Informing the Debate: Recent Civil Rights Research and The Reauthorization of the ESEA
Research findings from leading scholars on the civil rights implications of education policies were presented and discussed in terms of the pending reauthorization of the ESEA.
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Feb 05, 2010 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM |
| Where | Dirksen Senate Office Building: Room SD 562, Washington, D.C. |
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Summary
Civil rights advocates and congressional staffers will open the
discussion with participants to explore what lessons can be learning by
legislators from research presented on the following subjects:
- School accountability for improving graduation rates;
- Efforts to improve access to well qualified teachers and diversify the teaching workforce;
- Testing validity issues and their impact on the instruction of English learners;
- The promotion of school choice, charter schools and the need to improve school diversity;
- Concerns about the increasing use of school suspension to improve educational outcomes and environments.
Agenda
9:00-9:15 AM
Welcome and Introductions:
Gary Orfield, University of California at Los Angeles
9:35-10:06 AM
Research and Recommendations
- Diversity: "Federal Education Policy Should Promote Diversity" by Erica Frankenberg, Research and Policy Director, and Gary Orfield, Co-Director, at The Civil Rights Project at UCLA.
- Graduation Rate Crisis: "How the ESEA Could Help End the Graduation Rate Crisis" by Robert Balfánz, Co-Director, Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University.
- Discipline: "The ESEA Can Ensure That Discipline Serves an Educational Mission" by Daniel Losen, Senior Education Law and Policy Associate, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA.
- English Language Learners: "The ESEA Must Do More to Support the Instruction and Assessment of English Learners" by Patricia Gándara, Co-Director, at The Civil Rights Project at UCLA.
- Complete ESEA-related resources compiled by CRP staff.
10:10-10:30 AM
Responses by Civil Rights Advocates
Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Anurima
Bhargava, Director of the Education Practice, NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund
Veronica Rivera, Legislative Staff Attorney for
Education, MALDEF
10:35-10:45 AM
Responses by Legislative Advocates
David J. Johns, Senior Education Advisor, Senate HELP Committee, Sen. Tom Harkin
David Cleary, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Children and Families, Sen. Lamar Alexander
10:45-11:00 PM
Questions & Answers
Download the agenda in PDF format.
