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Education 2012: What the Election Year Will Mean for Education Policy

Start:
February 1, 2012 9:00 am
End:
February 1, 2012 11:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Category:
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Organizer:
AEI
Venue:
AEI, Twelfth Floor
Address:
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1150 Seventeenth St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

The 2012 election cycle is off and running, with big implications for America’s schools. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) awaits reauthorization. The Obama administration is implementing new regulations targeted at for-profit colleges. Standoffs between the GOP-controlled House and the Obama administration have yielded budget brinksmanship, while domestic spending has been squeezed by massive deficits. President Obama, following in the footsteps of the Bush administration, has aggressively championed federal education initiatives like Race to the Top and the Investing in Innovation fund. Meanwhile, the Republican primaries have been marked by candidates’ rejection of an active federal role in education, as several have pledged to “turn out the lights” at the U.S. Department of Education.

What do the 2012 elections hold for education? What will happen this year when it comes to ESEA, for-profit education and federal education spending? Join us at AEI for a conversation that will consider these issues against the backdrop of the new book “Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America’s Schools,” edited by AEI’s Frederick M. Hess and Andrew P. Kelly.

Participants:

  • PETER CUNNINGHAM, U.S. Department of Education
  • FREDERICK M. HESS, AEI
  • ALYSON KLEIN, Education Week
  • CELIA SIMS, Office of Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)
  • JOE WILLIAMS, Democrats for Education Reform
  • DAVID WINSTON, The Winston Group

This event will be livestreamed.
Register at www.aei.org

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