A Discussion with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

Monday, May 11, 2009

9:00 am - 10:30 am EDT

The Brookings Institution

Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

On May 11, the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings hosted Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for a conversation on the billions of dollars of economic stimulus aid being delivered to states and school districts under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. He discussed how the stimulus funds can advance the president’s goals for education reform.

Brown Center Director and Senior Fellow Grover (Russ) Whitehurst provided introductory remarks. A panel discussion on implementing the stimulus package followed, moderated by Whitehurst and featuring Marshall (Mike) Smith, senior advisor to Secretary Duncan; Brookings Senior Fellows Alan Berube and Isabel Sawhill; and Michael Casserly of the Council of the Great City Schools.

Agenda

May 11
- Introduction and Moderator
  
  Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst Former Brookings Expert
- Featured Speaker
  
  Arne Duncan Former Brookings Expert, Former Secretary of Education (2009-2015), Managing Partner - Emerson Collective @arneduncan
- Featured Panelists
  
  Alan Berube Interim Vice President and Director - Brookings Metro @berubea1
  
  MC
  
  Michael Casserly Executive Director, Council of the Great City Schools
  
  Isabel V. Sawhill Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity @isawhill
  
  Marshall (Mike) Smith Marshall (Mike) S. Smith is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and previously served as the Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.