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Fred Barbash-Moderator: Welcome readers. Our guest today is Russ Whitehurst, who directs the Brown Center for Education at Brookings. Russ is the former director of the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education, is an expert on reading, teacher quality, student assessment, learning and instruction, education technology, and preschool programs.
Welcome Russ.
Let me start with a question about the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. I think we get more comments on that in POLITICO’s Arena than on any other education-related topic. Can you update us on the status of that program?
12:29 Russ Whitehurst: Congress has agreed to continue the program for students who are currently recipients of DC opportunity scholarships. Currently there is no authorization to extend the program to new enrollees. This is still a political issue in Congress and there are ongoing bipartisan efforts to save the program.
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