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Assessing PARCC and SBAC: Lessons Learned from the Early Returns
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Journalist, This Week In Education / The Grade
Writer (Slate, The Atlantic), blogger (The Grade, This Week In Education), & author (Stray Dogs). Former US Senate education staffer, teacher, researcher.
Teacher, Chicago Public Schools; Teach Plus Teaching Policy Alum
Sherisse A. Lucas has been a teacher with Chicago Public Schools for 12 years. She co-authored the op-ed piece “Don’t Park the PARCC”, which was published in the Catalyst Magazine. In addition she was a guest on Chicago Tonight, speaking on PARCC implementation in CPS. Ms. Lucas...
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Director of Instruction and School Improvement, New Haven Public Schools
Dr. Iline P. Tracey currently serves New Haven Public Schools as Director of Instruction K-12. Her career in education spans 37 years in and outside the United States. She has used her educational expertise to service hundreds of students from elementary to college for the past 29...
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Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Education
Commissioner Ken Wagner began his education career when he was elected to his local school committee at age 18. He has since then worked as a school psychologist, an assistant principal, and a middle-school principal, and in 2009 he joined the New York State Department of Education...
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Commissioner, CT State Department of Education
Dr. Dianna R. Wentzell has been an educator in Connecticut for over 25 years. She was appointed as Commissioner of Education by Governor Dannel P. Malloy in April 2015, after serving as Interim Commissioner since January 2015. Dr. Wentzell began her career in education as a social...
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Friday April 8, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
York
10:45am EDT
Breaking The College Ceiling: Strategies for Getting Students to Top Colleges
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Senior Director, Huron Consulting Group
Rose Martinelli is a senior director at Huron Consulting Group. Prior to joining Huron, Rose spent more than 20 years in higher education, most recently serving as assistant vice president for Enrollment Management at the University of Chicago. Rose also served as associate dean for...
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President + Founder, The Posse Foundation
Deborah Bial is an expert in the field of higher education, college access and leadership development. Bial is the president and founder of The Posse Foundation, a youth leadership development and college access organization that sends teams (Posses) of students from diverse backgrounds...
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Director of College Counseling, Hopkins School
I have been the director of college counseling at Hopkins for 29 years, having worked at other independent schools and public high schools in the tri-state region. I have a master's degree in counseling.
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Yale University
Principal, Achievement First
As the Dean of College and Upper School for Achievement First Brooklyn High School, Sabrina manages a team responsible for the school's college readiness and success programs. During her tenure, the school has seen 100% admission to 4-year colleges, and has implemented a college-match...
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Director, KIPP Through College
Tevera Stith serves as the Director of the KIPP Through College for KIPP DC. In this role, she leads a team of high school, college, and career advisors who ensure KIPP DC students get to and through college. Before coming to KIPP DC she served as Director of College Counseling at...
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Friday April 8, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
George
10:45am EDT
Building Bridges: Parent Advocacy and Empowerment
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Director, Community Organizing & Engagement, Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Richard Gray directs the Community Organizing and Engagement at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, which provides strategic support on education organizing to community organizations and builds alliances between CBOs, unions and research/policy institutes...
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Founder, Connecticut Parents Union
Gwendolyn Samuel is a mom of children that attend Connecticut Public Schools. In February of 2016, she launched Equity Impact Strategies (EIS) Consulting. a place where community building and public policy intersect. In addition, she is an equity in education advocate and facilitator...
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Co- Founder Director Of strategic Partnerships, Parent Revolution 3.0
Shirley is an original member or our first small staff and has the distinction of being one of the Los Angeles Parents Union’s founders along with former staff member Mary Najera and current Parent Revolution board member Karen Robinson. Shirley is a dedicated, outspoken leader...
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Advocacy Director, Alliance for Quality Education
Zakiyah Ansari is the Advocacy Director of the New York State Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), the leading statewide organization that has been fighting for educational equity for the last decade. Zakiyah was one of the few parent advocates appointed to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s...
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NJ Director, NJ Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO)
LaVar serves as the Newark City Director for the Black Alliance for Education Options (BAEO) where he fights for quality educational options for NJ families. Prior to his current role LaVar served as President and CEO of Newark Now. In his capacity as President, LaVar was responsible...
