For years, education experts have researched and explored what works and doesn't work in the classroom. And yet, many of our teachers and students still struggle to succeed. What is the leading research on how to improve our children and our teachers' educational experiences? What is inhibiting those practices from making it into the classroom? How can we effectively work together to ensure that education research informs policy and practice at the scale needed to improve outcomes?
Moderator
Lowell Milken
Founder, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET); Chairman and Co-Founder, Milken Family Foundation
Speakers
Stephen Heyneman
Professor Emeritus, International Education Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Vanderbilt University
Candice McQueen
CEO, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET)
Matthew Springer
Robena and Walter E. Hussman, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Education Reform, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Kate Walsh
President, National Council on Teacher Quality
Randi Weingarten
President, American Federation of Teachers