Excellence in the Classroom: Improving the Quality of Teaching in America’s Schools

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

9:00 am - 11:00 am EDT

The Brookings Institution

Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

As Congress considers reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, policymakers, advocates, and parents are concerned about how to meet the requirement that states provide every student with high-quality teachers. To address these concerns, Brookings and Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School released the latest volume of The Future of Children journal, “Excellence in the Classroom.”

On March 28 a slate of panelists including members of Congress, journal contributors, and other researchers and administrators, discussed options for improving teacher quality including in-service training, mentoring, and the recruitment of new, high-quality teachers.

Agenda

March 28
- Moderator
  
  Jens Ludwig Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity
  
  Ron Haskins Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies
- Overview
  
  Brian A. Jacob Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy; Professor of Economics, and Professor of Education - University of Michigan, Former Brookings Expert
- Panelists
  
  HMC
  
  Hon. Michael Castle U.S. Representative (R-Del.)
  
  CGM
  
  Congressman George Miller D-California
  
  DJ
  
  Deborah Jewell-Sherman Superintendent of Schools, Richmond, VA Public Schools
  
  KW
  
  Kate Walsh President - National Council on Teacher Quality
  
  Randi Weingarten President - American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO @rweingarten
  
  Thomas Kane Professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University