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Friday April 8, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
Wooster
10:45am EDT
Fueling Change: Achieving Improved Outcomes Through Philanthropic Giving
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Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Yale School of Management
Sharon Oster served as Dean of the Yale School of Management from 2008 to 2011. She is a specialist in competitive strategy, microeconomic theory, industrial organization, the economics of regulation and antitrust, and nonprofit strategy. She has written extensively on the regulation...
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Chief Financial Officer, New Haven Public Schools
Victor De La Paz currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer for New Haven Public Schools, a position he has held since 2014, where he oversees the district’s more than $330 million operating budget.Prior to joining New Haven Public Schools, Victor served as Chief Financial...
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author, The Prize, n/a
Dale Russakoff is the author of The Prize--Who's in Charge of America's Schools. She was a reporter for The Washington Post for 28 years, covering politics, education and social policy, and is now a freelance writer. Dale was born and raised in Birmingham, AL and graduated from Harvard...
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K-12 Education Program Director, The Walton Family Foundation
Marc Sternberg is director of the Walton Family Foundation’s K-12 Education Program. Before joining the foundation, Marc served as the senior deputy chancellor at the New York City Department of Education, where he directed the citywide portfolio planning efforts including new school...
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Friday April 8, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
Temple
10:45am EDT
Redesigning Education: Building New Models of School Success
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Principal, SYPartners
Dickie Steele is a Principal at SYPartners, a design firm that brings creativity and optimism to help build great organizations and movements. He is currently working on several corporate transformation programs in the technology sector but also works with philanthropists and non...
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Regional Director of Network Support & Research, Big Picture Learning
Over the past 10 years, Jennifer Ghidiu has worked with the Big Picture network of schools, as a classroom teacher, school leader, coach and director. Currently, Jennifer is supporting school startup in several different states in her region, coordinating research and data collection...
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Vice President for Programs, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Mary Sylvia Harrison brings experience leading initiatives to improve education and college readiness to her role in overseeing the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s programs, New England’s largest foundation dedicated exclusively to education.Prior to joining the Nellie Mae Education...
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Creative Director, SYPartners
Katie Potochney is responsible for leading the creative vision and experience design, while partnering with Strategy to develop narratives and insights. Driven by curiosity and her passion for generative thinking, Katie uses her background in design and advertising to imagine and...
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Chief Innovation Officer, Boston Public Schools
Ross Wilson serves as Managing Partner of Innovation for the Boston Public Schools. He has previously worked as Chief of Staff, Assistant Superintendent for Human Capital, Assistant Principal, kindergarten teacher, literacy specialist, and teacher of students with disabilities. Ross...
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Friday April 8, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
College
10:45am EDT
School Culture and Climate: Using Restorative Justice and Positive Behavioral Interventions to Reform Schools
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Assistant Professor, Yale School of Management
Michael J. Strambler, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and is based at The Consultation Center. One area of Dr. Strambler’s work concerns understanding the role of social environments in the academic, psychological...
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Restorative Practices Specialist, Community Conferencing Center
A Restorative Practices Specialist, Malene supports schools with whole school implementation. Merging social emotional learning with restorative practices, she utilizes a holistic approach to school transformation. A former educator and literacy coach, Malene has worked with students/teachers...
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Professor of Sociology, Skidmore College
David Karp is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Project on Restorative Justice at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. His scholarship focuses on restorative justice in community and campus settings and on prison programs preparing inmates for return to the community...
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Director of Practice, CASEL-Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Karen VanAusdal serves as the Director of Practice with CASEL. In that capacity, she works to support and scale the SEL work in school districts across the country. Prior to that role, she served as the Executive Director for the Office of Social and Emotional Learning for Chicago...
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Restorative Justice Coordinator, Community Schools
David Yusem and Denise Curtis have been RJ practitioners in Oakland for over 15 years. Together, they make up the OUSD central office RJ staff and support the district wide implementation of restorative justice practices.
