2016 GW/NASP Public Policy Institute
July 18-20 (3-Day Basic) and July 18-22 (5-Day Advanced) COMBINED AGENDA
Education as a Civil Right for All: Implications for Public Policy
Day 1: July 18, 2016
Day 2: July 19, 2016
Day 3: July 20, 2016
Day 4: July 21, 2016
Day 5: July 22, 2016
GWU, School of Media and Public
Affairs
805 21st Street NW, Room 309
Washington, DC
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:25 Welcome & Introductions
GWU, School of Media and Public
Affairs
805 21st Street NW, Room 309
Washington, DC
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30 FEDERAL SESSION 1: US
Department of Education’s Office of
Civil Rights
Capitol Hill
Rayburn House Office Building
U.S. Capitol
GWU, School of Media and Public
Affairs
805 21st Street NW, Room 309
Washington, DC
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
GWU, School of Media and Public
Affairs
805 21st Street NW, Room 309
Washington, DC
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
Special Topic Theme: Education as
a Civil Right
Special Topic Theme: Education as
a Civil Right
8:30-9:00 TED Talk Warm-Up
Activity and Video Presentation
8:30-10:00 FEATURED SPEAKER:
Exploring the Achievement Gap:
Mechanisms for Accountability
Michael Feuer, Dean, GSEHD, George
Washington University (Confirmed)
Melissa Reeves, NASP President 20162017 (Confirmed)
Overview of the Institute
James Ferg-Cadima (Confirmed)
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Policy
Office of Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
Carol Kochhar-Bryant, Sr. Assoc. Dean,
GSEHD, GW (Confirmed)
Stacy Skalski, NASP Dir. Prof. Policy &
Practice (Confirmed)
9:30-9:35 Speaker Transition
9:30-10:50 FEATURED SESSION-POLICY FOUNDATIONS 1: Federal
Education Policy—Past, Present, and
Future Directions
9:35-10:05 Special Topic Reflection
Activity: Is Personalized Learning a
viable strategy for improving
educational quality?
Jack Jennings, Founder, Center on
Education Policy (Confirmed)
Facilitator:
Eric Rossen (Confirmed)
NASP Director of Professional
Development and Standards
Diane Stark Rentner, Deputy Director,
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8:00-4:00 CAPITOL HILL
EXPERIENCE
Location: 2168 Rayburn, The Gold
Room
Thank you to our legislative sponsor
Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-5).
8:20-8:30 Introductions and Brief
Overview of the Hill Day
Facilitator: Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach
NASP Director of Government
Relations (Confirmed)
8:30-9:30 Legislative Capitol Hill
Panel with Invited Capitol Hill Staff
Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, NASP Dir.
Government Relations (Confirmed)
9:25-9:30 Speaker Transition
7:45-8:20 Continental Breakfast
Invited Panelists: TBD
9:30-3:00 Capitol Hill Activities
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Capitol Hill visits to elected
officials offices
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Observe committee meetings
and any floor activity
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Tour the Capitol
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Lunch on your own
3:00- 4:00 Capitol Hill Debriefing
(ALL PPI Participants)
Collection of final evaluations and
distribution of Certificates of
Completion for 3-Day PPI Participants
Location: TBD
9:00-10:30 FEATURED SPEAKER:
Bridging Social Justice and
Children’s Rights—Lessons for
Educators
David Shriberg (Confirmed)
Professor of Counseling and School
Psychology
Loyola University, Chicago, IL,
10:30-10:45 Break
Gary Galluzo (Confirmed)
Professor, Center for Education Policy
and Evaluation
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
10:00-10:15 Break
10:45- 12:00 Application Activity:
Exploring the Opportunity Gap
Facilitator: Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach,
NASP Director of Government
Relations
(Confirmed)
10:15-11:20 Are charter schools and
other “school choice” options a
viable equity strategy?
