Commission on No Child Left Behind

Commission Joins Groups for Panel on Capitol Hill

Invite you to a panel discussion titled:

Improving No Child Left Behind Now: The Cost of Waiting

Join us for an important discussion between Congressional and Administration leaders on NCLB reauthorization and to hear from school and community leaders from across the nation who experience the high cost of waiting for needed improvements to the law.

Hosted by:

Secretary Tommy Thompson, Co-chair of the Commission on No Child Left Behind
Governor Roy Barnes, Co-chair of the Commission on No Child Left Behind

Thursday, January 31, 2008
9:30 am – 12 noon

Russell Senate Office Building
Room 325
Corner of Delaware & Constitution Aves., NE
Washington, DC 20510

Panelists include:

Carmel Martin, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Majority
Lindsay Hunsicker, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Minority
Alice Johnson-Cain, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, Majority
James Bergeron, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, Minority
Doug Mesecar, U.S. Department of Education 

Deborah Jewell-Sherman, Superintendent, Richmond (VA) Public Schools
Gary Mabrey III, CAE, President & CEO, Johnson City, (TN) Chamber of Commerce
Natalie Elder, Principal, Hardy Elementary School, Chattanooga, TN
Martha Reichrath, Ph.D., Deputy Superintendent, Georgia Department of Education
Eduardo Angulo, Chairman, Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality

Reauthorizing and improving NCLB is critical to our nation’s future -- to accelerating progress in assuring that all students, regardless of race or economic status, have access to a quality education.  Every day we wait, thousands of students drop out of school, teachers continue to struggle for the support they need, and too many of our students, schools and communities miss out on the benefits that would come from improving the law.

Please RSVP to: virginia.hall@aspeninstitute.org.