Friday April 8, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
Chapel
12:00pm EDT
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12:10pm EDT
1:15pm EDT
Achieving Equitable Funding: Fixing Connecticut’s School Finance System
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Director and Founder, CT School Finance Project
Katie Roy founded the Connecticut School Finance Project in 2015 with more than 10 years of experience in law, policy, and organizational leadership. Prior to founding and directing the Connecticut School Finance Project, Katie worked with districts across Connecticut to help them...
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Member, New Britain Board of Education
Merrill Gay has served on the New Britain Board of Education since March of 2014. He is the father of two graduates of New Britain High School and spent many years working to increase the local school budget. His frustration led him to become a plaintiff in the CT Coalition for Justice...
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Chief Financial Officer, New Haven Public Schools
Victor De La Paz currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer for New Haven Public Schools, a position he has held since 2014, where he oversees the district’s more than $330 million operating budget.Prior to joining New Haven Public Schools, Victor served as Chief Financial...
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Executive Director, FaithActs for Education
Jamilah Prince-Stewart is the Founding Executive Director of FaithActs for Education, a grassroots community organizing nonprofit in Bridgeport, CT. FaithActs organizes the faith community to improve education for the city’s children, and is currently 150 members and 32 churches...
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Executive Director, Park City Prep Charter School
Bruce Ravage is the founder and Director of Park City Prep Charter School. As former Director of The Math/Science Institute at Stuyvesant High School, Bruce designed and supervised a city-wide, middle school program to prepare students from under-represented districts for admission...
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Friday April 8, 2016 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
Chapel
1:15pm EDT
Beyond Blended: Unlocking the Potential of Personalized Learning
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Co-Founder, Transcend Education
Aylon is the co-founder of Transcend Education a non-profit dedicated to providing R&D capacity to build, codify, and replicate breakthrough school models . He has been leading the Greenfield School design effort for Achievement First in New Haven and previously served in senior roles...
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Director of Instructional Coaching, New Classrooms Innovation Partners
Nada Ahmed has sixteen years of instruction and leadership experience in high-need urban schools both in the United States and internationally. Nada brings educational training, including a Ph.D. in Education Research and Policy from Kings College, University of London, an M.S. in...
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Founder & CEO, Montessori For All
Sara Cotner has cultivated broad and deep insight into education reform as a Teach For America corps member and national staff member, the founder of an independent consulting firm focused on high-performing charter schools, an adjunct professor, and a teacher in various environments...
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Director, Education, Christensen Institute
Julia Freeland Fisher is the director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute. She leads a team that educates policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation in the K-12 and higher education spheres through its research. Julia has published...
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Academic Program Manager, Summit Public Schools
Joanna's commitment to education began over ten years ago tutoring at a literacy center and then joining Teach For America in New York City. She taught middle school SPED and history in a traditional public school before moving back to her California roots and joining the KIPP network...
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Director of Education Support Altschool, AltSchool
In addition to her experience as an school administrator, therapist, and classroom teacher, Carolyn has founded successful early childhood programs and schools. At Accelerated Schools a school reform project at Stanford University, she worked with teachers and administrators to improve...
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Friday April 8, 2016 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
College
1:15pm EDT
Capturing Additional Impact: Exploring The Impact of Teachers of Color on Their Students
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Consultant, Bellwether Education Partners
Carolyn Chuong is an Consultant at Bellwether Education Partners, a nonprofit dedicated to improving educational outcomes for high-needs students. At Bellwether, Carolyn works on growth strategy and policy analysis projects with clients across the K-12 education sector. She also volunteers...
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New Haven Public Schools Board Member, New Haven Board of Education
Che Dawson is a longtime youth advocate and athletics coach in the city of New Haven. Currently, he is a principal in residence and science teacher at Elm City College Preparatory School and a Board of Education member for New Haven Public Schools. Previously, he worked in operations...
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Chief Diversity Officer/Consultant, Teach For America/McClaurin Solutions
Irma McClaurin, MFA/PhD is chief diversity officer for Teach For America, a nonprofit organization focused on educational equity and excellence. An activist-anthropologist, educator and award-winning writer, passion and a deep commitment to social justice inform her work as she provides...
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Founder & CEO, Fellowship for Race & Equity in Education
Michelle Molitor is the founder and CEO of Fellowship for Race & Equity in Education (FREE), an organization with the mission of creating equitable educational spaces for all students through honest and open dialogue across difference, and collective anti-racist action. This equity...
