[YEP-DC] Event Posting: January 30 AEI School Choice Conference

School choice: Encouraging new and better schools

Thursday, January 30, 2014 | 9:00 a.m. – 2:50 p.m.

AEI, Twelfth Floor 
1150 Seventeenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20036 

Private school choice programs have had a limited effect on the American education landscape. While voucher, tuition tax credit, and education savings-account programs have been successful in filling excess capacity in existing private schools, they have not led to widespread scaling of high-quality school models or to the creation of new, high-quality schools. 

Why has this happened? How can the market be structured to better encourage a vibrant supply-side response? 

As a part of National School Choice Week, this conference will offer one of the most in-depth and serious looks at how school choice works and in what capacities. We will convene leading education thinkers and practitioners to discuss a series of new papers and to explore how policy, practice, and research can better facilitate and support vibrant school choice marketplaces.

Join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #EdMarkets.

RSVP: http://www.aei.org/events/2014/01/30/school-choice-encouraging-new-and-better-schools/

If you are unable to attend, we welcome you to attend this event live at http://www.aei.org/events/2014/01/30/school-choice-encouraging-new-and-better-schools/. 

Agenda

8:45 AM 
Registration

9:00 AM 
Opening Remarks:
Michael Q. McShane, AEI

9:10 AM
Panel I: Framing the debate: Lessons from market creation
Presenters:
Matthew Ladner, Foundation for Excellence in Education
Michael Q. McShane, AEI
Andy Smarick, Bellwether Education Partners

Discussant:
Kara Kerwin, Center for Education Reform

Moderator:
Michael Q. McShane, AEI

10:45 AM
Break

11:00 AM
Panel II: Teachers, leaders, and schools
Presenters:
Christian Dallavis, University of Notre Dame
David Fleming, Furman University
Karen Huchting, Loyola Marymount University

Discussant:
Ken Campbell, Black Alliance for Educational Options

Moderator:
Michael Q. McShane, AEI

12:35 PM
Lunch

1:15 PM
Panel III: Program design, capacity, and evaluation
Anna Egalite, University of Arkansas
Patrick Wolf, University of Arkansas

Discussants:
Matthew Chingos, Brookings Institution
Robert Enlow, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice

Moderator:
Michael Q. McShane, AEI

2:50 PM

Adjournment

For more information, please contact Lauren Empson at lauren.empson@aei.org, 202.862.5859.

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