Brookings Papers on Education Policy

Editor

Diane Ravitch

Editorial Associate

Colleen McGuiness

Brown Center Coordinator

Kathleen Elliott Yinug

Contributors

Doug Carnine, University of Oregon
Gary Chapman, University of Texas, Austin
Christopher Cross, Council for Basic Education
George Farkas, University of Texas, Dallas
Chester Finn, Thomas R. Fordham Foundation
Charles Glenn, Boston University
Tom Glennan, Rand Corporation
L. Shane Hall, University of Texas, Dallas
Paul Hill, University of Washington
Carl Kaestle, Brown University
Sally Kilgore, Modern Red Schoolhouse
David Kirp, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Kirst, Stanford University
Julia Koppich, independent scholar
Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution
Bruno Manno, Annie Casey Foundation
Michael Podgursky, University of Missouri
Linda Roberts, U.S. Department of Education
Marian Robinson, Harvard University and ACHIEVE
Christine Rossell, Boston University
Robert Schwartz, Harvard University and ACHIEVE
Larry Sherman, University of Pennsylvania
Catherine Snow, Harvard University
Christina Sommers, American Enterprise Institute
Thomas Toch, Harvard University and Brookings Institution
Maris Vinovskis, University of Michigan

Conference Participants

Charles Barone, Office of Representative George Miller
Eve Bither, U.S. Department of Education
Kristin Bunce, U.S. Department of Education
Sheila Byrd, independent scholar
Joseph Conaty, U.S. Department of Education
David Deschryver, Center for Education Reform
Emerson Elliott, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Robert Funk, Center for Education Reform
Mathew Gandal, ACHIEVE
Jane Hannaway, Urban Institute
Judith Johnson, U.S. Department of Education
Christina Jordan, The Century Foundation
Richard Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation
Marci Kanstoroom, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Helen Ladd, Duke University
Townsend Lange, Office of Senator Judd Gregg
Robert Maranto, Federal Executive Institute
Pamela Mendeles, New York Times On-Line
Denzel McGuire, Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families
Joyce Ladner, Brookings Institution
Ann O'Leary, U.S. Department of Education
Jennifer Olsen, Heritage Foundation
Michael Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Heidi Ramirez, U.S. Department of Education
Nina Shokraii Rees, Heritage Foundation
Andrew Rotherham, Progressive Policy Institute
William L. Rukeyser, Learning in the Real World
Isabel Sawhill, Brookings Institution
Lisa Smith, U.S. News and World Report
William Testa, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Roy Truby, National Assessment Governing Board
Wayne Upshaw, Office of Management and Budget
Janice Weinman, U.S. Department of Education
Susan Wilhelm, U.S. Department of Education