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas W. Papageorge is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on a range of topics in applied microeconomics including self employment, medical innovation for infectious disease and the role of teacher expectations and...
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Director, Teacher Policy, Center for American Progress
Lisette Partelow is the Director of Teacher Policy at American Progress. Her previous experience includes teaching first grade in Washington, D.C., working as a senior legislative assistant for Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA), and working as a legislative associate at the Alliance for Excellent...
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Friday April 8, 2016 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
York
1:15pm EDT
Defining School Readiness: Creating Lasting Gains in Early Childhood Education
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Partner, Bellwether Education Partners
Sara Mead is a Partner with Bellwether Education Partners, where she leads Bellwether's early childhood work and leads teams providing policy and strategic advising support to foundations, advocacy organizations, and early childhood operators.
Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center
James Comer, MD, MPH is the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. In 1968 he founded the Comer School Development Program, which promotes a school focus on child development. He has received numerous awards, including 48 honorary degrees. In 2014...
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Commissioner, CT Office of Early Childhood
Dr. Myra Jones-Taylor is the Commissioner of the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC). The OEC was established in 2013 to coordinate and improve the various early childhood programs and components in the state to create a cohesive and comprehensive high-quality early childhood...
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Principal, Elm City Montessori School
A veteran educator, Dr. Alissa Levy, taught math, science, and English to secondary students in Los Angeles for the first 12 years of her career. In 2014, she moved to New Haven to help start Elm City Montessori School, as its founding principal. Elm City Montessori School is New...
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VP, Education, Acelero Learning
Since joining Acelero Learning in 2010, Lynsey has supported educational programming and leadership in multiple capacities. In her current role, Lynsey is a member of the Support Center’s national Early Learning, Research, and Training team, which works closely with Acelero Learning’s...
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Friday April 8, 2016 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
George
1:15pm EDT
NCLB Left Behind: The Future of Federal Education Reform
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Associate Partner, Bellwether Education Partners
Chad Aldeman is an associate partner at Bellwether Education Partners and serves as Editor for TeacherPensions.org. Previously, Chad was a policy advisor in the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education, where he worked on ESEA waivers...
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Policy Director, Democrats for Education Reform
Charles Barone is the director of policy at Democrats for Education Reform. Barone’s work on education and children’s issues over the past three decades has spanned direct service, research, policy, and advocacy. A Capitol Hill veteran, Barone was the top education advisor to...
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Policy Analyst, National Council of La Raza
Brenda Calderon is an Education Policy Analyst at the National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. She focuses on K-12 accountability issues and access and success for Latino students in higher education. In this role she works...
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Senior Education Policy Advisor, Senate HELP Committee Majority Staff
Lindsay Fryer is a Senior Education Policy Advisor for Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee. She leads the K-12 and education research teams, and served as principal negotiator for the Chairman on the Every Student Succeeds Act...
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Education Policy Advisor, Senate HELP Committee
Allie Kimmel is an education policy advisor for the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee under Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), where she handles K-12 and early childhood education issues. Previously, she was a legislative assistant for Congressman Jared Polis...
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Director, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute
Neal McCluskey is the director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom and is the author of the book "Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education." McCluskey holds an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, where he...
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Friday April 8, 2016 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
Temple
1:15pm EDT
Success for English Learners: Accelerating the Path to Proficiency
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Associate Director, Educational Issues, American Federation of Teachers
Giselle Lundy-Ponce has been working in the field of PreK-12 education policy, legislation and advocacy for the last twenty-three years. Currently, she leads the American Federation of Teachers’ work on English language learners and Latino student achievement.
Assistant Superintendent of Office of Multilingual Learning, Saint Paul Public Schools
Dr. Efe Agbamu have served as a high school teacher and principal both in an urban and sub-urban setting and currently as the Assistant Superintendent of the office of Multilingual Learning with the St. Paul Public Schools in St. Paul, MN. Dr. Efe Agbamu has received several awards...