Sara Mead (Confirmed)
Partner of Policy and Thought
Leadership
Bellwether Education Partners
Washington, DC
Center on Education Policy
(Confirmed)
10:50-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 POLICY FOUNDATIONS
2-ADVOCACY: Role of Grassroots
Advocacy in Policy Solutions
Kathy Cowan, NASP Communications
Director (Confirmed)
Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, NASP
Director of Government Relations
(Confirmed)
This small group facilitated discussion
will explore a strategy which is
growing in popularity for ensuring
equity of access to high quality
education. The activity will address
Personalized Learning systems and
their application to educational reform.
10:05-10:15 Break
10:15-11:30 FEDERAL SESSION 2:
Office of Special Education
Programs: Behavior and Learning
Support Programs for Improved
Student Outcomes
4:00-5:00 All 5-Day Participants
Team Planning—Meet at Location
Determined by Your Team
Renee Bradley, Deputy Director,
Research to Practice Division, Office
of Special Education Programs, U.S.
Department of Education (Confirmed)
11:30-12:15 Lunch Provided (Meet
in Capitol Hill Teams)
1:15-2:15 POLICY FOUNDATIONS 3:
DEMOGRAPHICS-- Kids Count: The
Status of America’s Children Today
and Tomorrow
12:15-1:25 FEATURED SESSION—
PPI SPECIAL TOPIC PART 1: Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in the
Identification and Treatment of
Students with Disabilities
Paul Morgan (Confirmed)
Associate Professor
Educational Policy Studies
Director, Educational Risk Initiative
Penn State University
11:20-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 CASE STUDY
APPLICATION: Should Traumatized
Youth Be Considered Students’ with
a Disability?
Ray Lucas (Confirmed)
President of Maryland Chapter
100 Black Men of America
Facilitator:
Eric Rossen (Confirmed)
NASP Director of Professional
Development and Standards
2:00-2:15 Break
12:45-2:00 Narrowing the
Opportunity Gap through Mentoring
and School-Community
Partnerships
12:30-1:15 Lunch Provided
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Youth Presenter (TBD)
GPR Committee (Confirmed)
Florencia Guiterrez, Senior Research
Associate (Confirmed)
Annie E Casey Foundation, National
Kids Count
This activity will explore the
economics of school quality including
examining how funding mechanisms
impact the quality of curricular and
extra-curricular programs. The activity
will also explore the strategy of
utilizing school-community
partnerships.
12:00-12:45 Lunch Provided
2:15-3:15 Understanding
Disproportionality and the
Discipline Gap: The School to
Prison Pipeline and the Consensus
Discipline Project
Nina Salomon, Senior Policy Analyst
Council of State Governments, Justice
Center (Confirmed)
Emily Morgan, Senior Policy Analyst
Council of State Governments, Justice
Center (Confirmed)
In this activity participants will explore
whether traumatized students should
be considered eligible for special
education services and supports or
receive any type of civil rights
protections in schools. This session
will explore case law related to Peter
P., et al v. Compton Unified School
District.
12:30-1:15 Lunch Provided
1:15-2:15 School Climate and
Discipline: The Intersections of
Policy and Practice
Kimberly Charis (Confirmed)
Director of School Climate, Discipline,
and Equity
National Association of State Boards
of Education
Maryland Department of Education
Representative (TBD)
2:15-2:20 Speaker Transition
1:25-1:35 Quick Break
3:15-3:20 Session Transition Quick
Break
2:15-2:30 Break
2:20-3:20 POLICY FOUNDATIONS 4:
BUDGET AND FINANCE -The 2016 Children’s Budget: How do
our Nation’s Children Fare in the
Federal Budget?
1:35-3:15 FEATURED SESSION -PPI SPECIAL TOPIC PART 2:
Interventions to Address Disparities
in Discipline and Achievement
3:20-4:00 Application Activity: How
do policies directed at sexual
minority youth impact the civil
rights of all students?
