Week.
Gearing Up for the 2020 Elections
Using a wide, national lens informed by up-to-the-minute data, Maria Voles Ferguson, executive director of the Center on Education Policy at the George Washington University, unpacks what was on voters’ minds in this year’s midterm elections on a range of issues and concerns including education, and what it means for the runup to 2020.
Maria Voles Ferguson
Executive Director,
Center on Education Policy (CEP) at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
State Education Policy Beyond the 2018 Midterms
Stephen Parker, the National Governors Association’s legislative director for the Education & Workforce Committee, sits down with Mark W. Bomster, deputy managing editor at Education Week to talk state education policy and how results from gubernatorial races in the 2018 midterms could impact education policies, including education funding, school safety, and accountability.
Stephen Parker
Legislative Director,
Education & Workforce Committee, National Governors Association
Mark W. Bomster was a deputy managing editor overseeing politics, policy, school law, and school finance coverage.
K-12 on the Campaign Trail
Teachers and other educators ran for office in record numbers this year, aiming to take their activism over pay and funding to the next stage. Education Week reporters Daarel Burnette II and Madeline Will interview educators fresh off the campaign trail about what they heard from voters, how they fought to get their message across, and lessons for those who want to follow in their footsteps.
R. Travis Brenda
Candidate for Kentucky's 71st House District seat and Math Teacher,
Rockcastle County High School, Mt. Vernon, Ky.
Aimy Steele
2018 Candidate for N.C. House District 82 and Former Principal,
Beverly Hills Elementary, Concord, N.C.
John Waldron
Madeline Will is an assistant managing editor for Education Week, leading coverage of school leadership and general education trends.
Daarel Burnette II was an assistant managing editor for Education Week.
Keynote: Equity, Inequality, and the Future of Educational Opportunity
Prominent civil rights activist Wade Henderson joins Mark W. Bomster, deputy managing editor at Education Week, and Michael Feuer, dean of the George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development, for a wide-ranging discussion of how current political and social pressures bear on the quest to assure all students a quality education and a conducive learning environment.
Wade Henderson
Mark W. Bomster was a deputy managing editor overseeing politics, policy, school law, and school finance coverage.
Michael Feuer
Dean,
George Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Networking Break
2nd Floor Reception Atrium
Social Climate, Polarization, and Its Import for 2020
Drawing on an original survey of K-12 educators’ political orientation and views on a range of pivotal issues, Education Week Assistant Editor Alyson Klein paints a portrait of teachers, principals, and others on the front lines of debate. She sits down with a handful of educators about how this affects their interactions in the classroom and their communities at a time of sharp social polarization, and what they think it means for the political contests ahead.
Dennis Barger
Principal,
Vail Academy and High School, Tucson, Ariz.
Jeanne Collins
Superintendent of Schools,
Rutland Northeast S U 36, Brandon, Vt.
Topher Kandik
ELA Teacher,
E.L. Haynes Public Charter School, Washington, D.C.
Alyson Klein is an assistant editor for Education Week.
K-12 Priorities Up for Grabs
Education Week’s federal policy reporters discuss the changes, challenges, and unfinished business in store for Congress and the White House in the aftermath of this year’s midterms and in the narrow window before the 2020 elections.
Mark W. Bomster was a deputy managing editor overseeing politics, policy, school law, and school finance coverage.
Alyson Klein is an assistant editor for Education Week.
Andrew Ujifusa was an assistant editor who covered national education policy and politics.
