Listen: Building the Future of Public Education: 2014 Education Policy Forum #MSEAforum14

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 http://www.marylandeducators.org/building-future-public-education-2014-education-policy-forum

9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.—Introduction
9:05 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.—School Funding

• Mary Gable, Assistant Superintendent for Academic Policy and Innovation, Maryland State Department of Education
• Verjeana Jacobs, Maryland Association of Boards of Education President
• Kevin Maxwell, Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO
• Betty Weller, MSEA President
  
  Moderator: Tim Tooten, WBAL-TV

10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.—Legislative Issues Preview

• Delegate John Bohanan (D-St. Mary’s County)
• Delegate Anne Kaiser (D-Montgomery County)
• Senator Richard Madaleno (D-Montgomery County)
• Senator Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George’s County)
  
  Moderator: Len Lazarick, MarylandReporter.com

12:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.—Standards, Assessments, and Evaluations (Lunch)

• Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University
• Morgan Polikoff, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Southern California
  
  Moderator: Liz Bowie, Baltimore Sun

 1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.—The Role of Teachers

• Sean McComb, High School English Teacher in Baltimore County and 2014 National Teacher of the Year
• Jose Vilson, Middle School Math Educator in New York City and author of This Is Not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and the Future of Education
• Jody Zepp, High School Government and Psychology Teacher in Howard County and 2014-15 Maryland Teacher of the Year
  
  Moderator: Marc Steiner, WEAA 88.9

 2:55 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.—Connecting K-12 to Higher Ed and Business

• Brit Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland
• Martin Knott, Chair, Governor’s Workforce Investment Board
• Bernard Sadusky, Maryland Association of Community Colleges Executive Director
  
  Moderator: Jenna Johnson, Washington Post

 4:15 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.—Closing