2:30-3:55 COLLABORATIVE POLICY
APPLICATION ACTIVITY: Solutions
to the Achievement and Discipline
Gap
Facilitator:
Kelly Vaillancourt (Confirmed)
NASP Director of Government
Relations
Facilitator:
Angela Heishman, School
Psychologist, Big Spring School
District, Newville, PA and GWU
Adjunct Faculty (Confirmed)
John Monsif (Confirmed)
Vice President of Government
Relations, First Focus
Russ Skiba (Confirmed)
Professor and
Director of the Equity Project,
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
This activity will examine Title IX case
law applications to sexual minority
youth. Issues to be addressed include
access to educational facilities and
programs, and policies to address
bullying and harassment of sexual
minority youth.
3:20-3:30 Break
3:15-3:25 Quick Break
4:00-5:00 Application Activity:
Collaborative Dialogue Session
Exploring Strategies to Address
Access to a High Quality Education
Facilitator:
Stacy Skalski (Confirmed)
NASP Director of Professional Policy
and Practice
Using the IDEA Partnership process
for dialogue guide sessions, small
groups will dialogue about specific
strategies that have been proposed to
increase access to high quality
education for all youth. Strategies to
be addressed include:
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Consensus Discipline Project
Strategies for Reducing
Disproportionality in Discipline
Working in small groups, participants
will select one of the strategies that
was introduced throughout the week to
address equity in education.
ESSA has multiple funding streams
available that can be leveraged to
support different strategies to ensure
access to high quality educational
systems. Teams will discuss
administrative and legislative policy
applications.
3:55-4:00 Transition Break
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3:30-4:00 POLICY FOUNDATIONS
APPLICATION ACTIVITY: The
Federal vs. State Role in Education
Facilitator: Stacy Skalski (Confirmed)
NASP Director of Professional Policy
and Practice
In this small group activity participants
will debate the role of the federal and
state government when considering this
statement: Every child, regardless of
their zip code, should have access to a
high quality public education that
prepares them for college or a
career.
4:00-5:15 Regional Networking and
GW Teamwork Session
3:25-4:00 SPECIAL TOPIC CASE
STUDY APPLICATION
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Facilitators:
Angela Heishman, School
Psychologist, Big Spring School
District, Newville, PA and GWU
Adjunct Faculty (Confirmed)
Katie Eklund, GPR Chair, U of MOColumbia (Confirmed)
Nate von der Embse, GPR Co-Chair,
Temple University (Confirmed)
This case study activity will explore
the special topic with an emphasis in
considering how related policies could
impact educational outcomes for
students at risk for school failure.
4:00-5:00 GW Teamwork Session
School Safety and Climate
Strategies
Culturally Responsive
PBS/Restorative Justice
Personalized Learning
Charter Schools and Schools of
Choice
School Community Partnerships
4:00-4:45 WHAT WE’VE LEARNED:
POLICY SOLUTIONS Brief Group
Presentations
Teams will present their conclusions
about the specific strategy they
explored and highlight one practical
application of the policy solution and
how it connects to an ESSA
opportunity and addresses one of the
equity issues we have discussed
during the week.
4:45-5:00 Final Thoughts, Wrap up
and Evaluations
GW Credit Students: Syllabus Intro
and Course Expectations
NASP: Groups will meet in regional
meetings facilitated by GPR Regional
Reps
5:30-8:00 NETWORKING
RECEPTION: All PPI Participants
Invited
This networking reception is open to all
PPI participants and speakers.
Appetizers and beverages will be
provided.
LOCATION: TONIC at Quigley’s
Pharmacy
2036 G Street NW, Washington DC
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4:00-4:45 NASP Networking
Session—Discussions by region
4:45-5:00 Break (NASP CPD
Participants only)
5:00-7:00 FOUNDATIONS Part II: -GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY:
Professional Association Advocacy
(Dinner Provided)
Facilitators: The GPR Committee
(Confirmed)
This session is for NASP CPD
participants only and will explore
NASP advocacy programs and
priorities, specific resources, tools,
and grassroots advocacy activities.
Interactive activities will involve
crafting messages, and answering
questions related to NASP’s specific
legislative priorities.
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