Panel Discussion: What’s at Stake for Schools?

Education Week's Associate Editor David Hoff hosted this Oct. 21 post-panel analysis "What's at Stake for Schools," following the debate, "Education and the Next President," hosted by Teachers College, Columbia University. Guests on this panel included:

• Lucy M. Calkins, Robinson Professor of Children's Literature at Teachers College, Columbia University, Director of the Literacy Specialist Program, and Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project.

• Jeffrey Henig, Professor of Political Science and Education, Program Coordinator of the Politics and Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

• Eugene W. Hickok, Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education during President George W. Bush's first term and Pennsylvania Secretary of Education under then-Governor Tom Ridge.

• Joseph P. Viteritti, Blanche D. Blank Professor of Public Policy and Chair of the Department of Urban Affairs & Planning at Hunter College.