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School Development Manager, Internationals Network for Public Schools
As School Development Manager at the Internationals Network for Public Schools, Dariana supports the network in its national expansion initiatives, supporting the opening and development of new schools and academies. Dariana has over 14 years of experience working in public schools...
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Co-Director, Quality Teaching for English Learners, WestEd
Leslie Hamburger is Co-Director of the Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative at WestEd. She works with schools and districts in the development of educator expertise to work with English Language Learners in rigorous and accelerated ways. She assists schools in the development...
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Friday April 8, 2016 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
Wooster
2:30pm EDT
3:00pm EDT
An Unfinished Vision: Examining Desegregation and Diversity in K-12 Schooling
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President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Mike Petrilli is an award-winning writer and president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, one of the country's leading education-policy think tanks. He is the author of The Diverse Schools Dilemma: A Parent's Guide to Socioeconomically Mixed Public Schools, and co-editor of Knowledge...
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Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
Richard D. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, has been called “the intellectual father of the economic integration movement” in K-12 schooling. He is the author of six books, including All Together Now: Creating Middle Class Schools through Public School Choice...
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Deputy Mayor, DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education
Jennie Niles serves as Deputy Mayor for Education in Washington, DC. In this role, she is responsible for developing and implementing the Mayor's vision for academic excellence and creating a high quality education continuum from birth to 24. She is the founder and former leader of...
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Executive Director of School Choice, Hartford Public Schools
Enid M. Rey, Esq. is the Executive Director of the Office of Schools Choice and manages all the marketing, recruitment, and student placement operations for Hartford Public Schools (HPS).Attorney Rey has a passion for leadership roles that increase quality options for academic enrichment...
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Principal- Elementary Division, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School
Jumaane Saunders has had a wealth of experience in the education world. He began his career with TFA teaching high school science in LA and NYC, worked as a Program Manager for the NYC DOE central office and served as a science consultant for many urban school districts. Jumaane is...
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Friday April 8, 2016 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
Temple
3:00pm EDT
Community Colleges and Career Readiness: Getting Students from High School to College and Beyond
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Senior Research Associate, CCRC/NCREST, Teachers College, Columbia University
Dr. Elisabeth Barnett is Senior Research Associate at the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teachers College, Columbia University and also serves as Associate Director of the National Center for Education, Schools and Teaching (NCREST) at Teachers College. Dr. Barnett’s...
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Associate Vice President, JFF
Amy Loyd is associate vice president at JFF and leads the Pathways to Prosperity initiative. In this role, she guides states and regions in developing and scaling effective policies, infrastructure, and practices to build sustainable systems of college and career pathways aligned...
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Workforce Development Coordinator, Gateway Community College
Erika Lynch started working for Gateway Community College in 2006 as the Health Careers Advisor. This position was the result of collaboration between the local Workforce Investment Board (Workforce Alliance) and Gateway Community College. She provided a comprehensive outreach, testing...
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Director of Operations + National Tour Manager, The Future Project
Before joining The Future Project in January 2012, Sarah Tankoos served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala from 2009-2011, where she managed an integrated youth development program for students, teachers, school leaders and parents, and led a community-driven construction project...
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Director for STEM Initiatives and Special Projects, City University of New York
Dr. Theresa Williams has over twenty years of experience in urban, suburban, public and private higher education settings, focusing on the liberal arts, career-oriented education, and research. Her experience as a higher education administrator is grounded in providing access and...
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Friday April 8, 2016 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
Chapel
3:00pm EDT
Enriching Opportunities for All Students: Moving Beyond Core Skills
Moderators 
Education Studio, IDEO
,p>Caryn Voskuil works in the education studio at IDEO in San Francisco. Caryn takes a dual role working with design teams to help them understand how design and innovation will impact clients as well as working directly with clients to think strategically about what challenges and...
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Director of Teaching & Learning, The Center for Arts Education
Jerry James is CAE’s Director of Teaching and Learning overseeing all arts education programming and related research initiatives. Prior to joining CAE, Jerry was a lecturer at the Museum of Modern Art and an international teaching artist at The Lincoln Center Institute. Jerry has...
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Head of School, East Bay Innovation Academy
Devin Krugman joined East Bay Innovation Academy as Head of School following nine years working for the New York City Department of Education, most recently serving as Director of Performance-Based Assessment Design where she led initiatives focused on project-based learning and designed...
