Education Policy: Research: Conference:

The States' Impact on Federal Education Policy

New Perspectives on Research and the Historical Record

Proceedings

A transcript and an audio recording of the each of the four conference sessions are available to listen to or download. To listen to a particular speaker or Q&A below, click on the audio link for the session. When the recording opens in your media player, slide the control to the beginning time listed next to the segment you want to hear.

Pre-Conference Paper

• Gordon Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired
  “Introduction to Conference Objectives and Scope, April 24, 2008”

Welcome, Opening, and Orientation (transcript of Welcoming Remarks, audio Welcome)

• Gordon M. Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired (audio 00:03 - 11:50)

• Kathleen Roe, director of operations, New York State Archives (audio 11:52 - 19:36)

Session 1 — The Context and Changing Nature of Federalism in Education (transcript of Session 1, audio Session 1)

• Carl Kaestle, Moderator - professor emeritus, Department of Education, Brown University (audio 00:01 – 03:05)

• Lorraine M. McDonnell, Presenter - professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara “The Changing Nature of Federalism in Education: A Paradox and Some Unanswered Questions” (audio 03:06 – 21:33)

• Carl Kaestle, Moderator (audio 21:43 – 25:24)

• Jeffrey Henig, Discussant - professor, Department of Political Science and Education Politics, Teachers College, and professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University (audio 25:26 – 38:38)

• Kathryn McDermott, Discussant - associate professor, School of Education and Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts Amherst (audio 38:40 – 47:51)

• Q&A (audio 47:53 – 1:00:31)

Session 2 — The Rise of State Standards, Assessments, and Accountability (transcript of Session 2, audio Session 2)

• Lynn Olson, Moderator - managing editor, Special Projects; executive project editor, Quality Counts and Diplomas Count, Education Week (audio 00:13 - 02:50)

• Marshall Smith, Presenter - director, Education Program, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  "The Rise of State Standards-Based Reform" (audio 02:57 - 31:36)

• Carmen Perez-Hogan, Discussant - former coordinator for the Office of Bilingual Education, New York State Education Department, retired (audio 31:45 - 41:45)

• Marguerite Clarke, Discussant - senior education specialist, The World Bank (audio 41:55 - 53:03)

• Q&A (audio 54:09 - 1:03:45)

Session 3 — Improving Educational Opportunity: The Case of Students with Disabilities (transcript of Session 3, audio Session 3)

• Chris Cross, Moderator - chairman, Cross & Joftus (audio 00:08 - 03:55)

• Thomas Hehir, Presenter - professor of practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  "The Impact of States on Federal Special Education Policy" (audio 04:00 - 28:42)

• Margaret McLaughlin, Discussant - professor of special education, University of Maryland, and associate director, Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children (audio 29:57 - 37:37)

• Sandra Covington Smith, Discussant - research associate, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (audio 37:47 - 44:53)

• Q&A (begins in mid-answer by McLaughlin) (audio 45:39 - 1:04:26)

Session 4 — Future Directions: Implications for Federal Policy (transcript of Session 4, audio Session 4)

Panel Discussion

• Margaret Goertz, Moderator - professor, Education Policy; co-director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania (audio 00:25 - 03:18)

• Patricia Sullivan, deputy directory, Educational Issues, American Federation of Teachers (audio 03:20 – 13:40)

• Christopher Cross, chairman, Cross & Joftus (audio 14:00 - 21:36)

• Gordon M. Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired (audio 2140 – 29:30)

• Q&A (audio 30:00 - 47:56)

Closing remarks—Looking to the Future (transcript of Closing Remarks, audio Closing remarks )

• Gordon M. Ambach, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers, retired (audio 48:25 - 57:38)

• Kathleen Roe, director of operations, New York State Archives (audio 57:45 - 1:04:00)