Utah Education Policy Forum

November 12,2007
Agenda
(see below for available presenter slide shows)

Co-Sponsored by the Utah Education Policy Center and the Utah Council of Education Deans

Keynote          Linda Darling-Hammond,
                            Ph.D., Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University      
                               [view presentation slides ]

Panel I            School Choice

Kristie Phillips, Ph.D., Brigham Young University

Marlies Burns, Director, Utah Charter Schools, Utah State Office of Education

Yongmei Ni, Ph.D., University of Utah

Al Church, Ed.D., Principal/CEO, AMES (Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science) (view lecture notes)

Panel II           Education Finance, Governance and Accountability

Stephen Kroes, Executive Director, Utah Foundation (view presentation slides)

Phil Dean, Policy Analyst, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (view presentation slides)

Bonnie Palmer, Member, Utah School Boards Association, Board of Directors

Louise Moulding, Ph.D., Weber State University (view presentation slides)

Keynote         Richard E. Kendell, Ph.D., Commissioner of Higher Education (view prestation slides)

Panel III         Teacher and Administrator Quality and Quantity

Mary Burbank, Ph.D., University of Utah  

Connie Steffen, Policy Analyst, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (view presentation slides)

Charlene Lui, Coalition of Minorities Advisory Committee (CMAC) and Educational Equity Director, Granite School District   

Diana Pounder, Ph.D., University of Utah (view presentation slides)

Panel IV          College Readiness, Preparation, and Success

Enrique Aleman, Ph.D. & Dolores Delgado-Bernal, Ph.D., University of Utah (view presentation slides)

Amy Bergerson, Ph.D., University of Utah (view presentation slides)

William Smith, Ph.D., University of Utah

Dave Doty, Assistant Commissioner & Director of Policy Studies, Utah System of Higher Education (view presentation slides)