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Executive Director, Maker Ed
Trey joined Maker Ed as its Executive Director in October 2014. He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology in 1997. From 1997 to 2014, he was a researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg Germany and founded and sold a genomics research and training company...
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Senior Vice President, Programs and Research, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Kimberly Smith is Senior Vice President of Programs and Research with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship the global leader in youth entrepreneurship education. Prior, she was Vice President of Education at PBS and Discovery Education. She is an Aspen-Pahara fellow, a KIPP-DC...
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Friday April 8, 2016 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
Wooster
3:00pm EDT
No Excuses 2.0? Revisiting the Model as New Challenges Come to Light
Moderators 
Director, FutureEd, Georgetown University
Thomas Toch is the director of FutureEd, an education policy center at Georgetown University.
Principal, KIPP Academy Boston
Nikki Barnes is the Principal of KIPP Academy Boston Middle School in Roxbury, Massachusetts. For twenty five years she has worked in public schools as a teacher, teacher-leader, community activist and parental advocate.
School Manager, Success Academy Charter Schools
As Chief Academic Officer, Michele oversees curriculum development, instructional management, and leader and teacher training across all 34 Success Academy Charter Schools. A founding teacher at our first Success Academy in Harlem, Michele has been a teacher, Leadership Resident...
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Master of Divinity Candidate, Yale Divinity School
Calvon Jones is an alumnus of KIPP: Gaston College Preparatory, class of 2011. He went on to Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was a history and religion major. He graduated from Morehouse College on May 17, 2015 with the highest honors, Summa Cum Laude (suhm-uh kuhm...
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Co-CEO and President, Achievement First
Dacia Toll is the President and co-CEO of Achievement First, a non-profit charter management organization which operates 22 public charter schools in Connecticut and New York. Dacia led the founding team and served for six years as the principal of nationally acclaimed Amistad Academy...
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Friday April 8, 2016 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
College
3:00pm EDT
Success for the Whole Child: Linking Social-Emotional Learning and Mental Health
Moderators 
Managing Director, Parthenon EY
Phil Vaccaro is a Managing Director at Parthenon-EY where he works in the firm's Education Practice. Phil has led numerous K-12 public education projects for school districts on topics ranging from teacher and leader effectiveness, school management and accountability, and district...
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National Director, Stress-Free Schools
Dr. Jamie Grant received his A.B. and doctorate in education from Harvard University. He is a pioneer in the application of and research on meditation in school settings. After 16 years as professor and dean at Maharishi University of Management, he has spent the last ten years working...
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Director of Capacity Building, NYC Department of Education
Renée LeeHim, originally from in Toronto, Canada and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts, started her career as a special education teacher through Teach For America (TFA). Following her TFA commitment, Renée went on to lead teacher recruitment for Democracy Prep Public Schools, and...
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CEO, Center for Supportive Schools
Daniel Oscar is CEO of Center for Supportive Schools, which advances the efforts of schools across the country to develop their students into leaders who help make schools safer, more supportive, engaging, and inspiring. He was one of the founders of Teach For America, and President...
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Senior Research Scientist, Turnaround for Children
Dr. Good is Senior Research Specialist at Turnaround for Children and an associate professor of psychology at CUNY’s Baruch College and The Graduate Center. Her research focuses on factors impacting student achievement, learning, motivation and self-image. Specifically, she studies...
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Associate Research Scientist, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Shauna Tominey, PhD is the Director of Early Childhood Programming and Teacher Education at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Her research focuses on developing and evaluating programs aimed at promoting emotional intelligence for children and adults. Dr. Tominey has been...
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Friday April 8, 2016 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
York
4:30pm EDT
Closing Keynote
Speakers 
National President, Democrats for Education Reform
Shavar Jeffries serves as President of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER). Jeffries began this role in September 2015, and brings a personal commitment to ensuring that a child’s zip code does not define their destiny. From his efforts fighting for fair funding practices to get...
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Friday April 8, 2016 4:30pm - 5:20pm EDT
Ballroom
5:20pm EDT
