Though it’s starting off slowly, the week ahead could be busy:
EdWeek says that the Miller education bill could come out (see below).
AEI’s got an event today: The Impact of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) . Participants: Derek Neal, University of Chicago; Katherine Haley, Office of Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI); Charles Murray, AEI; and Henry Olsen, AEI.. Time and Location: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI. Diana.steinmeyer@aei.org for more information.
New America has a thing tomorrow: “Child Well-Being in America and Abroad: How Do American Children Fare in Comparison to Children in Other Countries?” Time and Location: 10:30 a.m.; NAF, 1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 7th Floor, Washington. Liz Wu, 202.986.2700 ext. 315, wu@newamerica.net.
Michelle Rhee makes her Hill debut on Thursday: D.C. Public School System Reform (E&S). Subject: The Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on “Great Expectations: Assessments, Assurances, and Accountability in the Mayor’s Proposal to Reform the District of Columbia’s Public School System.” Time and Location: 2:30 p.m.; 342 Dirksen SOB. Contact: 202.224.2627.
No word on what the EdSec is up to. She must be still recovering from all the Bastille Day celebrating over the weekend.