Excellence in the Classroom: Improving the Quality of Teaching in America’s Schools
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
Moderator
Jens Ludwig
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, - University of Chicago
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
Hon. Michael Castle
U.S. Representative (R-Del.)
Congressman George Miller
D-California
Deborah Jewell-Sherman
Superintendent of Schools, Richmond, VA Public Schools
Kate Walsh
President - National Council on Teacher Quality
Thomas Kane
Professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
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