American Institutes for Research Speakers Featured at a Forum on New Directions in Public School Accountability
Washington, D.C. – Gina Burkhardt, an education policy expert and executive vice president at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and Kerstin Le Floch, a principal research analyst at AIR, will be featured speakers at a forum on the future direction of K-12 education policy in light of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), hosted by Education Week on Wednesday, May 25, 2011.
The event, “Smarter Stakes: New Directions for Public School Accountability,” addresses key questions that will shape the formation and passage of ESEA and the future direction of federal policy. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m ET in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562.
Other speakers include: Virginia Edwards, publisher of Education Week; Christopher Swanson, Editorial Projects in Education; Wes Bruce, Indiana Department of Education; Daniel Losen, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA; Lindsay Hunsicker, Republican staff member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions; and Democratic staff member Bethany Little of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions.
Burkhardt, the director of AIR’s Education, Human Development and the Workforce program, is an expert in organizational development and systems change, district and school improvement and policy research.
Le Floch specializes in federal policy implementation, state accountability policies, school reform, and support for low-performing schools. She is currently involved in a study of Title III implementation and has directed and participated in numerous federal, state, and district school improvement projects.
About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education and workforce productivity. For more information, visit www.air.org.
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