“Getting Better at Getting Better,” at the NEA Foundation’s 2015 Cross-Site Convening, featuring:
-Anthony Bryk, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
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Children and Curriculum in Education Reform
Diversity and Assessment Symposium – part 7
Dr. Dennis Sumara (Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary) responds to Dr. Dennis Shirley’s presentation on Diversity and Assessment. He focuses on the relationship between children and curriculum, and the role teachers and the education reform movement plays in this.
The Federal Government’s Role in Education Reform
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/14/Americas_Education_Crisis_Pursuing_Academic_Excellence
Former Colorado Governor Roy Romer proposes another new deal in education to create a federal policy of consumer protection.
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CNN Special Correspondent Frank Sesno moderates a discussion titled, Which Way to Education Excellence?
The panel discussion will bring together thought leaders from all sectors of the education community and focus on what America must do to prepare students for academic excellence in the 21st century.
ED in 08 is a national, nonpartisan campaign that calls on all the presidential candidates to propose plans to ensure that American students will graduate from high school with the skills needed to compete in a global economy. For more information, log onto www.edin08.com – The New Republic
Roy Romer chairs Strong American Schools, a nonpartisan campaign promoting sound education policies for all Americans.
Romer directs the “ED in ’08” campaign, a nonpartisan public awareness and action campaign to raise education to one of the country’s top domestic priorities and challenge the 2008 presidential candidates to begin a dialogue about how they will improve American schools. He was the 39th Governor of Colorado, serving from 1986 to 1998, and from 2001 to 2006 he served as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
John Deasy is the Superintendent of Prince George County’s Schools.
ALL-IN Webinar – School Leaders and the Challenge of Implementing Policy Reform
When it comes to education policy, policy-makers and school leaders are not always on the same page. How do we bridge this gap to reform education? How can education reform really work on the ground? On October 3rd, Dr. Asmaa Al-Fadala hosted a WISE ALL-IN webinar with Beatriz Pont, Senior Education Policy Analyst at the OECD, and Fiona Forbes, Director of NESLI’s Office of International School Leadership, to answer some of these questions.
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Typical educational reform isn’t the answer
John Abbott speaks on the shortcomings and inadequacy of typical educational reform.
Julian Vasquez Heilig – Community Based Education Reform
Julian Vasquez Heilig leads nearly 3,000 students, staff and faculty as the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. He is also a tenured professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. While at UK, the College of Education has achieved its highest ever U.S. News national rankings (top 30 among public colleges of education and top 15 overall in the nation online).
He has held six academic leadership roles in higher education institutions (Big 12 Research I, SEC Research I and in the nation’s largest state system of higher education) and has led in a community-engaged, innovative, equity-minded and transformative approach. See major accomplishments at bit.ly/ProfJVHcv
Dean Vasquez Heilig’s multimodal, interdisciplinary education policy and leadership research is primarily focused on K-12 and higher education policy and leadership that impacts diversity and inclusion. The sum of his scholarship is more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, law reviews, and reports.
He has been honored with more than 30 teaching, research and service recognitions including Harvard’s Education Next top ten K-12 education policy voices in social media, Diversity in Education Magazine’s Multicultural Champion for 2015, and the passage of California Assembly Resolution 1459— which commended his state and national impact in the field of K-12 education. He was selected for the 2021 AASCU Millennium Leadership Initiative Presidential Protégé and 2020 Rutgers University Aspiring Executive Leader programs.
Dean Vasquez Heilig has served on multiple governing boards and conveyed invited testimony and input for local, state and national legislative bodies. He has also served as a volunteer education policy advisor and provided educational policy input for the Obama and Biden presidential and the Newsom gubernatorial campaigns. He has also served on the Executive Committee and as Education Chair for the NAACP state conferences of Kentucky and California.
His research has been cited by the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, USAToday, Education Week, Huffington Post and other print and electronic media outlets. He has also appeared on local and national radio and TV including CBS, PBS, NBC, NPR, Univision, and MSNBC.
Dean Vasquez Heilig received his Ph.D. in Educational Policy Analysis and Administration and a Master’s degree in Sociology from Stanford University. He also earned a Master’s in Higher Education—with a year in the Ford School of Public Policy— and a B.A. in History and Psychology from the University of Michigan.