States' Impact on Federal Education Policy Conference Proceedings

New Perspectives on Research and the Historical Record

Proceedings

Pre-Conference Paper

Welcome, Opening, and Orientation

  • Gordon M. Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired (audio 00:03 - 11:50)
  • Kathleen Roe, former director of operations, New York State Archives (audio 11:52 - 19:36)

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Session 1 — The Context and Changing Nature of Federalism in Education

  • Carl Kaestle, Moderator - professor emeritus, Department of Education, Brown University (audio 00:01 – 03:05)
  • Lorraine M. McDonnell, Presenter - professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara “The Changing Nature of Federalism in Education: A Paradox and Some Unanswered Questions” (audio 03:06 – 21:33)
  • Carl Kaestle, Moderator (audio 21:43 – 25:24)
  • Jeffrey Henig, Discussant - professor, Department of Political Science and Education Politics, Teachers College, and professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University (audio 25:26 – 38:38)
  • Kathryn McDermott, Discussant - associate professor, School of Education and Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts Amherst (audio 38:40 – 47:51)
  • Q&A (audio 47:53 – 1:00:31)

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Session 2 — The Rise of State Standards, Assessments, and Accountability

  • Lynn Olson, Moderator - managing editor, Special Projects; executive project editor, Quality Counts and Diplomas Count, Education Week (audio 00:13 - 02:50)
  • Marshall Smith, Presenter - director, Education Program, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • "The Rise of State Standards-Based Reform" (audio 02:57 - 31:36)
  • Carmen Perez-Hogan, Discussant - former coordinator for the Office of Bilingual Education, New York State Education Department, retired (audio 31:45 - 41:45)
  • Marguerite Clarke, Discussant - senior education specialist, The World Bank (audio 41:55 - 53:03)
  • Q&A (audio 54:09 - 1:03:45)

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Session 3 — Improving Educational Opportunity: The Case of Students with Disabilities

  • Chris Cross, Moderator - chairman, Cross & Joftus (audio 00:08 - 03:55)
  • Thomas Hehir, Presenter - professor of practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • "The Impact of States on Federal Special Education Policy" (audio 04:00 - 28:42)
  • Margaret McLaughlin, Discussant - professor of special education, University of Maryland, and associate director, Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children (audio 29:57 - 37:37)
  • Sandra Covington Smith, Discussant - research associate, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (audio 37:47 - 44:53)
  • Q&A (begins in mid-answer by McLaughlin) (audio 45:39 - 1:04:26)

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Session 4 — Future Directions: Implications for Federal Policy

  • Margaret Goertz, Moderator - professor, Education Policy; co-director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania (audio 00:25 - 03:18)
  • Patricia Sullivan, deputy directory, Educational Issues, American Federation of Teachers (audio 03:20 – 13:40)
  • Christopher Cross, chairman, Cross & Joftus (audio 14:00 - 21:36)
  • Gordon M. Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired (audio 2140 – 29:30)
  • Q&A (audio 30:00 - 47:56)

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Closing remarks—Looking to the Future

  • Gordon M. Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired (audio 48:25 - 57:38)
  • Kathleen Roe, director of operations, New York State Archives (audio 57:45 - 1:04:00)

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